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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1994
Page
3
A Gallup survey released by the National Academy of Social Insurance shows fewer than one third of Americans expect to receive Social Security benefits in retirement despite 80 percent expressing support for the program.
Gilbert Roland, famed silent era leading man, died at his Los Angeles home Sunday aged 88 after a long cancer fight. A memorial was held Monday, ashes to be scattered at sea Wednesday per his wishes. Noted for Camille in 1927 opposite Norma Talmadge, he also starred in We Were Strangers, The Furies, and The Bullfighter and the Lady.
President Clinton hosts a Rose Garden send off as Stephen Breyer begins a likely smooth path to the Supreme Court. Breyer pledges clear language and a practical approach, saying he would make law work for people and avoid heavy footnotes. Senator Metzenbaum criticizes Breyer on consumer issues, while Kennedy guides the nomination through the Senate. Confirmation is not expected before July.
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that local flow control ordinances requiring waste to go to designated transfer centers unlawfully interfere with interstate commerce. The Clarkstown New York measure was struck down, potentially benefiting trucking and rail transport firms and waste generators facing higher prices at government centers.
A southbound Amtrak Silver Meteor derailed after a truck trailer shifted off a freight train near Smithfield North Carolina. One engineer died and more than 350 were injured as 438 passengers received treatment at Johnston Hospital and Duke Medical Center. The crash occurred around 4 45 a m about 25 miles southeast of Raleigh.
The 1994 Tony nominations crown Passion Beauty and the Beast with ten and nine nominations respectively. She Loves Me also picks up nine. A Grand Night for Singing and Cyrano note five month closings. Angels in America Perestroika earns best play nod.
NPR pulled nine essays by Mumia Abu-Jamal, the Philadelphia cop killer, hours before they were to air on All Things Considered. NPR cited lack of opposing viewpoints and insufficient context in the series plan.
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