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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1996
Page
3
The National Education Association plans a weekly School Stories program with Discovery Communications and The Learning Channel to showcase productive classrooms. The initial half hour features the 1996 Teacher of the Year and aims to counter public school criticism.
Nation of Islam leader Farrakhan said he may sue on behalf of crack addicts if evidence shows CIA operatives funneled crack into black communities. The class could include families and crime victims as described in an interview with Newsweek.
An analysis shows 69 percent of white jury candidates who said Simpson was probably guilty moved into the pool, compared with 21 percent of those who viewed him as probably not guilty. The 102 person pool is 48 percent white, 35 percent black, and 17 percent other, with final juror selection to follow.
More than 1000 guests were awakened and evacuated from the Omni Shoreham Hotel after a series of fires authorities say were set deliberately. Firefighters aided by arson investigators worked through smoke as guests returned indoors by noon.
In Ottawa Hills Ohio a coroner ruled the death of 64 year old Charles Karabell accidental after his body was found 85 percent wrapped in duct tape near a wall mounted dispenser. He lived on the Toledo Tennis Club grounds and had been dead a day or two. Earlier police suspected homicide and a later report described the case as autoerotic asphyxiation.
More than 300 ACT UP protesters marched near the Capitol and White House in Washington. Demonstrators tossed urns with ashes over the fence and placed photos of loved ones on the fence while urging guaranteed access to medication, more AIDS research, and federally funded needle exchange. Jeff Getty, an Oakland patient, spoke amid the protest criticizing policy and war.
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