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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1991
Page
3
Las Vegas reports Sunday telethon appearances to raise funds for muscular dystrophy and other neuromuscular diseases. Ed McMahon anchors for the 26th year alongside co-hosts Leeza Gibbons and John Tesh as pledges aim to top last year’s record.
More than 90 inmates, mainly Hispanic and black, rioted for about an hour at Pitchess Honor Rancho in Lancaster. Thirty-five were injured as a dormitory clash erupted over telephone use, authorities said.
A federal jury found Noah Robinson and six El Rukn leaders guilty of a murderous drug distribution conspiracy in Chicago. Prosecutors say the gang used threats and murder to push narcotics in the mid 1980s. Sentencing set for December 12 with life terms possible.
The National Kidney Foundation probes possible modest financial incentives to donor families to boost organ supply. Health professionals note current bans on selling vital organs limit kidneys livers and hearts, potentially costing lives. Bruce Bowden of NKF says momentum exists but reception is uncertain.
Don ald Henry Gaskins known as Pee Wee or a redneck Charlie Manson faces execution in the electric chair for the 1982 slaying of Rudolph Tyner at Central Correctional Institution. He admitted killing 13 people between 1970 and 1975 and built a bomb that damaged Tyner’s car.
A 12-year-old boy is missing after entering a 36 inch sewer pipe at a New York City construction site in The Bronx. Two companions were rescued while authorities, using high powered binoculars, located what appeared to be the boy’s lifeless body at the bottom of a 600 foot shaft.
President Bush returns from vacation to Lewiston and two public schools to launch a back to school address amid a renewed domestic agenda push. He aims to pressure Congress on school reform crime package energy strategy and a highway bill while facing Democratic charges of foreign focus.
Libertarian Party members say their ideas are moving from ridicule to debate as they pursue acceptance in 1992. Andre Marron is their presidential nominee with limited chances, but leaders expect ballot access in every state.
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