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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1995
Page
1
Friday brought record low temps across central and western Iowa with Cedar Rapids near 28 to 32 by morning. Forecasters expect a warming trend today with highs in the 50s, while freeze warnings cover the northeast and frost advisories span central and southeast Iowa.
Cedar Rapids Fire Department abandons plans for a fire station at B Avenue near 29th Street NE close to Arthur Elementary due to parent and neighbor opposition. Fire Chief Brad Gorman cited traffic, playground loss, and street parking concerns as reasons for the decision. PTA President Lynn Dennis credited early community involvement for halting the project.
Four inmates tried to escape from the Iowa Men's Reformatory using a makeshift electrical tool to cut bars in the hobby craft area. The device fell apart injuring two inmates, Patrick Edward Sheridan and Kelly Joe Shiltz, who were hospitalized in Iowa City with serious injuries. Remaining inmates Doug Durden and Richard Dale Todd face longer terms as authorities investigate.
The proposed 7.5 billion merger between Time Warner and Turner faces immediate pushback from Consumers Union and US West. Regulators must decide if the wedding of CNN Turner networks with Time Warner's HBO, Warner Bros. film, and other assets creates improper competition and higher cable prices.
Publisher Steve Forbes announced his bid for the Republican nomination promising lower taxes. He plans appearances in Cedar Rapids and Des Moines on Tuesday.
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In a climactic court moment O J Simpson tells the court he did not, could not and would not have committed the crime. Judge Ito notes the record while prosecutors and defense maneuver for public opinion ahead of final deliberations.
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