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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 2005
Page
2
Front page highlights show inflation rising faster than U.S. wages in 2004. Also notes a new director for the Iowa Writers' Workshop and Iowa lawmakers seeking property tax fixes. International items include India, China strategic partnership talk and John Bolton nomination discussions.
The Red Sox received forty seven championship rings before their home opener win over the Yankees 8-1. Boston reached the season after breaking a 3-0 ALCS deficit and swept St. Louis in the World Series. Tyson set to fight McBride June 11 at MCI Center per boxing source.
The stretch of First Avenue East between 19th and 40th streets in Cedar Rapids recorded 630 accidents from 1999 through 2003. A prior Saturday story incorrectly stated the count was for 2003 only. Readers may submit comments to The Gazette’s accuracy desk.
The Gazette of Cedar Rapids Iowa provides daily editions with Morning and Sunday issues priced at 20.97 for 4 weeks or 256.95 for 52 weeks, with routing options by carrier or motor route. Contact numbers for subscription service and the general office are listed. The newspaper operates under Gazette Communications Inc. and is AP exclusive for local news republication.
Contact options list general news numbers and tips line for Cedar Rapids and Iowa City with listed phone lines for circulation and reporting. Provides a toll free circulation line and a website for the complete company directory and email addresses.
Kathleen Parker profiles Bill Bennett's Morning in America as a growing radio presence in 116 markets, led by a measured, Socratic approach. He emphasizes intelligent dialogue, caller equality, and a post selling era in American discourse.
US troops in Iraq will deploy a remote controlled anti-personnel mine system called Matrix by June. The Stryker Brigade in Mosul will select individual mines from a field of hundreds and detonate them via touch screen from a distance. The setup includes twenty five mine sets and laptops triggering them over a wireless network.
Activists warn the Matrix system could remove human decision making in targeting. Mark Hiznay of Human Rights Watch says a 19-year-old soldier may have to push a button when a blip appears. He fears smart land mines could be converted into traditional anti personnel mines.
A U S contractor working on a reconstruction project was kidnapped in Baghdad's Samarra region. A separate blast near a U S convoy at a crowded market killed three civilians and wounded over 20, including four U S soldiers. Three insurgent bombers struck a Marine outpost in western Iraq, wounding three Marines and three civilians.
The Gazette publicizes its commitment to sustainable agriculture by using soybean ink and recycled newsprint. It urges readers to drop newspapers at City Carton on Ingleside Drive SW or other recycling locations.
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