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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 2003
Page
1
Christians crowded churches across Iraq for Easter to mark new beginnings and urge President Bush to back an Iraqi constitution ensuring equal treatment for Christians. Bishop Emmanuel Delly of Baghdad, after four decades as bishop, presses for protection of minority rights in the nascent nation.
Delly urges constitutional safeguards for Iraq's small Christian community and demands return of confiscated property including 30 Baghdad schools. She frames the issue as a test of legal rights and minority protection.
In Baghdad residents react to Saddam Hussein's wealth as his family hides. A blacksmith notes the palace safe as oversized, while Christian leaders urge peace and a constitution. Parishioners fear democracy may empower Iraq's poor Shiite majority.
In Baghdad developments reported as Marines transfer security tasks to Army units. President Assad reiterates Syria will not shield wanted Iraqis. Saddam's former science minister is in custody as aid convoys reach Baghdad with substantial food deliveries.
Iowa Public Television offers a diverse lineup from Red Green to Masterpiece Theater and Sesame Street. Manager Jennifer Glover Konfist says state funding cuts threaten the reach to more than 1 million weekly viewers.
In a whispered phone call from a bottle return business a 16 year old told her sister she was being held captive and hurt. Police say 67 year old John Jamelske kept at least four women in a two room dungeon beginning in the late 1980s and held a 16 year old for six months. Evidence included photographs diaries and victims statements.
William Kutmus, a 63 year old Des Moines attorney, describes his accidental entry into criminal defense after defending a murder case early in his career. He now selects cases that challenge him and reflects on Phyllis Nelson’s sentencing as a test of his approach. Nelson, 55, faces Linn County District Court sentencing for involvement in her husband Dr. Richard Nelson’s December 12 2001 death.
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