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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 2007
Page
3
Montana declares a state of emergency as several large wildfires advance toward homes. One blaze expanded to nearly 28 square miles since Friday, prompting evacuations for about 200 residences and causing destruction to a home and damage to another home a commercial building and seven other structures.
Floodwaters withdraw across South Asia as monsoon rains ease enabling doctors to treat waterborne illnesses and deliver medicines. Yet hunger thirst and shelter shortages persist with at least 289 deaths reported in the past week amid mass displacement.
Investigators deploy a Hollywood style helicopter camera and laser surveying gear to map debris in the Mississippi River wreckage. Underwater video and FBI Navy dive teams assist the search for eight missing and five confirmed dead as crews plan debris removal and aim to reopen a 56 foot channel. An 18 month probe is anticipated into why Minnesota's busiest bridge fell Wednesday.
Across the Twin Cities communities held interfaith services for the missing and dead after the Interstate 35W bridge collapse. Governor Pawlenty urged restoration and rebuilding as 1,400 gathered at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral and Greek Orthodox and other faith leaders prayed for Christine Sacarafas and the eight missing. About five people were killed and around 100 injured in the disaster.
States act as Congress stalls immigration reform. In six months of this year 171 immigration bills became law in 41 states, more than double all of 2006. Arkansas bans state contracts with firms that hire illegal immigrants. Louisiana vets driver licenses. Oregon limits immigration consultants to lawyers.
The House passed a 459.6 billion defense bill in a 395 to 13 vote adding National Guard and Reserve equipment funds, 12 000 more troops, higher defense healthcare and housing spending. Democrats plan to reopen Iraq war funding after Labor Day, setting up a clash on wartime spending.
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