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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 2017
Page
1
The storm formerly known as Harvey made its second landfall near the Texas Louisiana border, bringing record rains to Orange Port Arthur and Beaumont and prompting renewed flooding in smaller Texas cities east of Houston.
Mobile kitchen units and thousands of supplies are prepared for hurricane Harvey relief. Volunteers face distance barriers as the disaster floods extend from Corpus Christi to Lake Charles, affecting Harris County and beyond.
C R trucking company begins a relief push for Beaumont and Port Arthur flood victims after record rainfall. 4.5 million people affected and roads flooded. Trucks sit idle hundreds of miles away waiting on passable routes to deliver help.
Iowa City police say Kaleek Asham Douglas Jones died after a weekend shooting on the Pedestrian Mall. Lamar Cheyenne Wilson, 21, had his attempted murder charge upgraded to first degree murder and faces other counts. Accomplice Donte Ronnel Taylor, 21, remains in custody on firearm and weapons charges.
University of Iowa faculty members convene to draft guiding principles balancing free speech academic freedom and campus security in response to Charlottesville style events. The committee seeks a Sept draft to steer responses to hostile actions against scholars and threats to student safety.
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