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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 2002
Page
5
President Bush defended his tax cut policies amid election year criticism and linked deficits to the recession and terrorism war. He signaled higher military and homeland defense spending as top priorities and discussed a $2 trillion budget with about $730 billion for domestic and defense programs.
A rare snowstorm blanketed Jerusalem and Bethlehem with a first white Christmas in memory. Damascus received 4 inches of snow for the first time since 1992 as power outages hit Lebanon and Palestinian towns.
Pakistan's President Musharraf publicly rejects terrorism in all its forms after meeting with Prime Minister Blair. Blair says groups like Lashkar-e-Tayyaba and Jaish-e-Mohammed must have no place or support as tensions with India over Kashmir rise.
U S health care expenditures rose 6.9 percent to 1.3 trillion in 2000. Per person spending averaged 4637 dollars, up from 4377 in 1999, with hospital costs at 412 billion and nursing home spending up 3.3 percent. The rise is tied to higher insurer payments and aging baby boomers.
Iowa lawmakers debate a statewide 1 percent local option sales tax for schools as 187 districts consider appealing to the Iowa Supreme Court over tax benefits. Proposals seek lien law alignment with the Uniform Commercial Code and broader economic stimulus through venture capital, ethanol use, and higher education partnerships.
D J Keegan, a Marion youth in the Independent Living program, faces murder related charges after a series of alleged drug and behavioral problems. His mother Penny Keegan says he needed more help and recalls his past involvement with the juvenile system and DHS.
The Gazette invites clubs to call managing editor Mark Bowden at 398-5869 to arrange a guest speaker.
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