Insurgents widen violence as reporter and GI shot in Baghdad
A British freelance cameraman was killed on a Baghdad street and a U.S. soldier died after a close range shooting near Baghdad University. A grenade strike on a U.N. compound raised fears insurgents may target Westerners beyond coalition forces. Local police recruits died in Ramadi when a bomb hit their graduation.
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Erners
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Ramadi
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Reform Party withering in Iowa
The Reform Party of Iowa, once part of a national third party surge, faces collapse as only a few invitees show up for a planned state convention in Cedar Rapids. Chair Theodore Webster cites wasted funds and Buchanan’s 2000 bid as turning points, hoping for revival despite low attendance.
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Lyle Muller
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Reform Party
Iowa
Theodore Webster
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Vacsauaucree
Ross Perot
Jesse Ventura
Minnesota
National Party
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Pat Buchanan
Cedar Rapids Girl Drowns at Coralville Lake Beach
A 4-year-old Cedar Rapids girl drowned at Coralville Lake West Overlook Beach Sunday evening around 6:40 p.m. The girl was taken to University Hospitals where she died. Witnesses said a swimmer found the unconscious child and called for help.
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Flying Fortress B-17 lands at Eastern Iowa Airport
Retired Cedar Rapids optometrist Dr. C R Kitchen views the Wings of Freedom Tour B-17 in olive drab. He recalls 27 missions over Germany in 1945 as a B-17 co pilot and notes the chance to relive youth while admiring the bomber.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Kitchen
Dick Hogan
Gazette
Edar Rapids
Harm’s Way
Germany
Piedmont Hawthorne
Mother throws twins into Mississippi during July Fourth crowd
Naomi Gaines 24 leaped from a 75 foot bridge after dropping her 11 month old twins into the river. One baby was rescued, the other body recovered miles downstream. Gaines and the rescued child were to recover as investigators weigh charges. A heroic bystander helped pull them from the current.
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Jan Raeder
Naomi Gaines
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