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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 2003
Page
2
A nation joined Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg as the 85th birthday was marked with a serenade by a disabled children’s group and the South African military marching band. The event occurred Friday as celebrations spread nationwide.
Beef producers who sell cattle to the new Tama Iowa Quality Beef packing plant will save on shipping costs as the facility reduces travel for many farmers who previously sent cattle to processors in Illinois Nebraska and Pennsylvania. The Boeing Co plans to cut 4000 to 5000 jobs in its commercial airplane division, signaling continued industry slump. A Oelwein man’s windshield was struck by a meteor-wrong object, not a meteorite, per state geologists who say it could not have come from outer space.
The elected Meskwaki tribal council asks a federal appeals court to reverse a lower court ruling that halted the tribe’s casino near Tama. Details, 2B
An elderly northeast Iowa man in his 70s becomes the state's first confirmed West Nile case this year. He is hospitalized in serious but stable condition as health officials note the virus is already established in Iowa.
An Associated Press correction notes rainbow colored signs promoting the CharACTer Nevada program were not removed from seven city parks they had not yet been erected and that officials are scrapping plans to erect them. The Gazette invites feedback on accuracy.
The Gazette announces daily publication from 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52401. Subscriptions listed include carrier weekly 4.95 motor route weekly 5.30 and mail Morning Editions with 7 issues 19.64 for 4 weeks 256.95 for 52 weeks. Postal and AP notices apply.604
Local business directory listing shows area code 319 and 398-6254 contact numbers with an invitation to visit www GazetteOnline com for email addresses and complete directory access.
The Gazette highlights a commitment to the future by using soybean ink and recycled newsprint. It urges readers to recycle newspapers at City Carton on 901 Ingleside Drive SW or at nearby recycling locations.
In Fallujah a bomb detonated at a traffic circle near the Euphrates bridge, killing a soldier from the 8th Infantry Division. U S military engineers later defused a second bomb in Baghdad built into an ice mold and hidden in a burlap sack.
The White House released previously classified intelligence excerpts showing Saddam Hussein pushing to develop nuclear weapons. The State Department called the Africa uranium claims highly dubious, in an alternative view noted within the National Intelligence Estimate.
Police found David Kelly dead in Oxfordshire woods near his Southmoor home. The DEFENCE Ministry expert and former U.N. weapons inspector denied being the source of Saddam WMD reports. An independent inquiry was announced as investigators consider possible stress factors rather than foul play.
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