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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 2003
Page
2
Cedar Rapids Marion Robins and Hiawatha voters turn down a local option sales tax, halting the RiverRun redevelopment project in Cedar Rapids by a 54 to 46 percent margin.
Israeli helicopters fired missiles into a crowded intersection in a bid to kill a senior Hamas leader. Two Palestinians died and 35 were wounded in the strike. Later, tanks and helicopters struck a Gaza refugee camp, killing three and wounding 30.
The Gazette published daily at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52401 provides morning editions and a Sunday issue. Subscriptions offered by carrier motor route and mail with weekly and yearly rates. AP has exclusive republication rights. Postmaster address and contact numbers listed.
Sam Waksal, central figure in the Martha Stewart insider trading saga, received seven years and three months in prison for what a judge called his lawlessness and arrogance in the high profile case. Liberty Bank relocates Cedar Rapids branch to permanent offices in a renovated two story building with safe deposit boxes and drive up lane. Iowa Donor Network begins construction of a new headquarters facility at 6B N Liberty.
Health officials in Canada and the United States urged clarity after a hospital near Toronto reported 15 patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome and a visitor from the United States infected after returning home near Raleigh, renewing talk of a new WHO travel warning. Singapore officials said patients who lie on SARS questionnaires could be jailed or fined.
USGA official Tom Meeks defends tough setup of the U S Open course. He says failure to make it hard negates the purpose of the championship and notes ongoing complaints about conditions despite effort to challenge competitors.
Eastern Iowa's longest running motorsports event returns to Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids for the 31st straight year. The track's general manager says he's received several calls from out-of-town entrants interested in participating.
The Gazette notes corrections to Tuesday stories including an incorrect quote by Tom Barnes of Barnes Manufacturing Marion about a dome cover and an incomplete first name for historian Mark Hunter in a Cedar Rapids planning report. Readers may call the listed numbers to comment on accuracy.
Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan said high natural gas prices are likely to persist into next year, signaling tight supplies despite hopes for declines. He noted U S markets cannot readily tap world gas to meet demand surges and warned $2 gas is unlikely to return soon.
Leonard Pitts weighs whether calling Eric Rudolph a Christian terrorist is fair or accurate. He argues the label exposes bias, reminds readers to relate to minorities, and notes Christianity’s broad American footprint complicates representation while highlighting how extremist perversions distort faith.
NASA sends Spirit on a seven month voyage to Mars aboard a Delta II rocket. The golf cart sized rover carries a panoramic camera a rock close-up camera and a drill to study minerals for past water evidence. Opportunity will follow later this month with both due in January.
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