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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 2005

Page

5

Autopsy finds no trauma in 4-year-old's Disney ride death

An autopsy on Daudi Bamuwamye of Sellersville Pennsylvania found no trauma after he collapsed on the Mission Space ride at Walt Disney World. Further tests will determine the cause of death, with results expected in weeks. The ride was briefly closed and then reopened after engineers ruled it operating normally.

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Grassley proposes raising Social Security retirement age

Senator Grassley told reporters he urged the Senate Finance Committee Republicans to consider increasing the retirement age for Social Security benefits to 68 as part of a fiscal reform. He noted no consensus and said the idea would begin in 2012 and rise gradually to 68, with phased increases to 67 for those born in 1960 or later.

Iowa Washington Chuck Grassley Senate Finance Committee Grassley

Boys Outnumber Girls in U S Births Across 68 Years

CDC data show males have outnumbered females in U S births since 1940 with 94 232 more boys than girls in 2002 nationwide Iowa reports 19 359 boys born to 18 196 girls in 2002 mothers age 15 19 highest ratio while 40 44 lowest ratios.

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DeLay receives large donations to legal expense fund

House Majority Leader Tom DeLay reported 439 300 in contributions to his legal expense fund in 2004 amid ethical probes linked to lobbyist Abramoff. He also owes at least 125 000 to three law firms for ongoing legal costs.

Washington House Tom DeLay Texas Texas Republican Jack Abramoff

Former trooper kills wife then takes own life outside court

In Middletown Connecticut a former state trooper shot and killed his estranged wife Donna Bochicchio 43 outside the Middletown Superior Court parking garage after wounding divorce attorney Julie Porzio 42. He then fatally shot himself dying at Hartford Hospital. Porzio was hospitalized in serious but stable condition.

Middletown

Five unions form coalition to pressure AFL-CIO chief

Five dissident unions formed the Change to Win Coalition to press President John Sweeney and bolster labor ranks. The group includes unions discontent with Sweeney, who previously led the Service Employees International Union, and joins United Food and Commercial Workers and Unite Here as bolt threats.

Washington Afl-Cio John Sweeney Sweeney Service Employees’ International Union United Food and Commercial Workers Union Unite Here

Spanish police arrest 11 for suspected terror ties

Spanish police detained 11 men on suspicion of belonging to a Syrian based network that recruited suicide bombers to attack U S troops in Iraq. Five others were detained a day earlier in connection with last year’s Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people.

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