Man saves others then breathes toxin in cave tragedy
Marine from Camanche, Val Swinton reports Crider 21 inhaled smoke while shielding his younger friends in Hunter's Cave Jackson County on Mother's Day. Crider's lungs are damaged by zinc chloride and he awaits a transplant, on a jet ventilator with 360 puffs per minute amid limited transplant options.
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Jackson County
Crider
Camanche
Charleston
S.C
Mary
D. Michael Shasby
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Shasby
Andrew Cornwell
Hunter’s Cave
Andrew
Neil
Lucas Thomson
League of Women Voters nears Cedar Rapids charter petition goal
The League has 4,788 signatures toward forming a Cedar Rapids charter commission, 883 shy of the 5,671 required. Nearly 300 more signatures arrived by mail, linked to a front page editorial, with a Friday deadline to avoid ballot charges for July 11 elections.
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League
Charter Commission
Myrna Loehrlein
Commission
Linn County
Linda Langenberg
Cedar Rapids
Langenberg
Doctor warns of heat risks and precautions
Dr John Jacobs outlines dangers from heat on hot days while two patients at St Luke s Hospital recover from heat related illness. He explains heat stroke can reach 103 degrees and cause dry skin and lack of sweating, urging fluids and caution for elderly and young. Salt tablets, he notes, are not advised and can harm kidneys.
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John Jacobs
Immediate Care Center
Blairs Ferry Rd
Jacobs
Mike Sinnott
Medicine Shoppe
First Ave. SE
Stringer silent on Iowa Rutgers coaching decision
Vivian Stringer avoids confirming or denying a move from Iowa to Rutgers as both schools deny any agreement. Page 10. A Manchester garage sale raises funds for Camp Courageous for twenty years. Ramblin page 1B. An Iowa City woman finds late midlife purpose as she becomes a minister at age 40. Page 1B.
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S. Vivian Stringer
University of Iowa
Rutgers University
New Jersey
Manchester
Ramblin
Iowa City
Two Cedar Rapids Firms Relocating in Iowa
Two East Iowa firms announced relocations affecting the Cedar Rapids area. The notice notes that both companies will move to new sites within the region, with details provided on page 5D.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids Area
Branstad Defends Block Grants Amid Fiscal Debate
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad, at a Washington conference on children and nutrition, condemns critics of block grants as “too stupid, too uncaring” to run federal programs. He argues state and local governments can better tackle family decline and teen births, while remaining cautiously open to some block grant ideas for nutrition.
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David Lynch Gazette
Washington
Iona
Terry Branstad
Branstad
United States
Europe
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Cornwell
Mouth
Mary Crider
Charles
Brother
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Lonnie Zingula
Gazette
Lisa Powell
Russ Kaegbein
Luke
Jones Park
By Dave Gosch
Stringer
Rutgers
C. Vivian Stringer
Seavenee
Department of Agriculture
Stoney Point
YMCA
Stoney Point Rd
Mike Deupree
Mike Hlas
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