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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 2003
Page
3
Cape Canaveral NASA delayed the second Mars rover launch to at least Wednesday as cork insulation issues resurfaced. The window was set for 10 17 p m CDT with a second chance at 10 59 p m CDT. A panel assessing the Columbia disaster will urge NASA to classify the shuttle as an experimental test vehicle.
U S forces launched Operation Sidewinder in central Iraq from the Iranian border to north of Baghdad aiming to crush insurgents and capture senior Baathists. More than 60 suspects were arrested in raids, with 15 detainees in Mosul and no confirmed top fugitives captured or killed. One Iraqi civilian and two American soldiers were wounded in a convoy attack.
In Walnut Creek and Concord, Amelia the chicken rose from prank to media darling after being tethered to helium balloons and sent aloft over San Francisco. She was adopted by a Concord woman amid 25 applicants while authorities consider animal cruelty charges if the culprit is found.
Visitors from California found the Henry Whitfield State Museum in Guilford shut due to budget cuts along with three other sites. The National Trust reports nationwide cuts threaten preservation programs as sites reduce days and tours. Historians note these sites also drive local economies and learning opportunities.
Israeli researchers at a European fertility conference report that sexual abstinence does not boost conception chances. Analyzing about 7,200 semen samples from 6,000 men, they found normal samples unaffected by abstinence of one to ten days, while in men with low sperm counts longer abstinence reduced semen quality.
A Council on Foreign Relations study warns the United States is dangerously unprepared to handle another major attack nearly two years after 9 11. Front line responders including police and fire services lack funding equipment and training, with a recommendation for 98 billion in additional spending beyond 27 billion planned by the federal government over five years.
Gordon Johndroe said on CFR that the conclusion of needing $98 billion for first responders is grossly inflated. The report finds five departments on average lack radios for half a shift and breathing apparatuses for only a third.
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