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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 2002
Page
3
Nashville mourns Harlan Howard known as Mr. Songwriter who wrote I Fall to Pieces and Busted. The Country Music Hall of Fame inductee died suddenly Sunday evening after heart trouble, per widow Melanie Howard.
Israel unleashed heavy retaliation after weekend Palestinian attacks. A Hamas leader’s wife and three children died when their car was shelled, a Palestinian doctor was killed amid an ambulance explosion, and a tank shell hit two cars in El Bireh killing six. Later, a Tel Aviv gunman killed three and wounded 25 before he was killed. Air strikes and helicopter rocket fire damaged Bethlehem and Ramallah, with casualties among bystanders and emergency workers.
The government plans to recruit and hire more than 30,000 people to screen passengers and luggage at U.S. airports. Screeners must be federal employees and be in place by November 19 under a law passed after the September 11 attacks. Wages range from 23600 to 40700 dollars as TSA begins phasing in at over a dozen airports.
The Bush administration urges schools clubs and organizations to provide free summer meals for low income children who receive free or reduced lunch. No new subsidies. sites reimbursed. The effort partners with USDA food banks and schools aiming to add 9 million meals, a 7 percent rise from last summer's 132 million.
A federal judge struck down the Army equal opportunities promotion process citing bias in favor of women and minorities. Judge Royce C. Lamberth said the policy creates race and gender preference and does not require considering potential discrimination against white men. The ruling impacts retired Lt. Col. Raymond Saunders and other white officers who allege promotions were biased.
In Houston, Andrea Yates trial testimony and medical records clash over her mental state. Defense argues insanity after she drowned her five children last summer. Dr. Saeed University of Texas psychiatrist says no psychosis, while Dr. Albritton describes a need for hospitalization.
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