Faces of unemployment drive letter campaign to President Bush
Dorothy Funfsinn of DeKalb Illinois proposes sending photos of unemployed Americans to President Bush to personalize the unemployment crisis. Readers share letters describing loss of dignity and hope, including a 58 year old grandpa and stories of long-term job loss, reorganization dismissals, and worries for the next generation.
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Bush
DeKalb, Ir
Dorothy Funfsinn
Funfsinn
Funfsian
George Bush
U.S
White House
Washington, D.C
Federal plan targets drug resistant tuberculosis expansion
The National Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Task Force of the CDC outlined a plan to curb resistant TB. It adds funding for patient adherence programs, expands efforts in high emigration countries such as the Philippines Korea and Mexico, and updates quarantine guidelines to address noncooperative patients.
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Atlanta
United States
New York City
Centers For Disease Control
Philippines
Korea
Mexico
Weekend Mall Offer and Local Recycling Event
May 1 events include a Lindale mall incentive offering a potted geranium with $75 purchases. A Cedar Rapids recycling truck will be at Hy-Vee 4035 Mount Vernon Rd SE from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bring clean glass containers, newspapers in paper bags, and metal and certain plastics as directed. County meetings listed: Benton County Board of Supervisors at 9 a.m. and Linn County Board of Review at 10 a.m.
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Lindale
Cedar Rapids
Mount Vernon Rd
Benton County Board of Supervisors
Vinton
Linn County Board of Review
The Dangerous Age by Karin Michaelis reviewed
The Dangerous Age, once a global bestseller and screen favorite, follows Elsie Lindtner as she divorces her husband and seeks independence on an island house. Her ruthless self analysis drives her to abandon love and travel the world, seeking meaning beyond social worth.
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Karin Michaelis
Elsie Lindtner
Elsie
Chris Goodrich
Los Angeles Times Service
Inspector slams Navy over 1991 aviation convention abuse
Navy inspector general report details sexual molestation of 26 women at a 1991 Las Vegas convention of Navy and Marine Corps aviators. Investigators describe a hotel hallway gantlet with up to 200 men nightly. 26 women reported groping and buttock pats as offenses varying in severity.
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Washington
Navy
Naval Investigative Service
Marine Corps
Las Vegas
The
Dan Howard
Correction on Prairie Agri-Enterprises licenses
The Iowa Newspaper Association reports no suspension of Prairie Agri-Enterprises Inc. grain dealer and warehouse licenses of Postville. A May 21 Des Moines hearing will determine if licenses should be suspended. The Gazette invites accuracy complaints at 398 8313.
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Iowa Newspaper Association
Prairie Agri-Enterprises Inc
Postville
Des Moines
the Gazette
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Carl Schieffelbein
CDC
TB Division
Gazette
City Carton
Sixth St
Econofoods
51St St
Hy-Vee Food and Drug Store
Highway 151
Marion
Bowie
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Iowa
States
Associated Press
IAP
Cedar Rapids Gazette, Inc
P.O
Ion Service
Ripti
Nevada
Bob's
Earth Savers
Ove
Weekend
Northwestern University Press
Inspector
Cityline
Los Angeles
Pini
Gowrie
Westdale Mall
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