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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 2004
Page
1
Postville and its 2,273 residents face the loss of 300 jobs after the Dec 20 fire at Iowa Turkey Products. Turkey Valley Farms will relocate operations to a vacant Marshall Minnesota plant, leaving Mayor John Hyman hopeful the town and displaced workers can rebound despite the setback.
Iraqi troops led by a former Saddam Hussein general replaced U S Marines in Fallujah and raised the Iraqi flag at the city entrance as U S forces pulled back after a monthlong siege. The April toll reached 136 American deaths, the highest monthly U S loss since the war began, with Iraqi deaths exceeding 1,360 per AP counts.
Graphic pictures aired by Al Arabiya and Al Jazeera show naked Iraqi prisoners humiliated by U S soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad. Six soldiers face charges as world leaders and ordinary Arabs condemn the abuse documented on CBS 60 Minutes II.
Dixie Shanahan 36 of Defiance was found guilty in Harlan AP report of second degree murder for killing her husband Scott 39. She said self defense and left the decomposing body in their bedroom for about 14 months until discovery. A first degree charge could have meant life. second degree carries up to 50 years with a 35 year minimum before parole.
Iowa governor Tom Vilsack faces scrutiny as a potential running mate for John Kerry. Background checks began in April amid talk that Iowa nice may hamper him in a race where Kerry needs a tougher attacker to counter Vice President Cheney’s sharp rhetoric.
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