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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 2001
Page
2
Leonard Pitts chronicles a grown man confronting his inner boy while taking his son to see Freddy Got Fingered. He blasts modern pop culture as boy dominated and, after a tense 92 minutes, finds a new shared taste with his son in stereo shopping and mutual restraint.
Scientists examine hundred-year-olds like Juanita Ollman and John LaFauci to uncover whether genes habits or luck drive extreme age. Researchers track diets stresses and health histories while noting varied outcomes such as smoking and heart disease.
The Gazette highlights its use of soybean ink and recycled newsprint to support agriculture and environmental efforts. It invites readers to recycle by dropping newspapers at City Carton on 4250 Sixth St. SW or at nearby locations, reinforcing community sustainability.
The article corrects three main food stamp qualifiers for a four member family: gross monthly income under 1848 dollars, resources including bank accounts under 2000 dollars, and vehicle value under 4650 dollars. It notes a Sunday misprint re resources. It also fixes misspelling of Betty Schulte and errors about Jared and Joel Parker from Martelle with Joel age eight. The Gazette invites complaints and will publish corrections or clarifications in this space and provides a contact number 398-8313.
Thomas Blanton Jr., a former Ku Klux Klan member, is found guilty of murder in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing that killed four African American girls in 1963. He receives a life sentence after a brief trial and swift deliberation.
An 18 year old University of Texas freshman Anoor Hajee died from smoke inhalation in a fire at University Towers in Austin. His 21 year old roommate Zawardy Ab Latiff was hospitalized in critical condition with burns over 45 percent of his body. The blaze began in their second floor unit and was under investigation with authorities noting the building has no sprinklers.
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