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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 2007
Page
2
A truce began taking hold as Israel pressed a fifth day of airstrikes on Hamas targets in Gaza. The clashes followed Islamic militants rocket attacks on border towns, with wider regional tensions and ongoing security concerns shaping the cordoned area.
Chris Krueger of Denver, 19, won the first Rubik’s Cube Canadian Open in Toronto, solving the puzzle blindfolded in 1 minute 15 seconds to set a world record and earn a spot at the world championship in Budapest. He is a USC student and will represent Canada this fall.
The Gazette lists mailing and delivery options with weekly and annual prices for Cedar Rapids Iowa. It provides post address for address changes and subscription service phone numbers and the general contact number. The notice reflects standard newspaper information for readers and subscribers.
Contact details list general news lines, area codes, and tip hotlines for Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. The text provides phone numbers for newsrooms and circulation, plus a toll free line. It reads like a directory snippet rather than a full article with events or quotes.
The Gazette promotes sustainable practices by printing with soybean ink and using recycled newsprint. It urges readers to recycle newspapers at City Carton on Ingleside Drive SW or at nearby recycling sites.
Five days before Lance Cpl. Adam Cowboy was killed in Iraq he inspired a memorial fund named Operation Bedding. In a Sunday call from Anbar province he described living 20 men per room in a hot, crowded old schoolhouse and asked his mother to send 40 sets of clean sheets for each Mary Cowboy Mother member of his platoon.
Mary Conboy runs Operation Bedding from her backyard to aid troops in Iraq with bedding sweat socks canned tuna and other items. Started after her son Adam Conboy was killed by non hostile fire on May 12 2006 the effort expanded as schools and other units donated to provide packages for multiple military crews.
US forces broadened the hunt for three missing soldiers beyond the Quarghuli outpost area south of Baghdad amid ongoing combat. An Iraqi army general said Kurdish villagers were shot, and 15 died in Diyala province amid sectarian violence as Blair visited Iraq.
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