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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 2002
Page
1
Mourners fill services in West Branch and Iowa City for two teenagers killed in a recent auto accident. Community asks questions while friends remember their lives at a sorrowful vigil and funeral rites.
A global roundup of geological, biological and meteorological developments. Scientists report new fossil finds, climate observations, and atmospheric anomalies across multiple regions. Researchers from universities and agencies discuss implications for ecosystems and future weather patterns.
Vern Cooper of Vern Cooper & Associates convinced Iowa residents to invest in promissory notes, claiming high interest with little risk. Investors allege unregistered securities sales. several suits and two bankruptcy filings loom. The Iowa Insurance Division continues its probe as victims seek repayment.
A National Geographic survey finds about one in ten young Americans cannot locate the United States on a blank world map and only 13 percent can locate Iraq. Americans averaged 23 correct on 56 questions, ranking near the bottom among eight countries, with Sweden leading at 40 and Mexico near failing.
Iowa officials raise Linn County 1 percent local option sales tax forecast to 26 million for the year despite a slow economy. Revenue estimate now assumes 1 million more than earlier projection, with potential risk from a weak Christmas shopping season. Statewide sales tax growth rose 1.92 percent from July to the following Sunday.
A clinical study across 16 centers led by University Hospitals Iowa City Family Planning Clinic found a vaccine against human papillomavirus HPV-16 safe and effective. The preliminary NEJM results show the vaccine prevented infection in participants, addressing a virus implicated in cervical cancer.
A study of 2400 women aged 16 to 23 finds the vaccine may prevent HPV-16 from persisting in the genital tract and reduce precancerous lesions. The UI clinic contributed 250 participants to the two year trial.
Eight year old Myles Cook of Nichols Iowa will visit Maui Hawaii for eight days with his family after a Make A Wish Iowa donation of 5000 dollars from Old Chicago Coralville. The trip departs January 26 and aims to see whales and volcanoes while Myles receives treatment for multiple sclerosis at University Hospitals.
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