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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 2003
Page
1
China lifts off its first manned space mission from the Gobi Desert with Shenzhou 5. Astronaut Yang Liwei, 38, is propelled toward orbit as China joins the United States and Soviet Union in manned spaceflight history. He will orbit Earth 14 times.
A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association led by Dr. Nir Barzilai finds that people in their late 90s and beyond are more likely to carry a genetic variation that produces larger HDL and LDL particles. If confirmed, this could lead to broader testing for particle size before testing becomes routine.
In Eastern Iowa small hospitals struggle to sustain obstetric services as births decline amid aging communities. Mercy Hospital in Oelwein reports about 40 births annually, underscoring staffing and demographic challenges that threaten continued birth services.
Cedar Rapids investors consider locating a riverboat casino on city land by the Cedar River near Czech Village to keep profits local. Jim Halverson of Howard R. Green Co. proposes city ownership or a public-sector entity to maximize local revenue and fuel surrounding development.
Beems Auditorium at Cedar Rapids Public Library hosts three forums on riverboat gambling. No Dice opens at 7 p m on Thursday with a local group opposed to gambling followed by No Dice Task Force 3 on Tuesday Oct 28 and a Gazette informational forum on Thursday Oct 30.
Elizabeth Rutter reports Meskwaki factional voters held parallel primaries Tuesday. At the Meskwaki Settlement School the elected council supporters backed their slate led by Alex Walker Jr., while less than a mile away at the Meskwaki Tribal Center supporters of Homer Bear Jr. voted. The Bureau of Indian Affairs refused to participate, citing ongoing disputes over site and procedures.
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