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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 2003
Page
1
The Florida Marlins defeated the Chicago Cubs 9-6 to capture the National League pennant ending Chicago's long drought. The World Series opens Saturday night at the American League park as Boston forces a seventh game with a 9-6 victory over the Yankees.
The Gazette reports that Rev. Billy Duay, once pastor of First Congregational United Church of Christ in Anamosa, did not kill himself last month and is now said to face murder charges in the death of his first wife Betty Duay. Douglas County deputies earlier questioned him in Anamosa on Sept. 11, after Betty died from a rifle neck wound in Omaha area in 1966.
St Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids posted a $7.5 million deficit in 2002, the state’s largest hospital loss, blamed on unpaid bills, slower growth, and low Medicare reimbursements. CEO Theodore Townsend Jr said the Medicare situation keeps Iowa hospitals on edge as bad debt rose to $10.3 million, including a $4.5 million prior-year receivable reclassification.
In OWA CITY Iowa biologists struggled to reintroduce Higgins eye mussels by inoculating glochidia to fish gills using microscopes aerators and petri dishes. A team of biologists and volunteers inoculated walleye smallmouth bass and white bass before releasing them into the Iowa River amid ongoing study of effective methods.
A Staten Island ferry slammed into a dock during docking, killing at least 10 and injuring 34. The pilot fled the scene, attempted suicide, and was hospitalized after surgery as investigators review the crash.
Officials in Eastern Iowa report prescription drug abuse remains low profile with most law enforcement time spent on meth and crack cocaine. Johnson County Narcotics Task Force members note sporadic charges while public attention rises with Rush Limbaugh’s admitted painkiller addiction.
Cedar Rapids and Iowa City area prescription drug arrests total in the dozens with more meth and cocaine cases. Cedar Rapids police reported 35 arrests last year and 47 in 2001. Iowa City police have 15 prescription drug arrests since January 2002. University of Iowa police say data is unavailable but note campus cases occur. Penalties for illegal possession or forged prescriptions can reach up to one year in jail.
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