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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 2005
Page
3
Sunni militants killed 14 Shiite militiamen and a policeman southeast of Baghdad after a hostage raid. The U.S. reported three more American deaths in combat. Police said 14 others were wounded.
President Bush visited Miami to view Wilma damage and the National Hurricane Center. He spoke to volunteers in Pompano Beach as power remained out for about 2 million homes and businesses. Gas stations struggled for fuel while lines formed. Port Everglades and Florida utilities worked to restore electricity and supplies.
The American Red Cross says its Katrina and Rita response drained the Disaster Relief Fund and forced a 340 million loan. It has raised 1.3 billion of the 2 billion needed and foresees a 400 million shortfall as Wilma costs loom.
Louisiana Attorney General subpoenas 73 Memorial Hospital employees who have not spoken to investigators since the probe began after Hurricane Katrina. Officials seek testimony amid reports that doctors and nurses may have killed patients too ill to survive. Tenet, owner of Memorial, advised staff of legal rights.
Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco calls for federal payment of most of 2.3 billion in hurricane damage to state facilities including 125 million to restore the Superdome. FEMA warns the figure is only the tip of rebuilding costs with a White House plan to redirect 14 to 20 billion for federal infrastructure and levee work. Levee restoration alone is projected at 1.15 billion.
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