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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 2004
Page
1
Three women from Crawford County join forces after their college age children fall ill with meningitis. They organize awareness drives, fund research, and advocate for faster vaccination efforts to curb outbreaks and protect students.
Cedar Rapids mothers Liz Huddleson and two other grieving parents share their loss from meningococcal meningitis. Liz, a University of Northern Iowa junior, died within 24 hours of flulike symptoms, prompting advocacy to warn parents about the disease at UNI Cedar Falls.
A private investigator from Iowa City helped track and stop an armed robbery at the Hiawatha Kwik Shop. Jerry Smithey observed a masked gunman enter the store, followed the suspect at low speed, and relayed the location to dispatchers. Cedar Rapids police later apprehended Cory Covington 24 of Marion with the getaway pickup spotted by a police helicopter.
The Gazette Online report credits 911 tape segments with guiding police to a robber’s break, with Assistant Hiawatha Police Chief Mark Tope praising the contribution. The story notes the pivotal moments from the chase on page 10A.
President Vladimir Putin said Russia is seriously preparing for pre emptive strikes against terrorists as Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev claimed responsibility for a school hostage crisis and other attacks that killed more than 430. He warned that double standards in counterterrorism harm global security while criticising Western responses.
Ralph Nader told about 500 at the University of Iowa that Kerry will lose because he ignores key constituencies and the Democratic Party fears Bush. He attacked the liberal intelligentsia for voting for the least worst and failing to demand more from Kerry.
On the campaign trail, Senator Kerry accuses President Bush of misleading Americans about the Iraq war. Nader is featured in related politics coverage on page 10A.
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