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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 2005
Page
2
Hurricane Rita batters the Gulf Coast as city hall race in C.R. focuses on fresh and familiar faces. The U S condemns death threats against an adjunct law professor amid a tense national climate.
In 1925 Grant Wood designed a mourner's bench for McKinley Junior High School Principal Frances Prescott. The Cedar Rapids Community School District bench, carved with The Way of the Transgressor Is Hard, is shown in the Grant Wood at 5 Turner Alley exhibit at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art through December 4.
The Gazette corrects an error in the College Guide about a Scandinavian Fall Festival. It will be held October 29 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Winton. Readers can call the Gazette with comments on accuracy.
The Gazette published daily from 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa lists subscription rates by carrier and mail options for local and nationwide editions. It provides contact numbers for subscription service and general inquiries and notes AP republication rights.
The Gazette promotes sustainable printing by using soybean ink and recycled newsprint. It urges readers to recycle newspapers at City Carton on Ingleside Drive SW or at nearby recycling locations.
Washington saw a large protest against the Iraq war with estimates near 100000 as demonstrators filled the National Mall from the White House toward the capitol. Speakers challenged President Bush while casualties and fatigue over Iraq dominated chants. Joan Baez sang and Cindy Sheehan urged Congress to end the war, with a counterdemonstration nearby and police keeping the groups apart.
Abdel-Aziz al Hakim of the Supreme Council and Ayatollah Sistani urged Iraqis to vote yes. In other news, five Iraqis died in car bombings near Baghdad and a U S soldier was killed in southeast Baghdad. Basra saw renewed homicide warrants for two undercover British soldiers linked to a police shooting. Rockets hit U S and British sites while al Hakim spoke at a rally marking the 1991 uprising.
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