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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 2003
Page
1
A statewide survey of 96,971 students in 349 districts and 49 private schools finds 17 percent of 11th graders would find it easy to obtain a handgun in Iowa with 9 percent saying very easy. Among sixth graders 11 percent said easy or very easy, per the 2003 Iowa Health Fact Book released by the Iowa Department of Education.
Online access to the 2003 Iowa Health Fact Book is available at the University of Iowa public health site with previous editions also listed. Department officials stress data collection supports public health goals and tracks progress in Iowa, with Mary Mincer Hansen cited.
Shillington 19, Cedar Rapids, pursued nursing after shadowing an obstetrics nurse in high school. Kirkwood Community College reports the nursing program grew from 188 to 238 students in a year, with 56 admitted this spring and 77 waitlisted. Main lab sessions are booked nights and Saturdays. Other Eastern Iowa programs are expanding.
The article notes steady BSN enrollment around 400 at the University of Iowa amid tight funding. It cites 100 applicants in spring 2002 and 190 the following spring, with Mount Mercy College showing increased interest around 2001 as 31 nursing students enrolled that fall.
A federal judge blocked a new telemarketing curb, delaying its start as a constitutional challenge looms. Congress moved to empower the FTC to implement the Do Not Call list, with House passage of the bill 412 to 8 before sending it to President Bush.
All Iowa members of Congress supported authorizing the FTC Do Not Call registry with the Senate voting 95 to 0. President Bush welcomed the move saying he looked forward to signing it and calling unwanted telemarketing calls intrusive. The action followed a Oklahoma judge ruling limiting FTC authority.
Federal and state delays slow delivery of more than 25 million dollars in first responder funds to Iowa counties. Officials cite new distribution procedures and required grants processing as major hurdles in coordinating equipment for police fire departments and hospitals.
A strong earthquake struck northern Japan early Friday triggering a burning industrial plant in Tomakomai with dense smoke. Initial reports show more than 230 injured and no deaths yet. the tremor measured a preliminary magnitude of 8.
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