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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 2004
Page
1
Haitians and foreign rescue volunteers face dire conditions as doctors treat gunshot and machete injuries amid power outages and a collapsing sewage system. Thousands starve while floodwaters breed infection and risk of gangrene from wounds.
President Bush asked Congress for more than 7.1 billion in disaster aid to Florida and other states hit by four hurricanes. Congress has approved 2 billion and is weighing 3.1 billion more, totaling over 12.2 billion across all requests.
Eastern Iowa colleges see high nursing program applications with waiting lists and refusals. Administrators fear an Iowa RN surplus could push graduates to leave the state even as a 2020 projection foresees a 9,100 nurse shortfall nationwide and in Iowa.
Investors in the US electronic IEM market see Bush as the likely winner of the 2004 election with about a 70 to 30 margin. Since Aug. 30 Bush’s stock rose to 72 cents while Kerry fell to 29 cents, though experts caution markets can change before November 2.
Traffic jams rise in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City as drivers face longer delays during rush hours. Experts note urban areas show steep year over year growth while regional figures exclude these two metro areas from the larger Urban Mobility Study.
Traffic data show Cedar Rapids intersections and state roadways with yearly averages. Figures list 44,844 and 43,793 at busy intersections, 39,900 regional traffic, and 36,000 down to 29,300 along Highway 6 corridor. Data attributed to the Cedar Rapids traffic engineer and Iowa Department of Transportation.
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