Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) back issues from September 2004:
Yale student arrested for protest; 21-year-old gets within 10-feet of the vice president
Sep 01, 2004; ... NEW YORK (AP) - A 21-year-old Yale student, posing as a volunteerat the Republican National Convention, got within 10 feet of VicePresident Dick Cheney and shouted anti-war statements before beingdragged away, authorities said Tuesday. Secret Service Agent Shannon Zeigler said ...
Funeral services
Sep 01, 2004; ... Compiled from tri-state area obituaries appearing previously inthe Telegraph Herald. Helen I. Ashby, rural Thomson, Ill. - Services: 10:30 a.m. today,Law-Jones Funeral Home, Thomson. Cyril L. "June" Bussan, 12474 Chetlain Lane, Galena, Ill. -Services: 10 a.m. Thursday, St ....
Wisconsin Briefs
Sep 01, 2004; ... Father witnesses son's shooting death APPLETON - A man who went to a convenience store with his sonwhile celebrating his birthday saw another man shoot the son todeath, authorities say. Steven L. Garcia, 24, of Appleton, was charged Monday with first-degree intentional ...
Letters to the Editor; Swift boat ads show Kerry's deceit
Sep 01, 2004; ... 1941 Spy Glass Drive Unbelievable! The Kerry Campaign wants President Bush to denouncethe Swift Boat ads, which point out John Kerry's misrepresentationson his service in Vietnam. These veterans have a right to refute JohnKerry's untruths. They were there with him. How about ...
Local/Area Briefs
Sep 01, 2004; ... Human-resources seminar scheduled The Nonprofit Management Academy is offering a class on human-resources management from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sept. 10 at theNortheast Iowa Community College Town Clock Center for ProfessionalDevelopment, 680 Main St., in Dubuque. The ...
Alice down under; Australian trip proves to be meaningful for Dubuque teen, who was chosen to a program to represent Iowa
Sep 01, 2004; ... Dubuque Washington 8th graderEditor's note: This is the first of a three-part journal series byAlice Klinkhammer involving her trip to Australia. G'day mate, as they say in Australia. My name is Alice and I'mgoing to take you on a journey, a journey that started right here ...
CORRECTIONS
Sep 01, 2004; ... Headline:MVC Valley Division Preview Published: 08-30-2004 * Pat McAuliffe plays football for Dubuque Wahlert. His last namewas ...
Iowa Conference Football Preview; Everybody loves Wartburg in IIAC
Sep 01, 2004; ... The Iowa Conference's top-ranked offseason show was "EverybodyLoves Wartburg." The defending conference champ is ranked in the top 10 of all fournational polls, including a lofty No. 4 spot in Lindy's preseasonrankings. Everybody loves the Knights' chances of surpassing ...
Justice Dept.: Throw out terror conviction; White House reverses course in case once hailed as major victory
Sep 01, 2004; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department has asked a judge tothrow out the convictions of a suspected terror cell in Detroitbecause of prosecutorial misconduct, reversing course in a case theBush administration once hailed as a major victory in the war onterrorism, legal sources said ...
Iowa student scores 36 on ACT
Sep 01, 2004; ... PLEASANT VALLEY, Iowa (AP) - A senior from Pleasant Valley HighSchool is the only Iowan to score a perfect score on the ACT examthis year. Samantha Goldstein is one of 33 students in the country to score a36 on the college entrance exam. About 380,000 students in the UnitedStates ...
Turks kill 11 Kurdish rebels
Sep 01, 2004; ... ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish commandos killed 11 Kurds in three daysof battles in the mountains bordering Iraq, one of the biggestoffensives against the autonomy-seeking rebels in five years,authorities said Tuesday. The government didn't rule out bolsteringits forces in northern ...
Iowa Briefs
Sep 01, 2004; ... Officer's gun stolen from his car CLINTON - An officer's handgun was stolen from his personal carover the weekend. The 40-caliber Heckler & Koch semiautomatic handgun, in a brownleather holster, was the officer's service weapon, Police Chief BrianGuy said Tuesday. "He ...
James R. Wedig
Sep 01, 2004 ... CUBA CITY, Wis. - James R. Wedig, 68, of Verona, formerly of CubaCity, died Sunday, Aug. 29, 2004, at Badger Prairie Health CareCenter, Verona. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Philomena's CatholicChurch, Belmont, where ...
Milosevic claims accusers distort history; Former Yugoslav leader insists his countrymen acted in self-defense
Sep 01, 2004; ... THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Slobodan Milosevic launched adefiant defense Tuesday of his conduct during the Balkan wars,accusing his enemies of conspiracies against the Serbs and insistinghis countrymen acted in self-defense. The former Yugoslav president sought to shift blame for ...
Letters to the Editor; Founding father predicted decline
Sep 01, 2004; ... 815 S. Grandview Ave. The Telegraph Herald printed an interesting letter from ElizabethRaschke Aug. 15. She made the astute observation that the charge of"East Coast liberal," which is employed against Sen. Kerry, alsocould have been wielded by an earlier "George" against our ...
Astrology
Sep 01, 2004; ... If your birthday is today: The year ahead is looking quitepromising for you, particularly when you do things in accordance withyour highest ideals. People will respond in kind and be responsiblefor opening more than one door for you. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Two people, one a ...
Brown makes big gains after ACL injury; Rehab too slow for Loras running back
Sep 01, 2004; ... The road back is always a killer. Repetitive strength exercises. Slow, gradually built-up muscletraining. A slow-moving rehab plan built on cautious, steadyimprovement, not rapid-fire progress. "Just give me the go sign, Doc," Jeremy Brown thought. The LorasCollege football ...
Cubs could take full advantage of Wild Card; Chicago team is just starting to jell, could become a key factor
Sep 01, 2004; ... Thank God for the Wild Card! In case you didn't know, the Wild Card spot has only been aroundsince 1994. And, in fact, the last two World Series champions, theFlorida Marlins and Anaheim Angels, both represented their league asthe Wild Card team. So, it obviously would ...
Gannon Center board fires director; Laubacher is removed amid concerns about staff turnover
Sep 01, 2004; ... MAQUOKETA, Iowa - Amid concerns about staff turnover, the GannonCenter for Community Mental Health fired director Steve LaubacherTuesday night. He took the job less than a year ago. The decision followed a two-hour, closed-door meeting of the boardof directors at the Jackson County ...
Sports Calendar
Sep 01, 2004; ... Today College cross country - Loras/University of Dubuque/Clarke run atFlora Park, 4:30 p.m. College volleyball - UW-Platteville at St. Ambrose, 7 p.m. Men's college soccer - Rockford at UW-Platteville, 3 p.m.; Clarkeat Wartburg, 3 p.m.; Elmhurst at Dubuque, 7 ...
Medic: Guards used force on prisoners; He says they beat the Iraqi inmates to intimidate them
Sep 01, 2004; ... CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) - A Navy medic who served at a Marinedetention facility in Iraq testified Tuesday during a court-martialthat he witnessed guards beating newly arrived inmates to intimidatethem. Petty Officer Carlton Blay said he saw defendant Sgt. Gary Pittmanand ...
Calendar pairs skin, artifacts
Sep 01, 2004; ... UNION, Ill. (AP) - Inspired by "Calendar Girls," a 2003 movieabout a group of older women who pose nude to raise money, theMcHenry County Historical Society's new calendar pairs barely cladcounty residents of all ages with historical artifacts. The society hopes sales of the $15 ...
Engagements; Recker-Simmons
Sep 01, 2004; ... Edward and Carol Recker, of Lancaster, Wis., announce theengagement of their daughter Theresa to Joshua Simmons, both ofLancaster. He is the son of Larry and Neena Simmons, of Cuba City,Wis. They graduated from Southwest Wisconsin Technical College,Fennimore. She is an ...
Hunt continues for right mix on Hawkeyes' line; McMahon switched to guard; Elgin to start
Sep 01, 2004; ... IOWA CITY (AP) - An unknown is a starter, the lone veteran returnsto his old position and injuries still threaten cohesion. So goes the juggling act on Iowa's offensive line as the No. 19Hawkeyes prepare for Saturday's season opener against Kent State. "We're still kind of in a ...
Sharapova pulls out U.S. Open win; Back from 'La-La Land,' champ rolls
Sep 01, 2004; ... NEW YORK (AP) - Maria Sharapova nearly found out just how quicklyone can go from diva to disaster. No reigning Wimbledon women's champion has lost in the first roundof the U.S. Open, and Sharapova was just one game from that fate.Then she steeled herself to claim 12 of the last 14 ...
National Briefs
Sep 01, 2004; ... Jury sentences Wholaver to death HARRISBURG, Pa. - A jury sentenced a man to death Tuesday forkilling his estranged wife and two daughters on Christmas Eve 2002,less than a month before the daughters planned to testify he hadsexually molested them for years. Ernest R ....
Historicists, school officials to meet; The brainstorming session concerns the site for a new downtown school
Sep 01, 2004; ... Citizens concerned about the proposed site of a new downtownelementary school will meet with the Dubuque Community SchoolDistrict at 5 p.m. today at The Forum, 2300 Chaney Road. The plan requires razing 12 buildings in a two-block area betweenCentral Avenue and White Street, 11 of ...
Almanac
Sep 01, 2004; ... Today is Wednesday, Sept. 1, the 245th day of 2004. There are 121days left in the year. History highlights: On Sept. 1, 1939, World War II began as Nazi Germany invadedPoland. On this date: In 1807, former Vice President Aaron Burr was found innocent ...
Officials return murder suspect to Jackson County
Sep 01, 2004; ... MAQUOKETA, Iowa (AP) - The man accused of killing a Bellevueantiques dealer in 2001 has been returned to Jackson County to standtrial. Douglas DeBruin, 54, of Kenosha, Wis., was transferred last weekfrom a federal prison in Indiana. He faces arraignment Friday oncharges of ...
Savor Catfish anytime; No matter how you fix it, this menu item can be enjoyed by all
Sep 01, 2004; ... Entertaining can be stressful. But, one of the things you don'thave to stress over is the menu. The answer to what the main entreeshould be can be answered easily and made quickly. Catfish. Catfish can be enjoyed anytime. It isn't just a dish to be cookedand "suffered though" ...
Engagements; Coover-Meier
Sep 01, 2004; ... Announcement is made of the engagement of Tami Coover to AndrewMeier, both of Broomfield, Colo. She is the daughter of EdwardCoover, of New Castle, Colo., and the late Patricia Coover. He is theson of Louis and Donna Meier, of 2456 Briarwood Drive. She graduated from Colorado State ...
Cubs acquire pair
Sep 01, 2004; ... MONTREAL (AP) - The Chicago Cubs made a pair of trades Tuesday,getting outfielder Ben Grieve from the Milwaukee Brewers andacquiring backup catcher Mike DiFelice from the Detroit Tigers. The deals came on the final day for teams to obtain ...
MLB Roundup; Montreal pounds Cubs
Sep 01, 2004; ... Livan Hernandez enjoyed the Montreal Expos' offensive so much thathe pitched right in - and hit, too. Hernandez allowed three hits in eight scoreless innings, and BradWilkerson and Maicer Izturis each hit home runs in Montreal's 8-0victory over the visiting Chicago Cubs on Tuesday ...
CORRECTIONS
Sep 01, 2004; ... Headline: Team Profile: Enough horses to win again Published: 08-29-2004 Nick Hochberger is a football player at Dubuque Hempstead ....
Controversy not bothering Hamm
Sep 01, 2004; ... UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) - Paul Hamm's not letting the gymnasticsscoring controversy spoil his Olympics experience. Dressed in jeans and a white shirt, the men's all-around championin Athens, Greece, appeared relaxed as he helped promote a 14-citygymnastics exhibition tour that was ...
Wall Street; Stocks close higher after light trading
Sep 01, 2004; ... NEW YORK (AP) - A late-session buying spurt gave stocks a moderatelift Tuesday as investors managed to overcome their disappointmentover troubling readings on consumer confidence and manufacturing. Butwith volume extremely light, analysts said it was difficult to placeany real ...
Canada edges United States
Sep 01, 2004; ... MONTREAL (AP) - Martin St. Louis had a goal and an assist to leadCanada to a 2-1 victory Tuesday night over the United States in theWorld Cup of Hockey opener for both teams. The game was fast-paced and full of hard-hitting, and featuredstellar play by Canada goalie Martin Brodeur ...
Hamas bombers strike pair of buses, 16 killed; Suicide bombings occur in southern Israeli city
Sep 01, 2004; ... BEERSHEBA, Israel (AP) - Palestinian suicide bombers blew up twobuses in this Israeli desert city Tuesday, killing 16 passengers andwounding more than 80 in an attack that ended a six-month lull inviolence. The buses exploded into flames just seconds apart and about 100yards away ...
Elections Board to revisit new rules for ads
Sep 01, 2004; ... MADISON (AP) - The state Elections Board is revisiting a proposaltoday to put new limits on political ads that identify candidates inthe days leading up to an election. The board refused in May, on a 5-3 vote, to impose the limits onissue ads after some members expressed concerns ...
Prep Roundup; Eagles' day in the 30s only good for 2nd
Sep 01, 2004; ... The Dubuque Wahlert boys golf team scored four sub-40 rounds onTuesday at Bunker Hill Golf Course, but it was not enough to beatBettendorf. Bettendorf won a quadrangular meet, nipping the Golden Eagles, 144-147. Adam Seitz was meet medalist with a 2-under-par 33. Hempstead ...
Family upset by delay in word of son's death; Marine Corps waits 3 days to tell parents that Marine died in Iraq
Sep 01, 2004; ... DES MOINES (AP) - The father of an Iowa Marine killed in Iraq saidthe Marine Corps "grossly mishandled" the notification process bywaiting three days to tell the family. "It really upsets me that my son lost his life for his country,and his country didn't let us know for three ...
Mexicans demand return to subsidies
Sep 01, 2004; ... MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican President Vicente Fox, a strongadvocate for a free market, faces growing demands to return to oldstate-run economic polices as he prepares for his fourth state-of-the-nation address amid protests against two decades of economicreforms. Unions, farmers ...
Report: U.S. airstrike kills at least 12
Sep 01, 2004; ... KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. warplanes launched attacks near avillage in eastern Afghanistan, killing more than a dozen people,after assailants rocketed a government office, officials saidTuesday. Afghan officials said U.S. bombs landed in the village of Weradeshand five ...
President touts his ag policies; Bush campaigns at the 2004 Farm Progress Show
Sep 01, 2004; ... ALLEMAN (AP) - President Bush sought to energize one of hisstrongest bases of support Tuesday during a visit to the 2004 FarmProgress Show, saying his tax and trade policies have revived asagging farm economy. "The farm economy is strong," Bush told a crowd of more than10,000 ...
WTO imposes sanctions on U.S.; Organization authorizes $150 million in fines against U.S. for failing to repeal anti-dumping rules
Sep 01, 2004; ... BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The World Trade Organization authorizedthe European Union and seven other leading U.S. trading partnersTuesday to impose more than $150 million worth of sanctions againstthe United States for failing to repeal anti-dumping rules deemedillegal by the ...
Loraine Rettig
Sep 01, 2004 ... MANCHESTER, Iowa - Loraine "Clarkie" Rettig, 85, of Manchester,died Monday evening, Aug. 30, 2004, at Regional Medical Center,Manchester, following a short illness. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at ...
Arguments heard in Schiavo case
Sep 01, 2004; ... TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida's Supreme Court justices Tuesdayquestioned whether the Legislature tried to do an end run around thecourt system by passing a law that let Gov. Jeb Bush order thereinsertion of a brain-damaged woman's feeding tube. The high court heard arguments in ...
'527 groups' also deserve voice in politics; Freedom of speech means listening to Swift Boat Veterans and MoveOn.org
Sep 01, 2004; ... So, how do you like the first election under campaign financereform rules so far? Have you witnessed a cleaner campaign with lessmoney being spent? Not so much, you say? Somehow, this is not how most voters envisioned life under McCain-Feingold campaign reform. The ugly parts ...
Covered in style; Iowa defensive backs confident
Sep 01, 2004; ... IOWA CITY - Between Jovon Johnson's snazzy wardrobe and AntwanAllen's signature front teeth, the Iowa starting cornerbacks hadstyle covered from the moment they set foot on campus. Before he'd caught much attention as a football player, Johnsonwas turning heads by showing up to ...
Murder-for-hire suspect enters plea; Potosi man is 1 of 3 defendants implicated in a plot to kill a Dubuque drug dealer
Sep 01, 2004; ... MADISON, Wis. - One of three southwest Wisconsin men who allegedlytried to hire a hit man to kill a Dubuque crack cocaine dealerpleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court. Richard S. Fernandes Jr., 20, of Potosi, told District JudgeBarbara Crabb that he conspired with Justin Kwallek ...
Flooding devastates part of Richmond; Tropical Storm leaves at least 5 dead in Virginia
Sep 01, 2004; ... RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Flooding touched off by the remnants ofTropical Storm Gaston left at least five people dead in Virginia onTuesday and devastated a historic Richmond neighborhood that was theheart of the Confederate capital during the Civil War. In the city's hard-hit Shockoe ...
England pretrial hearing ends; The investigating officer will decide within a week if she should face a court-martial
Sep 01, 2004; ... FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - Prosecutors ended a military court hearingTuesday for a soldier shown in infamous photos of naked Iraqiprisoners by requesting an additional charge of "maltreatment andcruelty" against Pfc. Lynndie England. The hearing to determine whether England should ...
Local Detours
Sep 01, 2004; ... (NEW) Pasadena Drive will be closed to all traffic between the twoHillcrest Road intersections beginning after 8 a.m. today. Hillcrestwill be reduced to one lane at its intersection with Pasadena. Detoursigns will direct traffic. Anticipated reopening: Friday. University Avenue is ...
Eight Killed in Russian School Seizure
Sep 01, 2004; ... BELSAN, Russia - Heavily armed militants wearing suicide-bombbelts seized a Russian school in a region bordering Chechnya (news -web sites) on Wednesday, taking hostage about 400 people - half ofthem children - and threatening to blow up the building if policestorm it. At least eight ...
Schrock replaced on ballot
Sep 01, 2004; ... VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - Republicans selected a state delegateTuesday to replace U.S. Rep. Edward L. Schrock on the Novemberballot, a day after he dropped out of his race for re-election amidclaims that he is gay. The 2nd Congressional District Republican Committee voted ...
Deal to put $100 million in fund; Agreement could revive the Iowa Values Fund
Sep 01, 2004; ... DES MOINES (AP) - Republican legislative leaders said Tuesday theyhad tentatively agreed to put $100 million into the revived IowaValues Fund during next week's special session. "I think we've got an agreement on all the details," said HouseSpeaker Chris Rants, R-Sioux ...
Former ambassador: 'Everyone needs to do more' for Darfur; Holbrooke says that politics is hurting humanitarian efforts
Sep 01, 2004; ... AL-FASHER, Sudan (AP) - The former U.S. ambassador to the UnitedNations visited a displaced-persons camp in the troubled Darfurregion on Tuesday and sharply criticized Sudan, the United Nations,the U.S. administration and the international community for doing toolittle to stem the ...
Investigators probe former CEO; Newspaper magnate is suspected of looting Hollinger of $400 million
Sep 01, 2004; ... NEW YORK (AP) - Conrad Black, the former CEO of HollingerInternational Inc., conspired with associates to systematically lootthe newspaper publishing company of more than $400 million - nearlyall of its profits from 1997 through 2003, an internal investigationfound. The report, ...
Norma A. Wagner
Sep 01, 2004 ... Norma Anne Wagner, 72, of 2333 Birchwood Drive, was called to thearms of God at 12:36 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 29, 2004, at home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph the WorkerCatholic ...
Cuba City natives conduct TV makeover
Sep 01, 2004; ... CUBA CITY, Wis. - When FOX television's "Renovate My Family" airsat 7 tonight, it will have a Cuba City connection. Joe Murray and Kevin Kessler own ACT Construction, a Dallasconstruction company. ACT was selected by FOX to perform a homemakeover for the show that debuts today. ACT ...
Engagements; McDermott-Vaassen
Sep 01, 2004; ... Don and Lynne McDermott, of Epworth, Iowa, announce the engagementof their daughter Jamie to Benjamin Vaassen, of Epworth. He is theson of Sharon George and Steve and Carol Vaassen, all of Dubuque. She attended Northeast Iowa Community College, Peosta, and is acustomer service ...
U.S. astronomers spot small planets; The discovery trumps similar European findings of 5 days ago
Sep 01, 2004; ... American astronomers say they have discovered the two smallestplanets yet orbiting nearby stars, trumping a small planet discoveryby European scientists five days ago and capping the latest round ina frenzied hunt for other worlds like Earth. All three of these smaller planets ...
Bar owners draw action plan; Group is worried about a proposed ordinance aimed at drink specials
Sep 01, 2004; ... Dubuque bar owners are worried that a proposed drinking ordinanceis just a "stepping stone" for stricter rules. Representatives from eight city establishments convened Tuesday atLot One, 100 Main St., to discuss their feelings and map a plan ofaction. The Dubuque Area ...
Martinez wins Republican primary for Senate seat
Sep 01, 2004; ... MIAMI (AP) - Mel Martinez, the former Bush administration housingsecretary, decisively won the Republican nomination for SenateTuesday in a primary that saw a mostly trouble-free test of thetouchscreen machines introduced after Florida's punch-card fiasco in2000. In November, he ...
More arrests, but no violence as protesters keep up efforts; Activists mass for a march on the convention hall
Sep 01, 2004; ... NEW YORK (AP) - Police wrapped demonstrators and an entire midtownManhattan block in orange netting Tuesday to control anti-GOPprotests, arresting more than 560 people across the city as activistsmassed in the streets for a march to the site of the Republicanconvention. Outside ...