Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) back issues from December 2004:
Melvin J. Matous Sr.
Dec 01, 2004 ... Melvin John Matous Sr., 83, of 50 Devon Drive, died Tuesday, Nov.30, 2004, at home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary's CatholicChurch. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery, where militaryrites will be accorded by the American Legion, Dubuque Post 6.Friends may ...
Beef meeting slated
Dec 01, 2004; ... WOODBINE, Ill. - The Jo Daviess County Beef Association will hostan informational meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at Woodbine Bend GolfCourse, Woodbine. The meeting will feature ...
Police offer clues to public of serial killer's identity; The 'BTK' murderer, who began his killing spree in 1974, remains at large
Dec 01, 2004; ... WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - The serial killer known only as "BTK"suggests in letters that he was born in 1939, lost his father inWorld War II and is a railroad buff, authorities said Tuesday as theyappealed to the public for clues to his identity. Police released a summary of personal ...
Notre Dame fires Willingham after 3 seasons; Lack of progress on field cited by White
Dec 01, 2004; ... SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Coach Tyrone Willingham was fired by NotreDame on Tuesday after three seasons in which he failed to return oneof the nation's most storied football programs to prominence. Willingham went 21-15, including 6-5 this season. The FightingIrish lost 41-10 to No ....
Vandals deflate another holiday for woman, kids; Replacing slashed car tires eat up the family's Christmas savings
Dec 01, 2004; ... Vandals deflated more than the tires on Jane Dean's car. Forced to replace three slashed tires over the weekend, the singlemother all but drained the savings she'd planned on using to buyChristmas presents for her three children. When a neighbor phoned Dean Saturday morning to ...
'Jeopardy!' whiz dethroned after 74-game streak
Dec 01, 2004; ... NEW YORK (AP) - "Jeopardy" whiz Ken Jennings finally met his matchafter a 74-game run as a pop culture icon who made brainiacs cool,beaten by a woman whose own 8-year-old daughter asked for hisautograph when they first met. As someone who always has prepared his own tax returns, ...
President presses Congress for intelligence bill; Former members of Sept. 11 panel offer to help break impasse
Dec 01, 2004; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Former members of the Sept. 11 commission metTuesday with Vice President Dick Cheney, and President Bush plannedtalks with leaders of Congress in an attempt to gain passage for anintelligence reorganization bill this year. Tom Kean, the former New Jersey governor ...
Police Beat; Dubuque police reported the following:
Dec 01, 2004; ... * Randy L. Zirtzman, 40, of Waukon, Iowa, turned himself in toauthorities Tuesday morning on a warrant charging child endangerment.According to court documents, Zirtzman knowingly acted in a mannerthat created a substantial risk of physical harm to his child, now 8years old, Feb. 13 by ...
Annan 'unaware' of son's salary; The Swiss company might be involved in oil-for-food scandal
Dec 01, 2004; ... UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he wasunaware his son received $30,000 a year for over five years from aSwiss-based company under investigation in connection with suspectedcorruption in the U.N. oil-for-food program in Iraq. The disclosure of the payments ...
Buyers binge, but for how long?; Consumer confidence report concerns analysts
Dec 01, 2004; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Splurging shoppers helped the economy hum alongfaster than first thought in the third quarter, but high energyprices could weigh on consumers in the months ahead. Gross domestic product - the value of all goods and servicesproduced within the United States - ...
Carl J. Fitzgerald
Dec 01, 2004 ... WAUKON, Iowa - Carl J. Fitzgerald, 86, of Waukon, died Monday,Nov. 29, 2004, at Veterans Memorial Hospital, Waukon, following abrief illness. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Patrick's ...
Local Events Briefs
Dec 01, 2004; ... SHARE support group to meet The Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque SHARE support group will meet at7:30 p.m. Dec. 8, in Room C on the sixth floor at Mercy. The supportgroup is for those who have suffered a loss because of a miscarriage,stillbirth or neonatal death. For more ...
Business Briefs
Dec 01, 2004; ... United unions seek pension payments CHICAGO - Hoping to salvage some lost pension money, the trusteerepresenting employee pension funds at United Airlines sought a courtorder Tuesday that the carrier be required to make up hundreds ofmillions of dollars in skipped contributions ...
Mexican authorities return woman's body; She had been missing since November 2003
Dec 01, 2004; ... ESTHERVILLE (AP) - The body of an Iowa woman who has been missingsince November 2003 has been returned after being discovered inMexico about a year ago, police said. Tests Saturday showed the body was that of Tina Conde, ofEstherville, who was first reported missing on Nov. 3, ...
In-state battle; UNI looks forward to playing ISU
Dec 01, 2004; ... CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) - Northern Iowa is looking forward to itssecond home game of the season tonight, and not just because theopponent is Iowa State. They're just eager to play again after what happened last week,when they blew an 18-point lead in a 76-70 double-overtime loss ...
One killed in car-tractor crash
Dec 01, 2004; ... POSTVILLE, Iowa - The driver of a car that collided with a tractoron Clayton County W-64 near Postville Monday died in the accident. The Iowa State Patrol on Tuesday did not release the names ofthose involved in the accident but said the deceased was taken toDelaware County ...
Dodgeball promises smashing good time; Adult league play begins in January for the new Dubuque Leisure Services offering
Dec 01, 2004; ... Remember this? The class bully hurling objects at your defenselessbody. The sound of the sweaty gym teacher's screeching whistle as youget pegged by another textured red rubber ball. The shameful retreatto the side wall. Duck! Dodgeball is back with a vengeance, and Dubuque's ...
Environmentalists see trouble in 2nd term; Bush's top energy priority - opening an Alaska wildlife refuge -will be an early battle
Dec 01, 2004; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Environmentalists see some of their worst fearsplaying out as President Bush moves to cement a second-term agendathat includes getting more timber, oil and gas from public lands andrelying on the market rather than regulation to curb pollution. Bush's top energy ...
Storms batter Philippines; Nearly 340 are reported dead, with 150 missing
Dec 01, 2004; ... MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The death toll from landslides andflash floods in the eastern Philippines jumped to nearly 340 with 150others missing Tuesday, after a second rainstorm hit a region stillreeling from last week's deadly typhoon. Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman, ...
Commerce nominee known for fighting protectionism; Gutierrez has lobbied to open U.S. markets to cheap Australian sugar
Dec 01, 2004; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Under Carlos Gutierrez's stewardship, KelloggCo. lobbied to open U.S. markets to cheap Australian sugar and calledthe government's current system for propping up the U.S. sugarindustry "one of the worst forms of protectionism." As Commerce secretary, Gutierrez ...
Zoo puts baby gorilla on view
Dec 01, 2004; ... BOSTON (AP) - With shutters clicking and cameras rolling, dozensof people crowded into the Franklin Park Zoo's indoor "tropicalforest" on Saturday for the debut of its newest celebrity resident: atiny 3-day-old western lowland gorilla. Children with faces and hands pressed to the ...
Iowan dies in chopper crash
Dec 01, 2004; ... DES MOINES (AP) - An Iowan was among seven soldiers killed when anArmy helicopter crashed in the fog near Fort Hood, Texas. Chief Warrant Officer 2 David H. Gardner Jr., 32, and six otherswere killed Monday morning when their helicopter flew into atelevision tower's support ...
Judge: State wrong to boost fee; The court ruling further complicates the state's budget problems
Dec 01, 2004; ... SPRINGFIELD (AP) - A Cook County judge has added a newcomplication to the state's budget by freezing an $18 millionbusiness fee increase, a move that raises questions about dozens ofother fee increases that helped erase massive state deficits. Judge Patrick McGann ruled that Gov ....
Fennimore well-stocked to defend SWALII crown; Dodgeville, Belmont favorites in leagues
Dec 01, 2004; ... It was a remarkable and improbable late-season push. Thanks to a huge victory over Cuba City and some last-minute helpfrom Iowa-Grant, the Fennimore Golden Eagles won a share of the 2003-04 SWAL II Conference title. With a few starters back, including a pair of first team ...
Sports Briefs
Dec 01, 2004; ... Butch Davis quits as Browns coach BEREA, Ohio - Cleveland Browns coach Butch Davis resigned underpressure Tuesday, leaving a last-place team with five games left in asinking season filled with close losses and costly injuries. The Browns dropped their fifth straight game on ...
Dubuque Works upgrade to cost millions; Deere's intent is to modernize the nearly 60-year-old facility
Dec 01, 2004; ... John Deere Dubuque Works is in the midst of a makeover, a multi-million dollar renovation aimed at modernizing the long-standingcomplex. The lobby, cafeteria, factory break rooms and other areas of theplant have been upgraded, part of an ongoing plan to update thesprawling ...
Governmental Meetings
Dec 01, 2004; ... Clayton County Board of Supervisors - 10 a.m., Supervisors Office,200 E. Bridge St., Elkader, Iowa. Western Dubuque County Community School District Board ofDirectors - Noon, superintendent's office, Farley, Iowa. Delaware County Board of Supervisors - 1:15 p.m., courthouse, ...
Peterson's penalty phase begins
Dec 01, 2004; ... REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) - The penalty phase of Scott Peterson'smurder trial opened Tuesday with prosecutors saying the slaying ofhis pregnant wife left the family with "a hole in their hearts thatcan never be repaired." "When the defendant dumped the bodies of his wife and unborn ...
Dollar drops to new record low against euro
Dec 01, 2004; ... BERLIN (AP) - The dollar hit a new all-time low against the euro,which rose to $1.3335 on Tuesday as new figures showed that U.S.economic growth in the third quarter was stronger than previouslyestimated. In late New York trading, the euro eased back to $1.3280, belowits intraday ...
Teachers get big gift from Oprah
Dec 01, 2004; ... DES MOINES (AP) - An Iowa teacher's visit to the Oprah show wasmuch more than she expected - about $20,000 more. Amanda Parker, a fifth-grade teacher from De Soto, was one of 300teachers invited to a special "Oprah's Favorite Things" show latelast month. "I thought, you know, ...
Firm fined $417,000 in bid-rigging case; Company is operated by a former state lawmaker
Dec 01, 2004; ... CHICAGO (AP) - A lobbying firm headed by a former state lawmakerwas fined $350,000 Tuesday and ordered to forfeit $67,000 for riggingbids on a contract to supervise a major expansion of Chicago'sMcCormick Place convention center. U.S. District Judge Blanche M. Manning also placed ...
Local/Area Roundup; Rams' rally falls short at Anamosa
Dec 01, 2004; ... Taylor Blum scored 28 points, but Dubuque Senior couldn't completea rally from a 10-point deficit in the final two minutes and fell tohost Anamosa, 65-64, Tuesday night in a non-conference season opener. Blum connected on six 3-pointers for the Rams, who also got 12points from ...
All voters should be respected; Election aftermath shows that we need tolerance
Dec 01, 2004; ... Wahlert High School 11th grader On the afternoon of Nov. 3, the citizens of the United Statescould breath a sigh of relief. The heated 2004 presidential electionhad finally come to a close. Fortunately, with a clear victor. However, some Americans could not bear the ...
Streets, sidewalks top Galena council's to-do list; Final phase of city's project is top priority
Dec 01, 2004; ... GALENA, Ill. - Streets and sidewalks top the Galena City Council'slist of improvement priorities for 2005. The council, at its meeting Monday, identified the final phase ofthe Downtown Development Project as its top priority. The planincludes reconstruction of North Main Street ...
Hospital admits euthanizing terminally ill newborns; Netherland's facility carried out 4 such killings in 2003
Dec 01, 2004; ... AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - A hospital in the Netherlands - thefirst nation to permit euthanasia - recently proposed guidelines formercy killings of terminally ill newborns, and then made a startlingrevelation: It has already begun carrying out such procedures, whichinclude ...
Clifford F. Miner
Dec 01, 2004 ... Clifford F. Miner, 82, of ManorCare Health Services, formerly of274 Princeton Place, died at 5:25 a.m. Monday, Nov. 29, 2004, atMercy Medical Center-Dubuque. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Behr Funeral Home, 1491Main St., where friends may call after 10 a.m. Thursday ....
No Indians, Warriors, Holsteins or Hogs; Choosing a nickname for the new middle school is an interesting challenge
Dec 01, 2004; ... Dubuque Community School District officials are down to twochoices for the name of the new school - Eleanor Roosevelt and MartinLuther King Jr. No other names will be considered. Now comes the hard part. Oh, not choosing between them. The district cannot go wrong inhonoring ...
Pacers face charges
Dec 01, 2004; ... AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) - Indiana Pacers players will be chargedfor fighting with fans during the Nov. 19 brawl at the end of a gameagainst the Detroit Pistons, Oakland County Prosecutor David Gorcycatold The Detroit News. "Whoever was involved in fisticuffs will be charged, ...
Letters to the Editor; Dubuque demands more attention
Dec 01, 2004; ... 375 Alpine St. Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that the TelegraphHerald has become the Platteville Herald? Or maybe Platteville hasbecome a real happenin' place. If you haven't recycled it yet, checkout the Nov. 18 edition. Front page, Section A, headline, lead ...
Drake gets $10 million
Dec 01, 2004; ... DES MOINES (AP) - Drake University has received a $10 milliongift from a retired Walgreen Co. chairman and CEO, the school saidTuesday. Dan Jorndt and his wife, Patricia McDonnell Jorndt, both Drakealumni, will give $5 million for scholarships and $5 million for theDrake Stadium ...
Weather Data
Dec 01, 2004; ... Temperatures High/Low Tuesday*33/23 High/low a year ago40/25 Record high 12/159 in 1970 Record low 12/1-8 in 1893 Heating degree days Mon34 Total since July 1, 20041,305 (*As of 4:30 p.m.) Precipitation Precipitation ...
Robert T. Hamilton
Dec 01, 2004 ... SAVANNA, Ill. - Robert T. Hamilton, 82, of Savanna, died Monday,Nov. 29, 2004, at Swedish American Hospital, Rockford. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Community United Church ofChrist, Savanna, with Pastor Robert C. Hamilton officiating. Burialwill be in Spring Lake Cemetery, ...
Huge gallstone removed from man
Dec 01, 2004; ... LOS ANGELES (AP) - A gallstone the size of a golf ball - about 16times the size of a normal one - has been removed from a 56-year-oldman, doctors say. The massive growth was the result of a stentinadvertently left in his body from a pancreatic operation more thana decade ...
Marguerite Martin
Dec 01, 2004 ... Marguerite Martin, 93, of 1953 Chaney Road, died Monday, Nov. 29,2004, at ManorCare Health Services. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Hoffmann-Schneider FuneralHome, 1640 Main St., with Monsignor Wayne A. Ressler officiating.Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Key West, ...
Weddings; Chase-Lucas
Dec 01, 2004; ... Robyn Chase and Gabriel Lucas, both of Dubuque, were married Oct.2, 2004, at St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Dubuque. The reception wasat Midway Hotel, Dubuque. She is the daughter of Jerry and Mary Chase, of Oelwein, Iowa. Heis the son of Mark Lucas, of Heidelberg, Germany, and ...
Dispute growing over riverbed; The question is when the boundary of an Indian reservation is a river, who owns the riverbed?
Dec 01, 2004; ... ASHLAND, Mont. (AP) - For the Northern Cheyenne, it's aboutdefending a special resource and the border of their reservation. Foran energy development firm, it's about business. And for Montana'sgovernor, it's about protecting the state's financial interests andassets, which she insists ...
Court upholds neglect conviction in baby's death
Dec 01, 2004; ... MILWAUKEE (AP) - A state appeals court upheld a child neglectconviction Tuesday for a mentally disabled woman accused of failingto baby-sit a neighbor's baby boy found smothered in a trash can. Katrina French, 32, argued the court shouldn't have found hercompetent to stand ...
Wahlert coach Wurdinger resigns
Dec 01, 2004; ... Craig Wurdinger has resigned from Dubuque Wahlert for personalreasons. Wurdinger served as boys basketball coach the past 10seasons, leading the Golden Eagles to five state tournament berths. He also served as athletic director, taking over for Tom Keatingthis past ...
Hawks prove selves worthy of new ranking; Iowa pulls away in 1st half at Drake
Dec 01, 2004; ... DES MOINES (AP) - Iowa proved in Hawaii it could play against Top25 teams. On Tuesday night, the Hawkeyes showed they could play wellwhen they were the ranked team. A day after entering The AP poll, No. 23 Iowa got 21 points apiecefrom Jeff Horner and Adam Haluska in beating Drake, ...
Bush tries to repair relations; President promises to work toward easing ban on Canadian beef
Dec 01, 2004; ... OTTAWA (AP) - President Bush tried on Tuesday to repair U.S.-Canada relations strained by years of bickering over trade and Iraq,although he stood by policies that have irritated Canadians. He did promise Prime Minister Paul Martin to work toward easing aU.S. ban on Canadian ...
Rescuers locate American plane; The craft crashed in Afghanistan
Dec 01, 2004; ... KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Rescuers found the wreckage of a missingplane used by the U.S. Air Force and recovered the bodies of severalAmericans who were aboard when it crashed in snow-covered mountainsover the weekend, Afghan police said Tuesday. The transport plane, which was ...
Red Cross report critical of detainees' treatment; The Bush administration rejects the accusations
Dec 01, 2004; ... GENEVA (AP) - The International Committee of the Red Cross saidTuesday it has given the Bush administration a confidential reportcritical of U.S. treatment of terror suspects detained at the U.S.military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. But the Red Cross, which is the only ...
Group meets Dec. 9
Dec 01, 2004; ... The Tri-State Human Resource Association will hold its annualmeeting and social on Dec. 9, in the Westview Room at the Midway BestWestern in Dubuque. A cash bar will begin at 4:30 p.m. with dinner at 5 p.m. The nightinclude installation of officers and selection of ...
Shirley A. Fields
Dec 01, 2004 ... OSKALOOSA, Iowa -Shirley A. Fields, 69, of Oskaloosa, diedTuesday, Nov. 30, 2004, at home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Mary's Catholic Church,Oskaloosa. Burial will be in Forest Cemetery, Oskaloosa. Friends maycall after 10 a.m. Thursday at Bates Funeral Chapel, ...
Turner enjoying life in Switzerland
Dec 01, 2004; ... GENEVA (AP) - Tina Turner, who celebrated her 65th birthday lastweek, is enjoying her quiet life in Switzerland, but reportedly hasno plans to retire from performing. The rock diva completed her final world tour four years ago, butstill gives live performances in Switzerland. Her ...
Iowa Briefs
Dec 01, 2004; ... Amtrak reports ridership gains DES MOINES - Ridership of Amtrak trains is up 14 percent in Iowaover the past year, even though the company's future remainsuncertain. A total of 54,365 passengers got on and off Amtrak trains at sixIowa stations during the fiscal year ended ...
Tucker leads Badgers past Terps; Wisconsin extends home win streak to 31
Dec 01, 2004; ... MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Alando Tucker scored a career-high 27 pointsand No. 25 Wisconsin beat No. 12 Maryland 69-64 in the ACC-Big TenChallenge on Tuesday night. Sharif Chambliss added 15 points and Zach Morley had 12 for theBadgers (3-1), who won their 31st straight home game. That ...
Juvenile Court; The following aggravated misdemeanors and felony charges were listed in complaints filed at Juvenile Court Services:
Dec 01, 2004; ... * Assault while displaying a dangerous weapon against James M.Hammerand, 17, 995 Nevada St. The complaint said that during anargument, Hammerand raised an ax toward his father, Rod Hammerand,and threatened to hit him with it while at their residence Nov. 7. * Operating a motor ...
Allawi in Jordan for meetings; Prime minister rules out talks with loyalists of former regime
Dec 01, 2004; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq's interim prime minister went to Jordanon Tuesday for meetings with tribal figures and other influentialIraqis in a bid to encourage Sunni Muslims to participate in the Jan.30 elections, but he ruled out contacts with insurgent leaders andformer members of ...
Teacher pay rankings slip; Iowa drops 4 spots while Wisconsin and Illinois each drop 1
Dec 01, 2004; ... A report released Tuesday by the National Education Associationshowed the average Iowa teacher salary slipped in the state-by-staterankings from 34th to 38th for the 2003-2004 school year. Illinois slipped a spot from seventh to eighth, and Wisconsinslipped from 21st to ...
Ridge resigns as director of homeland security; He is the 7th Bush Cabinet officer who will leave
Dec 01, 2004; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Tom Ridge, the nation's first homeland securitysecretary, announced Tuesday that he is resigning after three yearsof reworking American security and presiding over color-coded terroralerts. He's the seventh Bush Cabinet officer leaving so far. Ridge oversaw the ...
Illinois Briefs
Dec 01, 2004; ... Son of Chicago Mayor Daley enlists CHICAGO - Mayor Richard Daley's 29-year-old son, whose name andMBA from one of the nation's most prestigious universities would haveopened doors to a well-paying career, has joined the Army instead. The mayor said Tuesday he was very proud of ...
Wahlert guts out victory; Eagles poised in 1st game of year
Dec 01, 2004; ... For the first time in three seasons, the Dubuque Wahlert boysbasketball team is 1-0. Against the North Scott Lancers - who have become their annualseason-opening opponent - the Golden Eagles' execution Tuesday nightin Wahlert Gymnasium was not always outstanding. And there ...
NBA Roundup; Cook, Bryant help Lakers down Bucks
Dec 01, 2004; ... Brian Cook came off the bench to score a career-high 25 points,including five 3-pointers, and Kobe Bryant added 20 points despitebeing held without a field goal for three quarters to lead the LosAngeles Lakers past the Milwaukee Bucks, 95-90, Tuesday night inMilwaukee. Cook also ...
Epworth approves youth center
Dec 01, 2004; ... EPWORTH, Iowa - The Epworth City Council has approved a youthcenter to be located at the old Epworth School building at 310 WestMain Street. A volunteer committee of youth and adults will meet at 7 p.m.Thursday at the old Epworth School building to establish guidelinesfor the ...