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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 2003
Page
9
A New Jersey Transit commuter train lost a wheel and two cars derailed Monday morning between Newark and New York. Twelve people were treated at hospitals and released. The 12‑car train carried about 1,200 passengers and derailed upright near Secaucus around 8 a.m. None reported critical injuries.
Coast Guard units rescued two survivors from a small plane that crashed off the Alaska coast near Gustavus. Four others remained unaccounted for after the Sunday night crash of a privately owned Cessna 401 carrying six people from Utah. The pilot reported being out of fuel while attempting a Gustavus landing. Names and hometowns of the passengers were not released.
Bill Keller, a Pulitzer Prize winner and former Times managing editor, was named executive editor of The New York Times by publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. He aims to move quickly past the June plagiarism scandal that led to Howell Raines and Gerald Boyd resignations, with Keller taking effect July 30.
Flames raced across timbered slopes near Yakima Washington threatening about 130 houses while evacuations affected 20 homes. The Tampico fire jumped a ridge, grew to over 1900 acres by Monday morning, per Northwest Interagency Coordination Center.
The NAACP decried Democratic no-shows at a candidate forum in Miami Beach with Bush and four others absent. Kweisi Mfume warned that absent contenders became persona non grata as black leaders vow not to be taken for granted in the next election. Al Sharpton likened the party to Lester Maddox.
Iraqs new governing council voted to send a delegation to the United Nations Security Council and assert its right to represent Baghdad as world attention focuses on the transition. The assembly will name ministers and approve the 2004 budget, though final control remains with U S administrator L Paul Bremer.
Pierce Brosnan will be made an honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire after four missions with MI6 and his work in film and charity. British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw praises his impact on Britain abroad and his support of charitable causes.
Nearly 400 people attended the Lower Keys Underwater Music Festival at Love Key National Marine Sanctuary six miles south of Big Pine Key. Submerged speakers broadcast Beatles and mermaid tunes as Becker conducted a live 30 foot below surface remote from the reef.
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