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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 2001
Page
2
Mike Deupree recalls a mix of luck and misfortune from recent travel and local events. He notes gas prices jolting upward, Powerball fever spreading from Colorado to Iowa, and a dinner table wine mishap when salad toppled into a costly cabernet during a Napa Valley visit.
The Navy rewrites the USS Eagle PE-56 loss from a boiler explosion to an enemy torpedo strike by German submarine U 853 near Portland Maine. Survivors and new records prompted Secretary Gordon England to rule the 1945 sinking an enemy attack, granting Purple Hearts to the deceased or wounded.
Speculation circles Gore's September Des Moines keynote at the Jefferson Jackson Dinner as DNC Chair Terry McAuliffe says it is not a farewell tour. The event aims to aid Gov. Tom Vilsack and Sen. Tom Harkin with re election efforts while fueling fund raising and party support. Ticket sales exceed 1,000 with prices starting at 100 dollars and more details available from the Iowa Democratic Party.
The Gazette highlights its use of soybean ink and recycled newsprint and urges readers to recycle by dropping newspapers at City Carton on Sixth Street SW or at nearby municipal recycling locations.
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