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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 2003
Page
5
Tropical Storm Claudette moves toward Texas coast from Baffin Bay to High Island with warnings extended north. Forecasters expect hurricane strength late last night and a westward turn before landfall on Wednesday morning.
A 2000 acre wildfire sparked by lightning forced the evacuation of up to 700 people on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation in eastern Arizona. The blaze started Sunday in juniper and ponderosa pines east of the Rodeo Chediski fire area, authorities said.
Frank Scaturro president of the Grant Monument Association urged NBC and government officials to discipline Beyonce Knowles for a July 4 televised performance on Ulysses S. Grant's tomb steps. He called the choreography lascivious and the backup dancers scantily dressed. NBC and Park Service did not comment.
Legendary saxophonist Benny Carter died Saturday at age 95 after a two week hospitalization for bronchitis and related health issues. A six decade star, he performed with and wrote for swing era greats Duke Ellington Count Basie Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller. His jazz standards include When Lights Are Low Blues in My Heart. Bennett Lester Carter was born August 8 1907 in New York.
A Dylan fan in Japan notes similarities between lyrics on Love and Theft and passages from Junichi Saga's Confessions of a Yakuza. The findings were posted in May on a Dylan fan site, prompting discussion on possible literary borrowing.
The House approved a rule to bar the Agriculture Department from enforcing country of origin labels on beef pork and lamb products while skinning the rules of a 17 billion spending bill. The 208 to 193 vote rejects preserving the labeling requirement amid Senate debates and a Wednesday subcommittee review.
A New Hampshire man, Manuel Gehring, 44, who is suspected in the disappearance of his two children, refused to honor a new custody pact. Police say he drove across the country with Sarah, 14, and Philip, 11, last seen leaving a Concord fireworks show, and officials fear the children are dead. FBI searches spanned Concord to Gilroy, California, as Gehring was later arrested and extradition was sought.
NAACP President Kweisi Mfume condemned Democratic candidates Dick Gephardt Joe Lieberman and Dennis Kucinich for skipping the party’s presidential forum at the convention calling them persona non grata among black voters. He argued their absence undermines black political influence as Kerry and Edwards later joined the event.
Pollstar tallies show North America’s 50 top tours grossed 678 million dollars in the first half of 2003, up 26 percent with an average ticket price of 52 dollars. Elton John and Billy Joel led revenue at 52.7 million, while Kenny Chesney sold 628 thousand tickets.
Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl opened to 46.4 million in its first weekend. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen followed with 23.25 million, featuring Sean Connery as Allan Quatermain. Terminator 3 slipped from first to lower ranks as Pirates led a busy weekend.
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