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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 2000
Page
2
Column discusses a Philadelphia to Seattle US Airways flight 107 where a 300-pound pig rode in first class, prompting questions about airline rules and refunds. The pig reportedly traveled in the first row on the floor, caused a scene after landing, and spurred debate over service animal and passenger space policies.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak urged Yasser Arafat at a Tel Aviv peace rally to end violence and resume negotiations for peace. He warned against radicals leading to more suffering as about 170 lives had been lost in five weeks of conflict. Clinton invited leaders to Washington for talks next weekend as both sides signaled openness.
An Amtrak train carrying 88 people derailed after hitting a tree-trimming truck three miles west of Moorpark California. One person in the truck died at the scene and at least 24 others were injured, with 23 passengers hospitalized for minor to moderate injuries. The crossing had no gates or lights and the train was en route from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara.
The Gazette prints with soybean ink and uses recycled newsprint. It urges readers to recycle at City Carton, 4250 Sixth St SW, or nearby recycling locations. Editions published daily and Sunday at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids IA 52401. Subscriptions listed with weekly and annual rates and contact numbers.
A Sunday preprint correction notes the 82040 Compaq Computer Bundle was mislisted. The product does not include a CD RW drive and the sale price after mail in rebates is $449.97, not $499.97 after $650 in rebates.
Taiwan AP reports Singapore Airlines will pay $400,000 to every family of a victim from the Taipei crash, a sum far above the liability minimum. Four busloads of relatives visited the Chiang Kai-shek airport crash site as investigators say the flight SQ006 crew wrongly took off on a closed runway amid approaching typhoon, killing 81 of 179 aboard.
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