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Friday,
Aug. 8 2003
… The Club
for Growth takes on Daschle. This report
has little to do with the Iowa caucuses –
except it involves a former wannabe prospect (Daschle)
and TV viewers in NW IA will see the ad –
which is good enough for inclusion in the
Daily Report. Under the subhead “Daschle
manor,” Jennifer Harper reported in the
“Inside Politics” column in yesterday’s
Washington Times: “The Club for Growth, a
tax-cuts advocacy group, began running a TV ad
yesterday against Senate Minority Leader Tom
Daschle, blasting the South Dakota Democrat
for buying a $2 million home on Foxhall Road
while opposing President Bush's tax-cut
package. The Club, which made its name
backing conservatives in primaries against
liberal Republicans, has put Mr. Daschle
at the top of its 2004 target list. This
new spot is timed to coincide with Mr.
Daschle's annual ‘drive’ across South Dakota. But
the Club hopes Mr. Daschle's
constituents wonder how he is able to afford a
new home in Washington while trying to block a
tax cut for them. ‘Maybe they don't want tax
relief on Foxhall Road," an announcer says
before the screen flashes to Aberdeen, S.D.,
resident Wayne Greenfield, who says, "But we
sure can use it here in Aberdeen.’ The ad
shows a road sign for Aberdeen, which says
‘Home of U.S. Senator Tom Daschle,’ then
flashes to a shot of Mr. Daschle's new manor
on Foxhall Road, billed as a ‘great place to
entertain Hollywood liberals, politicians and
lobbyists.’ The ads are being run in Sioux
Falls, S.D., and on South Dakota cable
networks. Dan Pfeiffer, a spokesman for Mr.
Daschle, predicted the ads will have
little effect.”
… Kennedy says Bush is “vulnerable.” In
yesterday’s Washington Times – under the
subhead, “Campaign begins” – John
McCaslin wrote about Ted Kennedy’s
latest commentary in his “Inside the Beltway”
column. Excerpt: “Sen.
Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts says
President Bush ‘is vulnerable’ in facing
re-election next year, but he also admits that
his Democratic Party has ‘our work cut out
for us to win the election.’ Trying to
drum up financial support for the 2004
presidential contest, Mr. Kennedy warns
that Mr. Bush won't hesitate to spend his
‘bottomless’ campaign fund to ‘smear our
nominee with lies and accusations.’
Republicans by the end of this year could have
upwards of $250 million on hand for Mr. Bush's
re-election bid, while the Democratic
National Committee is also beginning to fill
its own presidential fund to back the party's
eventual nominee. Speaking of smearing the
candidates, Mr. Kennedy starts the
mud-slinging by charging that ‘it's clear
beyond doubt that [Mr. Bush] and his
administration manipulated the nation into war
in Iraq, and had no serious plan to win the
peace.’” This morning’s headlines:
Des Moines
Register, top front-page headline: Iraq – “GIs
die in surge of attacks…Deadly embassy
bombing targets Iraqi civilians”
Quad-City
Times, main online heads: “West Nile cases
escalate” & “Death toll reaches about
40 as heat wave batters Europe”
Nation/world
headlines, Omaha World-Herald online: “West
Nile on rampage across U. S.” & “Californians
appear wired for weird” Report on CA
recall election and the field of guv
replacements.
Featured
online reports, New York Times: “Defying
Davis, Two Democrats Say They’ll Run in Recall
Vote” & “New, Soft Targets in Iraq:
Bombing Shifts the Focus”
Sioux City
Journal, top online stories: “Bombing kills
11 at Jordanian Embassy; Americans in
firefight on Baghdad Street” & “Tornado
hits Palm Beach County, destroys homes, flips
vehicles”
Chicago Tribune online, main heads: “Feds:
Hijackers Crashed Flt. 93 on 9/11” & “Israeli
Soldiers Kill Palestinian Gunman”
… Radio Iowa
reports that the investigation continues into
a fire that caused “extensive damage” to the
Timberland Museum at Heritage Park in
Forest City. The museum was built
in 1930 by Arlo Johnson and moved from the
Johnson family farm to the park last year.
Officials say “many artifacts” were lost, but
they plan to rebuild the museum.
… On the Korean Front: Washington Times
reports this morning that administration split
on Korea solution. Under the subhead “North
Korea split” in this morning’s Washington
Times, Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough wrote
in the “Inside the Ring” column: “Below the
public facade of near unanimity on policy
toward North Korea, the Bush administration's
top national security officials are divided on
the best way to deal with the North-created
nuclear crisis. Defense Secretary Donald
H. Rumsfeld and Deputy Defense Secretary Paul
Wolfowitz favor a policy of ‘regime change’ as
the ultimate solution. This view, we are told,
is based on the almost unanimous intelligence
assessment that Pyongyang's communist
regime is not going to give up its nuclear
arms, regardless of multiparty talks and
diplomacy. The State Department and
Secretary of State Colin L. Powell favor the
diplomatic approach — even at the
expense of concessions to Pyongyang, such
as holding bilateral talks. One solution being
considered is to try fomenting a military coup
against North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. An
idea floating in high-level circles within the
administration is to get the Chinese military
to lead the way by telling North Korean
military leaders that their future is dark as
long as Mr. Kim rules. The coup plan calls
for convincing Chinese military leaders to
back the North Korean military in ousting Mr.
Kim. In exchange, the new military regime in
Pyongyang would be guaranteed its survival for
10 years or so if it gives up the nuclear
weapons program.”
… Officials
in Sioux City, Omaha and along Missouri River
react as Corps of Engineers plans to lower
river levels next week. Headline from
yesterday’s Sioux City Journal: “City warns
boaters of lowered releases in Missouri River”
Excerpt from coverage by Journal’s Lynn
Zerschling: “Slip holders at the Sioux City
Marina might find their boats are high and dry
next week after the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers lowers Missouri River water levels.
‘City staff
would like to caution all boaters using the
river, the public boat ramp and the marina,’
Kerry Gill, parks and recreation director,
said Wednesday. ‘We want them to take that
into consideration if they plan to be out on
the river.’
Starting at 10
p.m. Tuesday, the corps will reduce releases
from Gavins Point Dam from 26,000 cubic feet
per second (cfs) to 21,000 cfs. The dam is
located near Yankton, S.D.
The lower releases will take place for three
days, until Friday, Aug. 15.
Gill said there is 4 feet of water in the city
marina. ‘I talked to the Corps of Engineers
about the impact this might have on us,’ Gill
said. ‘They said it could lower the river
level by 1 to 2 feet. This may cause some
problems in our marina if it goes down from 4
feet to 2 feet. It's pretty significant...I
want to caution our slip holders they might
want to get their boats out before this
happens. In essence, the marina would not be
operable.’ The lower water levels also
could cause some safety issues for boaters in
general, she added. The lower water level
would raise sandbars and expose other
submerged objects, such as logs and trees. She
noted that the corps warned all commercial
and recreational river users downstream from
Gavins Point to ‘take appropriate actions to
secure commercial and recreational vessels
and related facilities as it is anticipated
that the releases will not be sufficient to
maintain sufficient flows for navigation from
Sioux City, Iowa, to St. Louis, Mo., a
distance of 732 miles.’”…And more from the
Omaha World-Herald. Headline – “Omaha
prepares judge, Omaha's marina will be sealed
off from the Missouri River beginning Monday
as city employees deal with plans to bring
river levels down about a foot. for drop in
river” Excerpts from report by Matt
Kelley: “Barring a reprieve from a Power
companies also are preparing for next week's
scheduled drop in the river, which might make
it more difficult to cool power plants.
And in Washington, attorneys representing the
Army Corps of Engineers are making a
last-ditch attempt to lift the court order
that mandates the lower river levels to
protect three endangered species. ‘We're
going into territory we've never been in
before,’ said Brian Barels, water
resources manager for the Nebraska Public
Power District. On Tuesday night, the corps
announced that it would be reducing dam
releases on the Missouri after District Court
Judge Paul Magnuson refused to lift a court
order mandating lower flows. Magnuson was
appointed last month to oversee six cases
involving the corps and Missouri River levels.
Corps officials filed a motion Wednesday
asking Magnuson to rescind the order.
Barring a last-minute legal turnaround, the
corps will cut flows at Gavins Point Dam near
Yankton, S.D., at 10 p.m. Tuesday. The river
will rise again three days later, Aug. 15,
the end of breeding season for two endangered
shorebirds - the least tern and the piping
plover. The lower flows would be the
latest development in a long-running legal
battle over the river.” Today’s editorials: Des Moines
Register:
“Only in California? Maybe Not…The
trends that tarnished the Golden State’s
luster exist in much of the nation…Now instead
of the place to be, California is the place to
flee.” & “Follow Springfield’s lead…Buying
drugs from Canada will save city taxpayers a
bundle.” Editorial says Springfield, Mass.,
made “a bold and smart move” by buying drugs
from Canada for city workers and retirees.
Hawkeyes,
Panthers heading out for overseas challenges.
The
men’s basketball teams from Northern Iowa
and Iowa will be playing basketball in
Australia over the coming days – UNI has a
six-game schedule starting today in Sydney and
the Hawkeyes start a series of games next
Thursday in Sydney. Meanwhile, the Iowa
women’s team has three games in Italy,
starting on Thursday, and a game in
Switzerland on 8/21. DSM 7 a. m.
67, partly cloudy. Temperatures across Iowa at
7 a.m. Friday ranged from 55 in Decorah
to 57 in Audubon, Harlan and Mason
City to 67 in Davenport and
Burlington and 68 in Keokuk.
Today’s high 88, mostly sunny. Tonight’s low
65, clear. Saturday’s high 86, sunny. Saturday
night’s low 66, clear. Sunday’s high 86,
chance T-storms. Sunday night’s 64, chance
T-storms. From WHO-TV’s Brandon Thomas:
“Plenty of sunshine on Saturday, with highs in
the mid/upper eighties. Partly sunny on
Sunday, with a chance of showers/t’storms
Sunday evening into the early morning hours of
Monday. Highs will be in the upper
eighties.” … Iowa vs.
Illinois this weekend in the Great River Tug
Fest. From report by the Quad-City Times’
Molly Laas: “During LeClaire’s practice for
the annual Great River Tug Fest, one of the
first things Todd DeBruyn does is point out
exactly where Port Byron’s tug pit is located
across the river. DeBruyn helps organize
LeClaire’s 11 teams, which compete with the
Illinois teams to determine bragging rights in
the annual tug-of-war across the Mississippi
River. The renewal of this 16-year-old rivalry
is Saturday. Teams on both sides of the
river take the competition very seriously.
Tuggers attend practices and are carefully
selected to find the strongest men and women.
‘We put a lot into it,’ said LeClaire
tugmaster Dave Roete. ‘If we’re going to do
something, we’re going to do it right.’ The
generally good-natured competition is edged
with some taunting of the other side. Some of
the men attending Roete’s practice held beer
cozies printed with the words ‘LeClaire
rules, Port Byron drools.’ This point of
view is matched across the river. ‘If you live
in Illinois, you don’t want to see Iowa win
nothing,’ said Illinois tugmaster Allan Black.
‘It’s been that way for years.’”
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