NATION IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : Heinz Lauded for His Rare Optimism

President Bush joined much of official Washington for a memorial service that recalled Sen. John Heinz as a rare politician who refused to become jaded. The Pennsylvania Republican “really believed he could make the world a better place,” said Sen. Timothy E. Wirth (D-Colo.), a prep school friend of Heinz’s. Bush and Vice President Dan Quayle were among the nearly 2,000 people who attended the service at the Washington Cathedral. Heinz, 52 and in his third term, was killed April 4 when the plane in which he was traveling and a helicopter collided outside Philadelphia.