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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 2011
Page
3
Muammar Gadhafi rode through Tripoli amid NATO strikes as foreign ministers debated escalating operations. Rebels faced heavy rocket fire from loyalists in Misrata, where at least 13 people died, targeting the port used by rebels as their lifeline in Libya's third-largest city.
Walter Breuning, 114, died in a Great Falls hospital after hospitalization since early month with an undisclosed illness. He was the second oldest person, 26 days younger than Besse Cooper of Georgia, per the Gerontology Research Group. Breuning cited two meals a day, work, and embracing change as factors in longevity.
President Barack Obama told Chicago supporters that his 2012 campaign will focus on fixing the nation's fiscal challenges without harming the America they believe in. He urged a clear, value based choice and warned against shrinking America as Republicans rally to deny a second term.
ABC dropped One Life to Live and All My Children leaving General Hospital as the network's only daytime drama. The move cuts ABC's three soaps to one while CBS and NBC retain more. The channel plans new food and lifestyle transformation programs to fill the slots.
Newly released 1970s FBI files show a note titled from The General warned Colonel Harland Sanders of grave danger to be murdered. Sanders, who created KFC’s 11 herbs and spices, died in 1980 at age 90 after leukemia.
Garden City couple Bob and Kay Wells spoke at the Lawrence Public Library during Read Across Lawrence, sharing memories of Truman Capote and Harper Lee visiting Kansas in the early 1960s after the Clutter family murders. Kay Wells described Capote’s secretary revealing Harper Lee, and both authors hosting dinners with the Wellses to ease local tension.
Earl Nehring, 90, recipient of United Way Roger Hill Volunteer Center Volunteer of the Year for Leadership Board Service, honors his late wife Harriet Nehring a founder of Kansas Advocates for Better Care. He volunteers after a career at Kansas University.
Lawrence senior Libby Johnson won KU student body president and Olathe sophomore Gabe Bliss was elected vice president. They campaigned as KUnited and plan to push concert access, eco friendly rest rooms, and a bike rental program while expanding student communication. They defeated RenewKU coalition candidates Casey Briner and Josh Dean, with 3111 to 2007 votes, amid higher turnout.
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