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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 2011
Page
3
Panetta decides to end the 17 year old ban on gays serving openly in the U S armed forces and certifies the repeal does not harm military readiness. The move fulfills a campaign promise by President Obama and follows input from military leaders amid opposition in Congress.
The Agriculture Department seeks rules to label poultry and raw meats when they are enhanced with added solutions such as broth salt or water. The USDA estimates about one third of poultry 15 percent of beef and 90 percent of pork contain added ingredients comprising roughly 40 percent of all raw, whole cuts. Ground beef is not covered.
Eurozone leaders adopt a massive Greek rescue package likely to test the currency union’s rules and raise the prospect of a default. The agreement ends a political deadlock among Europe’s top authorities and allows an enhanced rescue fund to act pre-emptively as crises build, aiming to calm investors wary of wider instability including Italy.
Idaho Montana and South Dakota vow to defy No Child Left Behind by not raising annual benchmarks or punishing underperforming schools. The states cite unrealistically high 100 percent proficiency goals by 2014 and warn they could risk federal funding to protest the program. Idaho Superintendent Tom Luna says limits on progress measures will not be enforced.
Rudolf Hess bones were secretly exhumed from a family plot in Wunsiedel Bavaria. They were cremated and dispersed at sea before dawn after his grave became a neo Nazi shrine. Cemetery official Andreas Fabel provided details of the operation. Hess was captured in 1941 after parachuting into Scotland.
Lawrence police seek a black male suspect, 5 feet 6 inches, 150 pounds, wearing all black with a white face covering, after an armed robbery at Kwik Shop 845 Miss. around 3:30 a.m. Thursday. The robber obtained cash and fled north on Mississippi Street. No injuries reported. Call 911 if seen. Tips to police or Crime Stoppers.
Six year old Orion Baldwin who has cerebral palsy can now play outside after a wheel chair accessible ramp was built at his south Lawrence home last fall. Before the ramp there were four steps that hindered entry and exit, limiting outdoor time. His father Chris notes the ramp lets Orion go outside more independently when weather cooperates. The ramp funding came through a program run by Inde-
Independence Inc., a nonprofit in northeast Kansas, provides advocacy and housing services. The agency receives about $30,000 annually from a city of Lawrence community development block grant to help low income families modify homes. Cindy Pippert, housing specialist, leads efforts. See DISABILITIES, page 5A.
Douglas County Red Cross cuts health and safety marketing director position as part of national reorganization. Local executive director Jane Blocher says services remain unchanged and will be delivered by local instructors and volunteers. The chapter, 95 years strong, reports a $300,000 budget and a history of no fiscal-year deficits.
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