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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 2003
Page
6
Tonight turns colder and windy with partly cloudy skies. A 20 percent chance of rain or storms persists, lows near the upper forties. Friday brings much cooler, windy and partly cloudy conditions with highs in the lower sixties. Friday night grows colder and partly cloudy. Weather page ten.
Denise Ard of J D Family Pharmacy recalls Sgt. Jacob Butler, 24, an Army scout with the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Armored Division killed by a rocket propelled grenade in Samawah, Iraq. Butler, Wellsville High School 1996 graduate, joined the Army in 1998, served at Fort Riley since 2001, survived by parents James and Cindy, four brothers, and was remembered as an honest, dedicated hometown kid. Flags on Main Street fly at half staff in his memory.
U S troops entered a Saddam Hussein presidential palace about 55 miles from Baghdad and found documents. A military spokesman said there are credible signs Iraqi forces are near collapse as Saddam urged Iraqis to fight. The hunt for the downed Navy Hornet pilot continued, while a U S Army Black Hawk helicopter had been downed by small arms fire.
Ottawa couple organize Code Red White and Blue events to back U S troops. A parade begins at Forest Park at 1 p m with a Main Street march to the Franklin County Veterans Memorial. A 2 p m rally at the courthouse honors service members with antique military vehicles and patriotic displays.
Eddy Jones, a senior airman and Wellsville resident, reflects on Sgt. Jacob Butler’s death in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He urges support for troops regardless of war stance, noting the sacrifice shows the real cost of conflict on the front lines and shapes Wellsville’s mood as residents discuss the war over coffee and at Smokey’s Bar.
U S forces surge into outskirts of Baghdad with units crossing the Euphrates and advancing from southwest and southeast. Special forces raid Saddam palace and Thai palace 55 miles from Baghdad, yielding documents but no leaders. Commanders warn fighting not over, Iraqi forces rally to defend the capital while casualties mount.
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