Ottawa Truck to trim welding and cut pay during shift
Ottawa Truck plans to phase out its welding and fabrication department over two to three years to focus on assembly work. No staff cuts. welding work will be outsourced. Transitional training offered. hourly pay will drop by 30 cents, about $600 yearly. Some employees worry about choosing to stay.
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Dundee St
Joe Hastert
Hastert
Kansas
Harold Bishop
Bishop
Fallujah siege widens as insurgents strike Mosul
Iraqi forces press deeper into Fallujah while Mosul receives reinforcements after insurgent attacks. In Baghdad gunfire erupts on Haifa Street as clashes threaten central security. A U.S. soldier dies and others are wounded in the south. In Mosul, militants attack Kurdish party headquarters and a senior police officer is killed. six attackers are killed and four captured. Mosul police chief is dismissed amid allegations of collusion with insurgents. Four Iraqi National Guard units, mostly Kurdish, are deployed from near the Syrian border to stabilize the city.
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Mosul
Baghdad
Haifa Street
Tigris River
U.S
Saadi Ahmed
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
Mohammed Kheiri Barhawi
Khissrou Gouran
Duraid Kashmoula
Kashmoula
Iraqi National Guard
United Way funds expand Franklin County Scout programs
Candace Jones reports United Way of Franklin County budgets 5000 dollars to the Heart of America Council Boy Scouts. Twin Rivers District executive Cortland Bolles says the grant covers about 15 percent of yearly operating costs, aiding camps such as Theodore Naish Scout Reservation in Bonner Springs and H Roe Bartle Scout Reservation in Osceola.
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Candace Jones
Franklin County
United Way
Heart of America Council
Boy Scouts
Cortland Bolles
Twin Rivers
Anderson
Franklin
Linn
Miami
Theodore Naish
Bonner Springs
H. Roe Bartle
Osceo
Local agencies support youth via United Way and Boy Scouts
Community programs in Lees Summit and Franklin County provide scholarships to help boys join Boy Scouts and attend camps. Funding also covers troop leader training and reduced camp and sport activity costs, enabling broader participation. Contact Bolles at 816 942 9333 ext 118 or visit hoacbsa.org for details.
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Gottman
Bolles
Franklin County
Cub Scouts
Boy Scouts
Mike Shields
Shields
Heart of America Council
Hoac Bsa.org
Blair presses Bush on Jerusalem amid Middle East peace push
British Prime Minister Blair urges President Bush to shift focus from Iraq to revived Israeli Palestinian peace efforts. Blair, meeting Bush after Arafat’s Cairo funeral, seeks U.S. backing to bolster the Palestinian Authority, warning Gaza withdrawal requires a capable Palestinian security and civil framework.
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Jerusalem
Mid-East
Washington
Baghdad
Tony Blair
Iraq
Mideast
Europe
Oval Office
Egypt
Yasser Arafat
Palestinian Authority
Britain
Israel
Gaza
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