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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 27, 2003
Page
1
Army Spc. Donald Schafer, 23, was wounded when his tank was hit by a rocket and set ablaze on April 5 during a convoy attack in Iraq. He credits surviving with being alive to celebrate Memorial Day and honors fallen comrades at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens in Timonium Maryland.
Youths reflect on Memorial Day with ceremonies and soggy parades as others honor U.S. troops returning from Iraq and those serving abroad. The day marked one of the war’s deadliest in recent weeks with three American soldiers killed and several wounded in various attacks and incidents.
In Iraq on Monday a soldier died in a landmine blast near Baghdad while another perished in a tractor trailer collision on a supply route near Talil and a third drowned in an aqueduct near Kirkuk. US officials warned against imposed governance as Bremer spoke of a new era and potential national congress plans face Iraqi resistance.
In Columbus AP report, after 30 years in education William Buckley argues local control is a fiction while state and federal roles clash over No Child Left Behind implementation. Legislators Ed Jerse and Tom Grendell criticize federal micromanagement and insist on local funding and control. Education professor Frances Fowler challenges the 10th Amendment stance.
World and Nation notes Prime Minister Sharon commits to pursuing a Palestinian state as part of a broader peace effort. A nationwide hunt continues for a lost Liberty Head nickel valued at $1 million, highlighted in Business across C5.
Elyria AP reports Mary Butler 66 disabled by muscular dystrophy campaigns for independent living rights from a wheelchair. Her husband Bob a former smoker has 11 implanted stents since October. She says without his support she would need nursing home aid, hindering her independence at Lorain County Center for Independent Living Alliance.
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