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Newspaper
The Gaston Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 2007
Page
3
A 5-year-old girl abducted with her grandfather during a boat trip on the Kankakee River walked to searchers two days after the missing man’s body was recovered. The child appeared dirty but unharmed, holding berries as she approached deputies and officials.
Leslie resident Jesse Lasorda spearheaded a grave marker for Frank L. White, the man long believed to be the Cream of Wheat box chef. White, born circa 1867 in Barbados, came to the United States in 1875 and became a citizen in 1890. A granite stone with an etched likeness was placed at Woodlawn Cemetery.
Kurt Waldheim, the former United Nations secretary general from 1972 to 1982 and Austrian president elected in 1986, died in Vienna at age 88 after a fever infection and heart failure. His wartime service with a German army unit tied to Balkan atrocities had sparked international controversy.
Denver Archdiocese concludes its inquiry into whether Father Junipero Serra intervened to save Kayla Kellog from severe birth defects. A church team gathered seven months of medical and religious documents, now sent to the Holy See for evaluation. The Kellog family asserts Serra's prayers rescued their daughter, who is now about 14 and reportedly healthy.
An Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed Friday in Iraq during a close air support mission. The crash killed five U S soldiers per Defense Secretary Gates visit and an official investigation into the cause is ongoing. The pilot's fate was not disclosed and the location was not released.
In Leesburg Virginia prosecutors report a flood of calls accusing Rev. James L. Bevel 70 a Martin Luther King Jr confidant of sexual misconduct. Bevel was charged last week with sexual relations with a teenage relative in the 1990s.
At a two week CITES meeting in which China emerged as a major player ministers backed stronger protections for elephants and tigers while sharks and corals failed to gain protection. The conference also showed a shift in conservation politics with ministers backing negotiations.
Seattle Fleets and Facilities warns city employees in three downtown buildings about frequent microwave popcorn burning. The memo notes fires, smoke alarm activations, and emergency responses by the Fire Department with evacuations and system resets at City Hall and Seattle Municipal Tower.
Hundreds of brain cancer patients in France and possibly the United States faced alerts about malfunctioning Brainlab radiation machines ordered shut down by French authorities. The maker warned of a small targeting error, while a U.S. clinic advisory warned possible injury or death.
U.S. defense contractors receive nearly half of Washington’s Plan Colombia funds to fight cocaine trafficking and rebels, raising doubts about training Colombians to replace them. A 2000 plan assumed eventual replacement, but a State Department report obtained by The Associated Press shows rising contractor funding, prompting congressional criticism.
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