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Newspaper
The Gaston Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 2007
Page
3
From Huntsville Texas wire reports condemned prisoner Patrick Knight was executed for the deaths of an Amarillo area couple. He had promised to tell a joke in his final statement but did not, instead thanking God for friends and asking for help for innocent men on death row. He spoke of innocence of several men and said death was the biggest joke.
Rancher Jose Antonio Elias Calles shields a herd imported from Japan for 12 years to ensure Kobe beef quality. Off duty Texas Rangers guard the cattle and they are kept separate from American bulls to preserve the gene pool. Calles traces ranching roots to a Mexican grandfather.
CIA publishes hundreds of pages detailing past misconduct including plots against foreign leaders, mind altering drug testing on unwitting citizens, wiretaps on journalists, surveillance of civil rights and antiwar protesters, mail openings with the USSR and China, and break ins tied to former employees. Documents largely reflect officers’ memories from 1973 shared with Ford era panels and congressional committees.
A Washington report shows North Dakota requires probation before job security for new teachers while Missouri has five-year timelines. The National Council on Teacher Quality highlights these state differences as No Child Left Behind is rewritten on Capitol Hill.
First lady Laura Bush toured a hospital garden in Dakar on a four nation Africa tour to stress nutrition as essential to AIDS treatment. She handed out mosquito nets to patients while noting malaria worsens outcomes for HIV positive individuals and highlighted malnutrition as a widespread problem in Senegal and the region.
A senior U.S. official says outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair will be named Wednesday as special envoy for the Mideast Quartet. The role focuses on Palestinian economic and political reform as the quartet members US UN EU and Russia prepare public statements.
Washington DC a senator urged government action to regulate television violence citing big media firms prioritize short-term profits over children's long term health. He pressed for federal standards and oversight to reduce graphic content in programs.
scattered report blends local drama of Munger Potato Festival queen Allison Nowicki dethronement with other brief items. including Rockefeller push to curb violent media, a Lake Tahoe wildfire update, and a Baton Rouge crash arrest case. Nowicki contests ouster while first runner-up Katie Smrecak will stand in until July 26.
In Gonzales Louisiana a nude driver during a traffic stop struck a trooper and attempted to run down two more. Police stopped the pursuit by firing at the vehicle and deflating a tire. State police described the incident as a violent confrontation during the stop.
Two southeastern Missouri inmates cut a hole in a jail cell wall in Scott City and hid it with pancake batter and toothpaste. The Scott City Jail will add steel plates to interior walls after the discovery by jail staff.
Bruce Burger, 50, was retrieving a ball at the Lake Venice Golf Club when a nearly 11 foot alligator latched onto his right forearm and pulled him into the pond. Burger fought the reptile with his left arm until it released him, authorities said.
Norman Oklahoma professor Paul Philp of the University of Oklahoma plans analysis of gasoline buried with a Plymouth Belvedere in Tulsa fifty years ago. The caches, sealed in a time vault, may offer scientific value if fuel becomes scarce when opened this year.
In Suamico Wisconsin hundreds joined a two mile charity race during the 19th Beer Belly event where beer served as the refreshment. Veteran participant Mike Marin said the workout justifies a few beers as a wife-approved excuse to exercise.
The Vatican announced Pope Benedict XVI restored the two-thirds requirement for electing a pope, reversing John Paul II’s 1996 change that allowed an absolute majority after impasse. The document states a return to the traditional voting norm.
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