A new WWII museum showcases racism
NEW ORLEANS – About to be overrun by Germans, a young black lieutenant called in an artillery barrage on his own position, knowing he’d be killed. It was the only way to hold off the enemy.
The sacrifice by 1st Lt. John Fox is one of many endured by the 100,000 African-American service members during World War II and is now the focus of an exhibit at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.
Titled “Fighting for the Right to Fight: The African American Experience in WWII,” the exhibit runs from July 4 through May 30, 2016. It describes discrimination before and after the war as well as in the military during World War II.
Ohio hunts for clues about missing women
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio – The fate of six women – four of them dead, two missing for months – has people on edge in this small southern Ohio city as relatives seek clues, seemingly in vain, to whatever happened to their loved ones.
Grieving family members and nervous residents worry about a serial killer in their midst. Police say they aren’t ruling anything out, but they say it’s more likely the women’s troubled histories caught up with them in deadly ways. All were drug addicts, and several had prostituted themselves to feed their habit.
Police also say that because the women ran in the same circles, someone knows the fuller story.
“There’s that one person out there that has the information that’s going to break this case. We know that, we just have to get to them,” said Chillicothe police Officer Bud Lytle.
Long Ferris wheel ride finally ends in Fla.
ORLANDO, Fla. – The largest Ferris wheel on the East Coast reopened Saturday, one day after 66 riders were stranded on The Orlando Eye and had to be evacuated from the towering 400-foot attraction.
“The team of technicians has successfully completed the necessary work to resolve the technical default that occurred (Friday) within the system that monitors the wheel’s position,” spokeswoman Dipika Joshi told the Orlando Sentinel.
No one was hurt in the stoppage, and all were taken off in an operation lasting about three hours with help from firefighters. Orange County Fire Rescue spokeswoman Kathleen Kennedy said the attraction, billed by operators as the largest observation wheel on the East Coast, had initially stopped for more than 45 minutes Friday.
Power was restored via a backup generator, and a technical team at the attraction carried out the task of removing riders from the enclosed capsules after each was brought down to the platform, officials said.
Associated Press
