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ABOARD THE USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN President Bush, aboard an aircraft carrier homebound from war, said Thursday night

In 1775 when a young America was struggling for freedom the first Continental Congress called for a National Day of Prayer. Members asked the commonwealth to pray for guidance in forming a nation. Little did they know that young America would become a beacon of freedom and justice. This year the nation is being asked to pray for federal, state and local leaders so they may be blessed with the wisdom to do their jobs with positive outcomes. Temple observed the day Thursday outside the Municipal Building under a threatening sky. As the country, state and city flags were raised and the children from Temple Christian School sang the thunder rolled. Temple Mayor Bill Jones III presented the National Day of Prayer proclamation saying,

HOWE An 11-year-old girl was apparently the driver of a tractor-trailer rig loaded with automobile parts that crashed into a highway overpass guardrail, burst into flames and fell onto the road below, police said Thursday. Nicole Marie Gonzales, her father Luis Gonzales, 35, and her brother Nicholas Eugene Gonzales, 3, burned to death in the early April 25 wreck on U.S. Highway 75 in Howe, Police Chief Roy Keesy said. On the day before the wreck, Luis Gonzales drove from Alma, Mich., where he picked up a load of air conditioning compressors, to his home in Muldrow, Okla., Howe police Sgt. John Cherry said. Investigators were unsure about how much time he spent at his home, but knew that he set out again around 9 p.m. April 24 with two of his children in the 2000 Freightliner tractor-trailer. Cherry said the reason the father was not driving the truck at the time of the crash may not necessarily have been fatigue, but rather health complications due to a heart condition and recent illness.

The season before the season begins today for Temple, which hits the football practice field with a new coach, a new philosophy and, most important, a new attitude. The Wildcats

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