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JAMESA.FINLEY—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS The death chamber at the Missouri Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, Mo., is shown in 2005. ByJimSalter The Associated Press ST.LOUIS Thegrowingsus- picions surrounding where states obtain lethal injec- tions have motivated the Missouri attorney general to propose something never previously tried — estab- lishing a lab where the state can make its own execution drugs. The idea, if widely ad- opted, could remove shad- owy compounding phar- macies from the nation's execution system and of- fer a reliable supply of the deadly chemicals that have become hard for prisons to obtain. State legislative leaders said Friday that the proposal deserves con- sideration. Chris Koster first sug- gested a state-run drug lab Thursday in a speech to the Bar Association of Metro- politan St. Louis, calling it a better alternative than re- lying on "an uneasy cooper- ation" with medical profes- sionals and pharmaceutical companies. Koster said the process of obtaining execution drugs has become so prob- lematic that death penalty states are weighing ex- treme alternatives, so a new idea was needed. "I think that this is a bet- ter step than what we're seeing occur in Tennes- see, where they went to the electric chair, what we are seeing occurring in Wyoming, where they are debating the return of the firing squad," Koster, a Democrat, said Friday in a phone interview with The Associated Press. Before Missouri under- takes the same discussion, he said, "it would be pru- dent to thoroughly inves- tigate strategies to get the lethal-injection process sta- bilized again." Lethal injection has been in use in the U.S. for more than three decades. But in recent years, states have been forced to scramble for new sources of drugs af- ter several drugmakers, in- cluding many based in Eu- rope, refused to sell them for use in executions. Missouri is among sev- eral states that now pur- chase execution drugs in secret from loosely reg- u lated compound i ng pharmacies, the process shielded by state law. The AP and four news organiza- tions filed suit earlier this month against the Missouri Department of Corrections, in an effort to make the pro- cess public. Missouri could make lethal injections DEATH PENALTY By Karen Matthews The Associated Press NEW YORK The announce- ment Friday that the Na- tional Park Service will be- gin installing markers at places of importance to the history of lesbian, gay, bisex- ual and transgender Ameri- cans is a step toward includ- ing them in the national nar- rative — and components of education, supporters said. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell made the announce- ment Friday at the Stone- wall Inn, the scene of riots in June 1969 that are widely credited with starting the modern gay rights move- ment. Stonewall was made a national historic landmark in 2000, and June is widely celebrated as LGBT Pride Month. Jewell said the nation is on a journey to expand civil rights to historically under- represented groups. The process on LGBT issues mirrors efforts the service already has undertaken to preserve and promote loca- tions that reflect the roles of Latinos, Asian-Americans and women in U.S. history. "Part of the job of the Na- tional Park Service is to tell this story," she said. The initiative comes after years of debate about how LGBT people fit into Ameri- ca's historical narrative and whether they should be in- cluded in textbooks. California state legisla- tors passed a first-in-the- nation law in 2011 requiring public schools to teach stu- dents about the contribu- tions of LGBT Americans in state and U.S. history. The law was supposed to take effect in January 2012, but because of budget cuts that have put state textbook funds on hold until 2015, few districts have begun to im- plement it. Meanwhile, eight states have laws on the books that ban schools from teach- ing anything positive about homosexuality, said Eliza Byard, executive direc- tor of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Net- work. Byard attended the news conference in front of the Stonewall, in Manhattan's Greenwich Village neighbor- hood, and praised the park service initiative. Students will now learn about LGBT history on field trips to park service sites, she said. "Symbolically it's hugely important that now LGBT history is officially part of the national narrative," Byard said. "This is part of what our federal govern- ment will identify, preserve and single out." The park service is con- vening a panel of 18 scholars who will be charged with exploring the LGBT move- ment's story in areas such as law, religion, media, civil rightsandthearts.Thecom- mittee will identify relevant sites and its work will be used to evaluate them for in- clusion on the National Reg- ister of Historic Places, des- ignation as National Historic Landmarks or consideration as national monuments. The scholars' study, which is expected to be com- pleted by 2016, is being fi- nanced with $250,000 from the Gill Foundation, a ma- jor donor to gay civil rights causes. PARK SERVICE LGBT Americans to get markers in parks By Peter Leonard The Associated Press DONETSK, UKRAINE The scruffy rebels who normally wander about the head- quarters of the separatist Donetsk People's Republic were mostly out of view on Friday, replaced by a dis- ciplined new faction who showed up a day earlier with an armored personnel car- rier and anti-aircraft gun. The separatists' so-called prime minister said nothing has changed — but some- thing has clearly shifted in Ukraine's troubled east. The balance of power in the region has teetered wildly this week. After Ukrainians elected Petro Poroshenko as the country's president and Russia said it would respect the vote, hopes rose for a resolution to the conflict between the central government and the insurgents who want Do- netsk to be part of Russia. But a day later, the reb- els launched an exception- ally bold assault, seizing Do- netsk's airport. Ukraine's military responded with previously unseen ferocity, launching airstrikes and sending in paratroopers to retake the airport. To some, the rebel opera- tion looked like a desperate last stand. But on Thurs- day, insurgents shot down a Ukrainian military helicop- ter, killing 12 soldiers, in- cluding a general. The same day, the murky Vostok Bat- talion militiamen took over rebel headquarters in the 11-story Donetsk regional administration building, de- manding it be evacuated be- cause of what they said was the presence of looters. The Vostok Battalion's wrath was ostensibly about theransackingofasupermar- ket during the battle for the airport,butsomeinterpreted their move as a power grab. The battalion is believed to consist largely of Rus- sians, bolstering fears that Russia is either directing the unrest in the east or sup- porting it in order to desta- bilize the country and seize regions bordering Russia. Donetsk insurgency lead- ers were at pains to stress that the takeover of their building did not signify a change of guard. "No coup has taken place. The whole terrible panic that was whipped up over this, what you might call a police operation, is a panic that has been instigated by our so-called friends in Kiev," said Alexander Boro- dai, the self-styled prime minister of the Donetsk Peo- ple's Republic. The heavy contingent of Vostok Battalion mili- tiamen had disappeared by Friday morning, as had the armored personnel car- rier and vintage anti-air- craft gun. Inside, however, many members of the mili- tia group were spotted in ci- vilian clothing. Meanwhile, there were mixed signals Friday on whether Moscow and Kiev weremovingtowardimprov- ing relations, a key element in resolving the conflict. AttalksinBerlin,Ukraine said it ordered a $786 million payment to Russia in a first steptowardpayingoffitsgas debts, and another round of talks aimed at resolving the two countries' gas price dis- pute was set for Monday. Russia has stepped up pressure on Ukraine over gas, demanding payment up front for deliveries starting in June. It has threatened to restrict supplies start- ing Tuesday if no payment is made. Moscow has put Kiev's gas debt since November at $3.5 billion, and the CEO of Russian gas company Gaz- prom said this week that gas delivered in May could raise that to $5.2 billion. Ukraine, which saw gas discounts granted by Rus- sia eliminated following the February ouster of pro-Rus- sian President Viktor Yanu- kovych, has sought a price agreement before paying up. EUROPE East Ukraine quiet raises leadership questions Landscape/Fence Steve's Tractor &LandscapeService •FenceBuilding•Landscaping • Trenching • Rototilling • Disking • Mowing • Ridging • Post Hole Digging • Blade Work • Sprinkler Installation • Concrete Work Cont. 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