Ruston Daily Leader (Newspaper) - November 1, 1995, Ruston, Louisiana Hometown of Morth Central Louisiana The Ruston 101 258 BRIEFLY premier uLk today after ibe dramatic resig nation of Premier Jacques who appalled even suppliers fc key player in the separatist wo ex pressed hope that his departure would hot the cru sadis for independence of Canadas largest Balkan leaders arrive for talks Ohio AP Latenight landings of three jets bearing the leaders of Croatia and Serbia marked the start of a potentially difficult conference billed as the most promising chance to war larein the former Yugoslavia Im an I believe the talks will declared Serbian President Slobodan the principal power broker in the who rived V Air Foice near Dayton l a Airlines Milosevic and of i i apology to Japan Secretary William Perry today issued an extraordinary public apology to Japan for the recent rape of a 12yearold girl on allegedly by servicemen whom Perry all but declared In a speech to tite Japan National Press Perry said he was speaking for all members of the armed forces in expressing my deep sorrow and anger for this ter rible act whiph triggered an turning out to be battleground WASHINGTON A House to ban an obscure abortion procedure is shaping attempt to legislate an end to abortion This will be the beginning of of the right to said Bob He supports the sponsored by Charles to ban a procedure that back The House takes up the to Study shows shortfalls WASHINGTON AP More than half of American high school seniors lack basic knowl edge of a national Aid they are unable to use their spotty knowledge November 1995 Louisiana 50c Council to decide Faulk rezoning case By David Robinson Staff Writer A special meeting of the Ruston Board of Aldermen will beheld Thurs day night to discuss an application to rezone a lot on Jenkins Faulk filed the application seeking Multi Family Residential to C3 Central Busi ness owner of Westside Self Stor wants to build two new houses on the lot at 716 Jenkins But approximately 30 residents from the area signed a petition asking that Faulks request be Aldermen discussed the case at their 16 At that Ward 5 Alderman Pat Cardwell asked that a vote on the matter be Cardwell designed some of Faulks warehouses several years ago and wanted to check with the state ethics commission a vote on the A ruling issued by the commission two weeks ago clears the way for Cardwell to Three of the residents who signed the petition addressed the aldermen at their 16 They said they were told after Faulks last expansion that no more warehouses would be I dont want one of those ware houses in my front Ster ling Richard told the But Faulk said he turned down ISO applicants for storage space last spring and that the new buildings would not change the area This is just the growth of the Faulk The special meeting is scheduled to begin at 5 Thursday in s conference room at Ruston Municipal Tim Liner looks over a copy of National Geographic Ruston boy named to magazine board By Carla Pampe Staff Writer Timothy Liner hopes to be an astro naut someday and dreams of exploring His interest in science earned the 12yearold Ruston Junior High stu dent a spot in the Junior Member Advi sory Board of National Geographic World World was founded in 1975 for chil dren ages eight an It is a monthly magazine that features stories and pho tos about everything from geography and natural history to science and young people and their accom Subscribers are junior mem bers of the National Geographic Soci Tim and his brothers twins Jonathan and began reading World after their grandmother gave them a hi January of this World asked for readers to apply for the Junior Advi sory We had to write where you live and what kind of articles you would like to read in the Tim I wrote that I would like to see a story about the Exploration of and they picked Over 150 new members are chosen each and they answer questions about what they like or dont like about the give story ideas and ideas for special Liner is one of three other board members in Louisi You have to answer the question naires that they send about one every four Tim I tell them how I like the and what changes I would like to Tim is the son of Jim and Jeanine Liner of Jeanine Liner was very pleased when Tim was chosen for the advisory board and the fact that kids get to give their I think its really nice that the maga zine gets input from kids all over the she I think it makes it more interesting for Liner The think I like best about it are the short articles on other kids who are doing things to make a differ ence in the A lesson Leader photo by SUSAN PORTER from Glen View Elementary go to the Greenwood Cemetery every Halloween MI lift of their study of By locating the final reating from an form to more tangible for the One of the Stacl la here making a rubbing of one tombstone lit the Hospital study reviewed By Jeff Benson Managing Editor Members of the Lincoln Parish Po lice Jury began the results of an independent study on the current and future status of Lincoln General Hospital Monday in the first of two special meetings this week with Cain a Houston consulting The second meeting today in the Police Jury meeting room on the third floor of the Lincoln Parish In his hourlong a vice president with the outlined what his firms study called the oppor and Aside from police his audience included represen of the local medical community both LGH and Green You look through here and you really see that its a very fine he said in citing the Theres a lot of positives for That speaks well for whats been done and thats what makes it attractive to a number of parties that would be willing to come in and affili ate with the hospital to make it stronger in the Strengths Wheeler pointed out in cluded the central location in North Louisiana the hospitals contin ued modernization and use of equipment a board of directors knowledgeable about what is going on at the hospital a quality medical staff between the medi cal staff and the administration acom munity image that appears to continue to improve and the good quality of Green Clinic According to topping the list of LGH weaknesses is the low rep See page 2 Tricks and treats Leader photos Kids of all ages got in the spirit of Halloween as evidenced early in the day by the antics of Sue Farley from left in photo at Larry McCartney and Debbie The trio stopped traffic with their colorful curbside performances outside their employers insurance general Later a younger set of princesses and other assorted characters haunted the streets of downtown Ruston in search of goodies from Cinderella Mackenzie photo at right of Ruston receives a treat from 1920s Flapper Caitlin passing out candy for Lewis Fashion WEATHER of towf in mW Mostly cloudy with a 20 cent chance of Highs near Financial Lifestyles Pas Pages 11 boot that American author and philosopher 19021983 3 To gat the LEADER delivered to your home weekdays for 4 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