Ohio rejects $88 million welfare to work grants
Ohio becomes the first large state to decline funds from President Clinton's Welfare-to-Work program. Governor George V. Voinovich cites existing federal money and red tape concerns as he says Ohio will use about $400 million already available to train and emancipate welfare recipients. States like Utah and Mississippi also turn down the program amid new reporting and matching rules.
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Purdue Bug Bowl Spurs Youth Cricket Spitting Race
At Purdue University Bug Bowl families celebrate insects and odd foods as Dan Seals finishes fourth in the Junior Men's Cricket Spitting Championship by spitting a dead cricket nearly 14 feet. Entomology professor Tom Turpin promotes insects as recyclers and danger-free curiosities.
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