24 Apr 1998
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1998
Page
1
Thomas Lamonde, 40, a former employee of Atlantic Southeast Airlines, admitted opening as many as 100000 greeting cards and stealing cash over nearly three years to fund a Georgia lottery for two disabled children. Officials estimate about $500000 was taken. inspectors found a locker full of checks and money orders.
More than 1,000 wild horses on Uintah and Ouray Reservation and surrounding lands will be rounded up to halt a deadly equine anemia outbreak. 29 of 200 tested horses were positive, a 15 percent rate, far above normal. Infected animals die or weaken. no human risk. The Ute tribe and the Bureau of Land Management will carry out the roundup.
Washington AP reports researchers link the Roanoke Island 1587 89 and Jamestown 1606 12 droughts to the settlers grave hardships. Tree-ring data from bald cypress show extreme droughts coinciding with famine deaths and high mortality among early English colonists in North Carolina and Virginia.
Susan McDougal refused to testify before the Whitewater grand jury in Little Rock, wearing an orange prison jumpsuit, risking criminal contempt indictments and renewed scrutiny of the Clinton Whitewater affair. The case ties to her fraud conviction and the Hale controversy over payments related to Starr’s probe.
Under Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu, about 7000 Jews from around the world joined the March of the Living from Auschwitz to Birkenau to mark Holocaust remembrance and Israel’s 50th anniversary. Survivors, families, and officials attended ceremonies in Jerusalem and across Poland observing Holocaust Memorial Day.
Rolling Stone notes Keith Richards asked Sunset Marquis in L A to stock a deluxe gym during Bridges to Babylon tour. The hotel spent over 10 000 dollars on cardio machines, including a Precor treadmill and a ClimbMax climber, with Richards using them daily. Barbra Streisand also vents about media bias and her image while Shirley Temple Black comments on a new video release.
Phil Wilke compiles J W Wire Reports detailing a series of city events. The dispatch highlights municipal decisions, community notices, and brief developments affecting residents and local organizations.
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