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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1996
Page
10
An editorial tribute to Erma Bombeck notes her wit and humanity despite polycystic kidney disease and breast cancer. It highlights her 47 year marriage, three children, three-year transplant wait, and public generosity that brightened countless lives through humor and insight.
Key events include Mussolini and Clara Petacci executed by partisans in 1945 as they tried to flee Italy. James Monroe born in 1758 in Virginia. Maryland ratified the Constitution in 1788. Mutiny on the Bounty voyage in 1789. Glenn Miller recorded Pennsylvania 6 5000 in 1940. Kon Tiki raft voyage began in 1947. Charles de Gaulle resigned in 1969.
Journal-World staff and departments listed with roles including Deputy Editor Roger Verdon Managing Editor John Taylor News Editor Ann Gardner Editorial Page Editor Tom Fisher Advertising Manager Dolph Simons Jr Editor Publisher Ralph Gage General Manager Dolph Simons III Operations Manager Dan Simons New Ventures Donna Wiley Controller Dallas Dolan Production Manager Postmaster address for changes provided.
The Health Insurance Reform Act of 1996 advocates portability and pre existing conditions guarantees that could bring insurability to as many as 21 million people. But insurers warn premiums could rise 10 percent yearly, while actuaries predict 2 3 percent. State regulators may need new rules to balance access and costs as the bill moves toward a House Senate conference.
A reflective monologue vents about tax season mood and hypocrisy, detailing personal frustration with income taxes and mortgage deductions. The narrator jokes about tax protesters while quoting the Declaration of Independence and noting the lure of cash payments for refereeing work. They conclude history shows overbearing government, but it remains a distant concern.
An editor’s note from a school column recounts Douglas County Amateur Baseball Assn. tryouts with 14 player limits, 12 chosen, and 21 hopeful kids left on the minors. Coach Bill Shenek pushes for more teams, while parents face fees, uniforms, and playing time concerns. The piece argues organized sports benefit youth and laments scarce opportunities.
A violent but welcome thundershower moved through in the early hours dropping .82 inches of rain including hail and high winds. No serious damage occurred though the three day total reached 1.03 inches. A moisture deficit remains for 1971 to date.
Emily Taylor of Miami University Oxford Ohio was named dean of women at Kansas University in 1956 succeeding Martha Peterson who was moving to Madison Wisconsin to take a similar post there.
On April 28, 1896 Lawrence Journal reported Grant Mull cut a Horse Shoe lake saw and shot a strange bird. Mull sent the Purple Gallinule to the Kansas University Museum stating it belongs to the water hen moor hen or coot family. The specimen was not large but perfect and will be mounted in the Kansas university collection.
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