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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1995
Page
3
An 18 year old New York teen, Carlos Ariel Santos Ortega, recanted his earlier claim that a police officer pushed him from a fourth floor window. Ortega told his stepmother he fell while escaping police, later slipping and breaking his leg in a yard. He was charged with drug possession and remains in stable condition.
A 19,000 acre brush fire threatened homes near Morongo Valley two miles from the town and about 20 miles northwest of Palm Springs prompting precautionary firefighter positioning and voluntary evacuation alerts. A separate incident at the Phoenix Zoo saw a mountain lion injure 5 year old Sterling Borchers, then hospitalized with chest scratches and a arm bite.
Oklahoma City bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh faces probable grand jury indictments by Friday on major charges. Fellow defendant Terry Nichols and Fortier, who aided the case and agreed to testify, may be named. Fortier could plea to a conspiracy charge and serve as government witness, with potential 15 year sentence.
Four thousand soldiers from 14 central and eastern European nations join U S Canada and Britain in Cooperative Nugget 95 on Fort Polk Louisiana. Hungarian Lithuanian Slovakian units arrived with Albania Bulgaria Czech Republic Estonia Kyrgyzstan Latvia Poland Romania Slovenia Ukraine Uzbekistan also participating. After orientation, they train as peacekeepers on a fictional Aragon border dispute island.
A World Bank report warns of a worsening global water crisis if current trends persist. It cites 80 countries facing shortages threatening agriculture, with demand driven by urbanization and irrigation and pollution contaminating supplies. The study urges slowing demand as population grows toward 8 billion by 2025 and estimates $600 billion needed to bolster water reserves.
Vanity Fair cites unidentified sources claiming Michael Jackson lied on television about an investigation into a supposed sexual relationship with a 13 year old. The piece notes photos claimed to match drawings and a lewd book found in Jacksons home. No charges yet. a 1993 molestation claim ended in a reported 15 million settlement.
Cedar County authorities arrested Kathy Eckhardt and Dale Eckhardt, both in their mid twenties, on suspicion of felony child abuse after an 8 year old boy was found confined for extended periods in a basement like an animal. The two younger children ages one and two were reportedly strapped in car seats much of the time and the family home in Wynot Nebraska was described as unsafe. The children were placed in foster care and a court date for the parents was expected to be set this week.
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