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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1994
Page
1
The 1994 festival lingering fatigue upon return, crowds depart the muddy grounds with weary smiles as reporters file on the scene. See story on page 4A.
Paul Hill pleads innocent to charges of violating the federal clinic-protection law in the killings of an abortion doctor and a volunteer escort. The article notes related coverage on page 2A and references additional refugee stories tied to postwar famine disease and a volcanic threat on pages 5A.
Frank Oliveto, who claimed an $8.5 million slot jackpot in Atlantic City, was said to have been banished from a nonsmoking blackjack table. The quote notes smoking effects while detailing the win.
Richard Crowley of Ottawa faced missing registration funds as he learned the enrollment steps at Kansas University Orientation. Dean David Ambler noted advances in pre enrollment tasks while students like Jessica McCullough and former TCU golfer Slade Adams described the campus scale and transfer questions during the session.
Hawk Week at Kansas University kicks into high gear with events welcoming new students. Playfair at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday on the Allen Fieldhouse lawn offers games and mingling. Beach-n-Boulevard at 7 p.m. Wednesday lights Wescoe Beach with entertainment and prizes. Traditions Night at 7 p.m. Thursday invites students to wave the wheat and learn the alma mater in Memorial Stadium.
Washington AP Congress leaders signal willingness to adjust social programs to gain GOP support for President Clinton's crime package. Clinton insists on assault weapon ban and funding for 100,000 officers, while negotiators hint at trimming youth programs like midnight basketball to secure passage.
The article asks whether cutting social programs is necessary to ensure the crime bill's passage and directs readers to the page 2B for the Access question. It frames the policy tradeoff between funds for social programs and criminal justice legislation as a pivotal issue of the bill's prospects.
Carlos the Jackal Ilich Ramirez Sanchez described as the most wanted terrorist of the past 20 years was captured in Khartoum Sudan and flown to France. Sudanese officials say he was under surveillance for planning attacks and was arrested with others who remain unnamed. He has long been linked to attacks in France Germany and the 1972 Munich massacre among other operations with various extremist groups.
Farmers Jim and Edna Elder report two tenths of an inch of rain in three weeks as hot prairie winds dry out about 600 acres. Corn ears whiten and droop while stalks harden. soybeans at an earlier stage risk smaller yields, with harvest timing possibly moved up by two weeks. Extension agent Garry Keeler confirms widespread stress and silage cutting.
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