27 Aug 1995
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1995
Page
1
The 1995 Kansas City Renaissance Festival begins Labor Day weekend in Bonner Springs with page one coverage. Event features traditional crafts, live entertainment, and family activities as crowds gather for the seasonal event.
Ida and Adam Paluch persist in a parallel quest to locate their missing sister. The siblings, each driven by the hope of reuniting with family, pursue clues and pursue leads as they share a common mission. The story unfolds through their parallel journeys and the enduring bond that fuels their dedication.
Today features sun and clouds with highs in the low 90s and a mainly clear night around 70. Continued heat expected Monday. A visitor from Vienna, Silvie Schmidt, attending an Elvis Presley festival in Bad Nauheim, Germany, commented that he is the Jesus Christ of the 20th century.
Kansas officials report fewer inmates are granted parole, driving a 13.7 percent rise in prison numbers from mid-1994 to mid-1995. With fewer releases, crowding worsens. only 27 percent were paroled last year and 18 percent so far this year. See Prisons, page 3A.
Washington observed the 75th anniversary of the 19th Amendment with a multigenerational march from a 1913 route. Daughters, sisters, mothers and grandmothers joined a three day celebration ending in a Mall rally, underscoring ongoing gender rights progress and historical prep work.
Nikki Musselman recalls a 1990 murder where her mother Sheila Musselman was shot by her husband Greg Musselman. Now 24, Nikki and her brother Michael confront trauma as Greg advocates prisoner reform and reaches out to his daughter, while Sheila's family questions the lapse of time.
A suspect videotape and accounts about a Tennessee Good Ol Boys Roundup sparked Senate and Justice Department probes. NRA officials and ex police officer Richard Hayward dispute, with Hayward insisting the tape is genuine while civil rights figures doubt the broader claims.
The Teddy Roosevelt Republicans barred reporters at a weekend barbecue on public property and planned a private “strategy session” on petitioning to repeal Lawrence city ordinance protecting homosexuals from job, housing, and public- service discrimination. Organizers cited invitation limits while opponents warned political trouble for pro ordinance commissioners. Attendees framed event as support for family values and opposed the ordinance, with some calling homosexuality a chosen lifestyle and AIDS a serious disease.
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