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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 2001
Page
4
A 28 year old woman leaped from a 160 foot high Interstate 5 Ship Canal bridge after police closed southbound lanes to stop a danger trend. Passersby reportedly yelled at her to jump. She was rescued, hospitalized in serious condition. Authorities cited a disturbing pattern and multiple vehicle sources as contributing factors.
A CDC analysis finds smoking during pregnancy fell from 18.4 percent in 1990 to 12.3 percent in 1999, with the steepest declines among women in their late 20s and early 30s. However teenage smoking rose since the mid-1990s, with ongoing health concerns about low birth weight and later behavioral issues.
A police officer serving a warrant was shot and briefly held for about two hours in a South Loop neighborhood. He was hospitalized in serious condition while the suspect, wanted in two bank robberies, was wounded and also taken to hospital. The standoff ended after the suspect spoke by telephone to a television reporter.
A small explosion at a Sprint regional administrative building in Youngsville injures computer support worker Chris McMillan. A bomb squad later found a second device as authorities described the first as a metal tubing fragment. McMillan sustained shrapnel wounds and was listed in satisfactory condition at WakeMed in Raleigh, about 20 miles away.
The National Transportation Safety Board urged tougher physical exams for bus and truck drivers citing Crashes linked to heart disease kidney illness and diabetes. It urged doctors to assess driving demands and report health concerns and proposed a drug test disclosure system for employers. The board noted several recent crashes and the continued overall safety of bus travel.
In Montgomery the humane rights protest over a King speech panel stalled when building staff barred the exhibit from the Supreme Court lobby. Chief Justice Roy Moore defended the Ten Commandments monument installed earlier, while activist Rep. Alvin Holmes and about 50 supporters left after a brief protest. The dispute sparked calls for legislative input on lobby displays.
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