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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 2004
Page
2
In 1848 President Polk confirmed gold found in California triggering the Gold Rush of 1849. In 1932 Albert Einstein was granted a visa enabling travel to the United States.
The report outlines shifting venue for Today’s Quick Read, Ukraine parliament votes on election reforms, Alabama supports state drug control policy independence, a Lutheran ministry loses recognition over a pastor’s lesbian relationship, and Louisiana runoff seats shift with both parties gaining. Also KU basketball notes on Langford, Miles, and NCAA results including volleyball, with No. 18 Minnesota road game ahead.
Miss World 2004 is Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia of Peru. Claudia Cruz Rodriguez of Dominican Republic is first runner up and Nancy Randall of USA is second runner up. 107 contestants competed on Hainan Island with a $100,000 prize. Mantilla Garcia aims to do charitable work and lauded by judges photos and performances.
Alabama tough on marijuana arrests is cited as a states rights argument in a Supreme Court dispute over California medical marijuana. King’s brief supports California claiming the plant is grown and used within state lines and not economically significant. Louisiana and Mississippi attorneys general joined in backing California. The Bush administration argues medical use could undercut federal drug control and fuel cross border illegal markets.
About 400 protesters gathered outside the Statehouse to demand a presidential recount in Ohio and investigate Election Day irregularities. Speakers alleged fraud shifted votes from John Kerry to President Bush and noted punch-card ballot disqualifications. A federal judge said recounts could proceed if two minority party candidates pay for it, with results unlikely before December 13 when the state's 20 electoral votes are counted. Kerry had conceded earlier, citing insufficient provisional ballots to change the outcome.
President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday said the search for Osama bin Laden is completely cold with no recent intelligence on his location. He noted bin Laden is alive but that pinpointing where he hides would be guesswork, as Bush praised Musharraf's courage and Pakistan's army actions in Waziristan.
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