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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1996
Page
1
Virginia Military Institute has accepted its first four female cadets and 94 male students, following a Supreme Court ruling. Applicants total 357 with 342 men and 15 women seeking admission. cadets must decide by February 15.
Pearl Harbor survivors and officials gathered at the USS Arizona Memorial for the 55th anniversary observance. Doris Miller, a Waco native, was awarded the Navy Cross for bravery during the Dec 7, 1941 attack, disobeying orders to save a wounded commander and firing on attackers. The ceremony noted Miller’s legacy and the enduring heroism that united Americans.
Charles Wang will give up to 25 million dollars to the State University of New York at Stony Brook for an Asian American cultural center and program endowments. Wang, founder of Computer Associates International, is based near the campus in the New York area. The donation is among the largest to a public university in the United States.
The shuttle Columbia returns to Florida after an 18 day flight ending NASA's longest active astronaut career. Engineers at Kennedy Space Center will troubleshoot a jammed airlock and study unusual erosion in booster nozzle insulation. The crew, led by Kenneth Cockrell and Kent Rominger, ends a record endurance flight for Story Musgrave.
A federal council studying Social Security reforms remains split on long term finances and proper criteria. factions debate stocks versus securities, two tier personal accounts, or mandated individual savings accounts, with the panel forecasting shortfall as baby boomers retire.
The Senate will include nine elected women, six Democrats and three Republicans, a historic increase. They plan flexible collaboration on key issues like education, environment, and safe streets, while acknowledging party and regional differences. Notable members include Barbara Boxer, D Califf., Susan Collins, R Maine, Dianne Feinstein, Barbara Mikulski, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Olympia Snowe, Patty Murray, Mary Landrieu, and Joe Moseley Braun.
Time Inc and photographer Henri Dauman sue the Andy Warhol estate for using his Life magazine image of Jacqueline Kennedy at Kennedy's husband’s funeral without permission or credit. The suit notes Dauman’s photo appeared in the December 6 1963 Life issue and that a Warhol work based on the shot sold for 71 500 in New York last spring.
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