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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1992
Page
2
Harrisburg reports the state lottery holds a multimillion prize unclaimed as a Super 7 jackpot ticket owner remains unknown. The prize of 6.9 million dollars must be claimed by Friday. a 6.5 million dollar ticket from last month also expired, funding senior programs from the Lottery Fund.
Russia's parliament rejects Yeltsin reformer Yegor Gaidar as prime minister 467 votes for 54 short of a majority with 486 against. Acting premier remains in place but opponents accuse his market reforms of harming Russia and its people.
President Bush will award the nation’s highest civilian honor Friday to 10 celebrities, statesmen and artists including Ella Fitzgerald, Johnny Carson, and Richard Petty. Other recipients are I M Pei, Isaac Stern, Elie Wiesel, Audrey Hepburn, David Brinkley, Gen John W Vessey, and diplomat Harry W Shlaudeman. Carson and Petty retire this year after long careers.
McDonald’s began a five restaurant test of a vegetarian burger in the Netherlands and plans to expand to all 84 Dutch stores next month. The price is about $2.70, slightly below a standard Big Mac, and there are no current plans to import it to the United States.
Serb forces blocked the road to Sarajevo airport then withdrew, after a Tuesday siege that saw tanks fire on Dobrinja. The airport, a crucial lifeline for 300,000 residents, had been supplying up to 40 percent of food via a humanitarian airlift. Officials note ongoing UN relief efforts and calls for safe passage amid casualties and a large displacement backdrop.
President-elect Clinton nears first Cabinet picks with Treasury and deputy posts eyed as signs to Congress and Wall Street. A five year lobbying ban and lifetime foreign-government lobbying prohibition accompany ethics guidelines amid a rush of appointments and a weekend Arkansas governorship transition.
Washington sources say the Clinton transition team drafted ethics rules that would apply to fewer than half of the administration political appointees. The plan bars top appointees from lobbying the government for five years after leaving office and bans top appointees from lobbying foreign governments for life. Trade negotiators would face years long bans on lobbying foreign firms. Transition officials refused to specify duration.
Douglas County zones 1 to 18 show tonight clear with lows from 15 to 40 and Thursday mostly sunny or partly cloudy with highs ranging from 35 to 50. Some zones feature clearing tonight and gusty northwest winds up to 30 mph.
Tonight clear skies with a low of 31 mph west winds 5 to 10 mph. Thursday partly cloudy and windy with northwest gusts to 30 mph, high 41. Thursday night clear, northwest winds 5 to 15 mph, low 27. Journal World notes Tuesday high 47 low 46 overnight 35 with 0.57 inches of precipitation by 7 am. Sunrise 7:30 sunset 5:00. Clinton Lake temperature 41, level 876.76 feet, normal 875.5 feet.
Weather brief outlines Missouri Nebraska Oklahoma and Colorado with cloudy, rain snow and sun patterns. Temperatures mostly 10s to 50s across regions. Road conditions note Kangas Highway Patrol and Ranass Turnpike Authority contact lines.
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