Editorial urges harsher laws after high profile crimes
The piece condemns brutal acts such as Polly Klaas’s murder and a Las Vegas sexual assault involving an underage victim. It argues for tougher habit-criminal penalties and faster, clearer justice, criticizes defensive rhetoric, and stresses protecting victims and potential victims ahead of criminals’ pleas and excuses. It cites Kansas and California cases and calls for 1994 legislative action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly Klaas
California
Las Vegas
Kansas
Stephanie Schmidt
Richard Allen Davis
Bruce Kinnison
Davis
Petaluma
Klaas
Today in History highlights from December dates
Highlights of December milestones include Alfred Lord Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade published in 1854, Milton's birth in 1608, Shaw's Widowers' Houses opening in 1892, and Christmas seals starting in 1907 to fund tuberculosis fight. Also noted are World War II North Africa actions in 1940, China’s 1941 war declaration, and other key events through recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Lord Tennyson
England
John Milton
London
George Bernard Shaw
Royalty Theater
Wilmington
Del
North
Africa
China
Japan
Germany
Journal-World staff and mail notice
The list names Bill Snead Deputy Editor Robert Nordyke Managing Editor Caroline Trowbridge News Editor Ann Gardner Editorial Page Editor Tom Fisher Advertising Manager and the postmaster address for changes to the Journal World in Lawrence Kansas. It notes USPS mailing details and bureau memberships with the Associated Press and Audit Bureau of Circulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Snead
Robert Nordyke
Caroline Trowbridge
Ann Gardner
Tom Fisher
Journal-World
P.O
Lawrence, Kan
Lawrence
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Congress protests and comic relief in abortion protest rift
A sprawling comparison covers Indiana judge theatrics and the clash over clinic access bills. It notes protesters sentenced to eight hours in a clinic, later to a Planned Parenthood seminar, then rebuffed, while Congress flounders on RICO use and federalizing abortion protests. It contrasts civil disobedience costs with sweeping penalties, and records Hatch amendments and Kennedy attempts that failed, leaving peaceful protest unchanged since 1850.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Indiana
Planned Parenthood
State Supreme Court
Florida
Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Rico
Congress
House
Senate
White House
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Hatch
Ted Kennedy
A fitting eulogy for Escobar El Snow White
An obituary style piece venerates Pablo Escobar known as El Snow White praising his generosity and style while recounting crimes. It quotes fictional praise and asks how he would want to be remembered including fantasies of cremation and selling ashes on street corners. The piece mixes adoration with dangerous boasts about killing and violence from the drug lord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Fulton J. Sheen
Leon Jaworski
Wimberly
Tex
NATO
Brussels
Belgium
Soviet Union
Britain
Prince Charles
Diana
CIA
Clair George
Congress
Bush
Boris Yeltsin
Pablo Escobar
el Snow White
Coast Guard
Presidential Palace
South America
United States
Eighth Avenue
Counting on family at holidays
A Ohio cafe chat as families plan Christmas travel and gatherings. Otto and Billy discuss visiting relatives in Arizona and Germany, while Brownie tallies his expanding clan of thirty plus grand and great grandchildren. Humorous memories and weathered realism mark the holiday clan talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibsonburg
Ohio
Otto
Billy
Brownie
Milly
Arizona
Hazel
Germany
Maupin Travel Secret Weekend Surprise for Employees
Lawrence firm Maupin Travel surprised employees with an unannounced all expenses paid weekend in New Orleans after Friday close of business. Babysitters and other arrangements had been secretly organized by Tom Maupin and Neil Mecasky, heads of the firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Maupin Tour
New Orleans
Tom Maupin
Neil Mecasky
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Ital
Dolph Simons Sr
the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire
Douglas County
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Kansas City
Estsusnen
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Ralph Gage
W.C. Simons
Dolph Simons III
Dan Simons
New Ventures
Donna Wiley
Dallas Dolan
William Sutcliffe
Goss
BOY Scouts
George Will
Escobar
Art Buchwald
Elizabeth Schuett
Cox News Service
Old Home Town
Margaret Habein
Rochester University
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