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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1996
Page
1
In Calcutta the 86-year-old nun shows fatigue as doctors treat pneumonia and heart ailment. Medical bulletin warns she remains in danger while remaining mentally alert and continuing to guide Missionaries of Charity through nuns.
Christina Blair reported a woman named Jennifer Burroughs attempted to sell her five year old niece for 24 dollars outside the Gaslight Lounge in Kissimmee. Burroughs, 26, claimed starvation and inability to care for the child and was jailed on a felony charge. The girl was to be returned to her mother, Rhonda Mezyk.
President Clinton praised five lifetime contributors to American culture at a White House ceremony, joking about Benny Carter as a fellow saxophonist. Recipients included Jack Lemmon, Edward Albee, Johnny Cash, Maria Tallchief, and Carter for their long careers in film, theatre, music, ballet, and dance.
The Serbian Supreme Court rejected appeals to reinstate Belgrade election victories, allowing Milosevic to remain in power. Demonstrations continued with about 100,000 on the streets, and opposition leaders vowed resignation and renewed democracy efforts despite the ruling.
Los Angeles AP reports 32 Americans were named to the 1997 Rhodes Scholars. Among them a Kenya AIDS education project worker who plays classical guitar and climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, and Hans Christian Ackerman from the College of William and Mary who grew up in Zaire and aims to study epidemiology at Oxford. Tess Thompson of Penn State University also named. Rhodes scholarships fund study at Oxford and were created by the Cecil Rhodes estate.
A Kansas University graduate and finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship did not reach the final cut. Alicia Arbaje, a second year medical student at Yale, advanced to the final round but was not selected.
The list presents 32 selected American Rhodes Scholars for 1997 with hometown or college towns alongside candidate names and institutions. Notable entrants include Joshua Civin Yale University Kerry Francis Georgetown University Daniel Kim Harvard University Tall Farinah Farhadian Yale University Benjamin Jealous Columbia University Jessika Trancik Cornell University Jonathan Levine Penn State Jessika Trancik Ithaca NY Penn State Patience across many states and universities are reflected in the detailed roster.
In Burrao New York a white suit with red pin stripes the number 666 on the back a hat scarf and devil horns vanished from Jerry Lewis dressing room at Shea's Performing Arts Center in Buffalo where he was to play the devil in Darn Yankees The outfit valued at 9000 by Patrick Fagan was not found Police have no clues The article also notes Stewart French known for playing alien Harry on 3rd Rack From The Sun shifting to broader acting gigs and an upcoming McHale's Navy film, with quotes about his acting philosophy.
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