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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1996
Page
1
Mother Teresa, 86, remains in stable condition at Calcutta's B M Birla Heart Research Center after a mild heart attack and angio plasty. She is fatigued but cooperative and alert, though unable to walk unaided due to a stubborn lung infection and related health issues.
Two former Ku Klux Klansmen pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges in the burnings of Macedonia Baptist Church and a migrant labor camp in Bloomville, South Carolina. Hubert Rowell and Arthur Haley admitted four conspiracy counts, with prosecutors dropping 16 other charges. Each faces up to 60 years and a $1 million fine.
John Archibald Wheeler, 85, receives the $100,000 Wolf Prize in Physics for seminal work in black hole physics and nuclear fission and scattering. Born in Jacksonville, Florida, he earned a PhD from Johns Hopkins, is a professor emeritus at Princeton and the University of Texas at Austin. He helped develop nuclear fission theory with Niels Bohr and coined the term black holes.
Fred Goldman, Ron Goldman’s father, delivered a tearful, wrenching account of the void left by his son’s death as the Simpson trial resumes. He sobbed openly, drawing responses from the courtroom while questions sought to portray the family’s pain and the impact of the case.
In Belgrade, workers express anger over poverty but fear losing small gains, delaying nation wide demonstrations against Milosevic. Despite 100000 students marching, independent unions report timid worker turnout due to job loss and low wages, while some plant gates stay closed to planned marches.
World famous archaeologist and anthropologist Mary Leakey died at age 83 near the Great Rift Valley home. The Leakeys uncovered fossils in Tanzania and Kenya showing early human origins in East Africa two million years ago. She pursued clues about early behavior and human ancestry, often against formal training, and raised three sons with Louis Leakey.
Sir John Gielgud, already a knight, is named a member of the Order of Merit by Queen Elizabeth II, joining only Laurence Olivier as the other actor honored. The 92 year old Oscar winner fills the vacancy after Sir Frank Whittle’s death. Gielgud calls it surprising and thrilling.
In Washington, a drug maker seeks approval for a pill that blocks fat absorption, signaling a new generation targeting obesity’s causes. Research uncovers genes and hormones shaping eating and metabolism as FDA weighs options like Redux and sibutramine amid safety concerns and varied weight loss results.
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