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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1985
Page
1
A 3-year-old girl crawled from an embankment in 18 degree weather to attract a passing motorist who found her mother Patricia R. Wyatt injured after a Jeep fell 150 feet. Wyatt, 30, was treated for back injuries and later charged with driving while intoxicated.
Ann Arbor based study by Evelyn Barbee finds low income Black women feel happier aging than white women. Both groups settle that 32 is the ideal age, with Black women citing wisdom and maturity while facing health issues and exhaustion, and white women noting freedom after children grow yet concern for husbands' health.
The daily one hour information and feature program America will be canceled after less than four months and go off the air January 3. Hosts were Sarah Purcell and McLean Stevenson. Paramount Television cited strong ratings in several cities but CBS owned stations withdrew and others followed.
An 18 year old girl says she has an addiction to telephone use and ran up a 2600 dollar bill on Northwestern Bell party line services Gab Line and Gab Teen. Her mother and brother each owe about 1300 dollars for her calls since January and the company may garnish wages. The mother offered 20 dollars biweekly but the phone company demanded 175 dollars biweekly and has referred the case to a collection agency.
In Boston Kennedy says he will not seek the Democratic nomination for president in 1988. He cites family concerns and says he will run for reelection to the Senate, stating public service is his focus. Supporters and rivals react to the decision amid a wide open Democratic field.
Secretary of State George P. Shultz publicly dissented from Reagan administration policy requiring polygraph tests for officials with access to sensitive information. He warned he would resign if trust in him waned, while CIA Director William J. Casey and the agency defended polygraphs as vital for safeguarding secrets. The CIA noted the agency’s long practice of polygraphs for employees.
Bethlehem scholar Jim Fleming argues Jesus was born around 12 B.C. not 1 A.D. and not on December 25. A tablet census and Halley’s comet sightings support the earlier date, with Bethlehem as birthplace and a fourth century church on the traditional site. Fleming notes Herod’s death around 4 B.C. and cites unpublished work by Jerry Vardaman.
Northeast Kansas forecasts show mostly sunny today with highs 20 to 25 and west winds. Tonight and Saturday bring variable skies and warmer highs near 40s to 50s in zones, with detailed zone by zone readings and Clinton Lake ice cover at 100 percent.
Investigators question associates of three escaped inmates after a woman hijacked a helicopter to free the trio from Perry Correctional Institution near Pelzer. Pilot Larry Green said the hijacker tried to load more passengers than he could, a scuffle followed the gun fired, and five escapees fled in the air before a takeoff.
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