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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1989
Page
2
Boston police say a 9-year-old, 3 foot 11 inch, 95 pound boy who allegedly sold crack to an undercover officer was arraigned in Roxbury District Court on juvenile delinquency charges. He was released to his grandmother as his mother is in prison.
The Agriculture Department reports December prices paid to farmers rose 0.7 percent from November, placing 1989 among the highest years on record. Hog, cattle, milk, and egg prices drove gains while lettuce, oranges, cotton, and broilers declined. Most data were collected before a Florida Texas freeze. The figures await revision next month. The Drug Enforcement Administration refused to relax marijuana restrictions, keeping it on Schedule I despite NORML’s petition and a 1988 recommendation by DEA judge Francis Young that it be reclassified as Schedule II for certain medical uses.
In Newcastle Australia workers search for more quake victims as damage swells. Police report six bodies in debris of a building and ten killed with 142 injured. Demolition teams move in while 100 more troops patrol to deter looting.
Wellington reports that seven people died after two sightseeing aircraft collided off southern New Zealand. The dead include six Japanese tourists and a New Zealand pilot. The Televison New Zealand account says the other plane’s pilot landed safely at Milford on the southwest corner of the South Island.
In Owatonna Minnesota a 25 year Christmas ritual ends when yellow moleskin pants are set ablaze in a prank. The brothers in law exchange the garments each season, with Collette once sealing them in concrete and later planning a 10000 pound glass enclosure that reduced the pants to ashes. The ashes sit in a brass urn on Kunkel's mantel as Collette hints at retaliation next year.
The National Salvation Committee in Bucharest announces removal of meat and fuel limits and ends food exports. The interim government, backed by the army, moves toward free elections in April and retains Warsaw Pact ties. Securitate holdouts and postrevolt trials prompt a military crackdown.
U S Attorney Stephen McNamee says eighteen people from three states and several foreign countries face charges in a worldwide conspiracy to smuggle millions of counterfeit Korean made shoes into the United States and other countries. The operation allegedly copied brands including Reebok Converse Pony Nike Adidas Vans and more with two million pairs estimated over two years. The case names South Korean businessman Dae Yun Hwang as head, with arrests following a Nogales border shipment seizure and a four and a half month federal probe led by Customs.
Zone based report shows tonight's decreasing cloudiness with lows around 15 in zones 1 2 4 5 and 3 6 9 with 15 to 20, zones 7 8 mostly cloudy 15 to 20, zones 10 11 mostly cloudy 15 to 20, zones 12 17 mostly cloudy with light snow chance and 20, zones 13 14 15 16 mostly cloudy with snow chances and lows around 20, reminders of Sunday and New Year’s Day highs in 35 to 45 range and a Journal-World data note including Clinton Lake ice cover readings.
Missouri expects Sunday to be mostly cloudy with highs in the 30s to 40s across regions. Nebraska forecasts mostly sunny conditions with upper 20s to lower 40s, Colorado sees sunny statewide with 20s to 40s, and Oklahoma reports decreasing clouds with highs in the upper 30s to 40s. Road contacts include Kansas Highway Patrol and Kansas Turnpike Authority for updates.
In Chicago and across the nation workers voiced job insecurity for 1990 in an informal one day survey. About 600 of 1,100 respondents were employed and 44 percent expect significant workplace changes. Calls came from Los Angeles Detroit Boston and Philadelphia amid fears of hostile takeovers economic decline cutbacks and foreign competition.
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