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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1990
Page
2
Albert Hakim received two years probation and a 5000 dollar fine after agreeing to relinquish claims to millions. He helped secure the release of hostage David Jacobsen and cooperates with prosecutors in a new Iran Contra matter.
New York researchers reported osteosarcoma in rats fed high fluoridated water. Dawes, editor of the Journal of Dental Research, cautioned evaluating one study against many. He and colleagues argued fluoride remains well tested and safe.
Gunmen killed three male Saudi nationals from the Saudi embassy visa section in Bangkok. One was shot in an apartment near the embassy and two in a car nearby. Police cited diplomatic status for the victims. Interior Minister said attackers operated in two teams.
In Laramie Wyoming a 29 year old pregnant woman Diane Pfannenstiel is charged with felony child abuse for consuming liquor while four to five months pregnant. Albany County Attorney Cal Rerucha says the amount could injure the unborn child. Pfannenstiel’s attorney Mary Beth Galvan argues Wyoming law does not cover fetuses and calls the charge unconstitutional.
Trial proceedings for the oilman proceed as witnesses recount events and a separate 6B remembrance notes sit-ins. A freighter incident on 4D prompts a guard to open fire, reflecting tense security episodes.
The Moscow McDonald’s opening blends West and East as Americans, Soviets, and visitors hailed the new restaurant. Harriet Kuhr of the Friendship Force says it symbolizes common ground as the chain’s first-day sales hit 30,000 meals on 27 cash registers, a worldwide opening-day record.
The United States plans a 55 million dollar increase in El Salvador aid for 1991, with total proposed assistance rising to 284 million, and a small rise in military aid to 91.4 million. The move comes as Salvadoran President Alfredo Cristiani meets with U.S. lawmakers and Catho lic leaders to press for justice in the Jesuit priests killings and to push negotiations with rebels amid concerns over rights abuses.
The 19 person indictment adds Manuel Ibarra Herrera and Miguel Aldana Ibarra, former Mexican police leaders under President Miguel de la Madrid, to the 1985 Enrique Camarena case. Aldana faces claims of cover up and leaked raid information while carter Quintero and Fonseca Carrillo await Mexican sentences. U.S. DEA vows to pursue all who harmed its agents.
East Germany's Premier Hans Modrow pressed for immediate talks with Bonn on a joint plan toward a united fatherland. He proposed a gradual path to neutrality with an interim confederation and joint Berlin parliament, aiming for stability and neighborly safety amid Westward exodus and a changing NATO outlook.
Kansas zones Douglas County overview shows zone 15 and other zones with tonight and Friday forecasts. Multiple zones report cloudiness and varying chances of freezing rain sleet or snow with low temperatures from 10 to 25 degrees and highs near 30. Northeast and northerly winds 5 to 15 mph.
Tonight cloudy with rain turning to snow and a low of 32. Friday snow ends to partly cloudy with a high of 34. Friday night clearing low 24. Saturday mostly sunny, high 38. Journal World readings note 60/29 yesterday 45 overnight none precip. Clinton Lake level 875.73 feet above mean sea level with temperature 39 degrees.
Missouri faces freezing precipitation in the northwest and rain in the southeast with lows from the 20s to 50. Nebraska stays mostly cloudy with flurries. Oklahoma issues a flash flood watch with rain or freezing rain statewide. Colorado expects widespread snow in the southwest and high teens to 30s elsewhere. Road contacts: Kansas Highway Patrol and Kansas Turnpike Authority.
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