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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Feb 04, 1997

Page

3

Japanese balloonists set Montana endurance record flight

Michio Kanda and Hiro Takezawa landed on the Ron and Robertson ranch near Sand Springs Montana after a 50 hour 38 minute endurance flight in the AX-10 class. The pair started near Calgary on Saturday and reached the record despite their fifth attempt. Both pilots were unhurt and the balloon stands about 100 feet tall carrying up to ten passengers.

Montana Michio Kanda Hiro Takezawa Calgary Alberta Ron Teddy Robertson Sand Springs Jordan Darryl Higgins

Feds Charge Baker & Taylor Overcharges to Libraries

The Justice Department joined a whistle-blower suit against Baker & Taylor Inc accusing the nation’s largest book distributor of overcharging thousands of schools and libraries by up to 200 million dollars. The suit, originally filed by a former Richmond library chief and a former Baker & Taylor salesman, claims coded discounts on medical and legal texts were altered to inflate prices by 2 to 10 dollars per book. Baker & Taylor did not immediately respond.

Justice Department Baker & Taylor Inc Baker & Taylor Richmond, Va Charlotte N.C

Pants drop court scene echoes OJ trial in Brooklyn

Lemrick Nelson Jr and co defendant Charles Price face federal civil rights charges in the Yankel Rosenbaum stabbing case. Nelson, 21, was acquitted of murder in 1992 in state court. The trial featured Nelson’s pants slipping to the floor as the defense argued the baggy jeans were planted by police. A separate report notes a freighter grounded near Sugarloaf Key inside the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, causing potential reef damage but no hull harm.

O.j.simpson Blae Mani Lemrick Nelson Jr Nelson Yankel Rosenbaum Crown Heights Brooklyn Charles Price Rosenbaum North America Houston Sugarloaf Key Key West Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Sanctuary Claudia Lupetia

Kevorkian suspected in deaths of women

Two women's bodies were found at a hospital and a medical examiner's office in Pontiac Michigan fueling suspicions that Dr. Jack Kevorkian may have been involved. One body lay in his old van outside the examiner’s office while the other, Lisa Lansing of Florham Park New Jersey, was taken to Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital. Lansing died from an injected dose via a chest catheter. the other woman's identity and exact cause were provisional.

Ponttiacc Mich Jack Kevorkian Dr. Kevorkian Oakland County W. Barnett Jones Kevorkian Geoffrey Fieger Fieger SJ. Dragovic Medical Examiner Dragovic Lisa Lansing Florham Park N.J Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital Ms. Lansing

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