16 Feb 1998
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1998
Page
1
Titanic rose to third place on the domestic box office chart for the ninth weekend, replacing Jurassic Park as the No 3 film while expanding nationwide. See story page 8D.
NASA plans to scoop Mars rocks that could harbor live bacteria or viruses and federal agencies are designing a high tech facility to prevent Martian germs from returning samples. Experts warn samples should be treated as hazardous until proven safe as Earth guards against potential disease or infection.
Senators push for a clear deadline for Saddam Hussein to yield, while others urge congressional support before any action. McCain says the president must set a deadline or face force. Cohen and Berger urge careful timing and diplomacy. Page 4B.
The Library of Congress digitizes 8000 George Washington letters, including a note on a near fatal battle escape to his mother. It highlights fragile mail then and today as email can vanish from glitches. Among the collections is a first draft of the Emancipation Proclamation written more than five months before its Sept 22, 1862 issue.
Formerly secret Army intelligence files show hundreds of American servicemen were moved through clandestine camps in China during the Korean War. About 8,100 U.S. personnel remain unaccounted for from the conflict, with fears of malnutrition and lack of medical care in captivity.
Lawrence artist Jon Havener is tapped to create the public art for Prairie Park Nature Center. A mock-up of Equisetum, a brass and copper prairie grass sculpture, is on display at the Lawrence Public Library through March 6, inviting written feedback while the arts commission slows the selection process and awaits bid reopenings before final approval by the city commission.
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