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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1992
Page
2
Two killed and at least eight wounded as a gunman opened fire in a neighborhood bar in Oakland. Witnesses report an assault rifle and police search for suspects after the rampage. A patron described the scene with many bullet holes and blood as officers question bystanders.
In Baltimore Circuit Court jury selection began for 8,555 plaintiffs suing 14 companies over asbestos exposure tied to shipyard work. Calvert Lamke, 69, alleges his wife Clara Lamke died from the dust after he brought it home. The four month trial mirrors a large nationwide consolidation.
Vitit Muntarbhorn of Thailand warns in a Sale of Children report that sex tourists seeking to dodge AIDS increasingly target younger prostitutes in Southeast Asia. He cites Japanese tourists and U.S. personnel in the Philippines among customers, with virgins and preteens entering the market as the trend deepens despite agency safeguards.
Jay Leno on The Tonight Show lampooned Patrick Buchanan as the Joe Biden of the Republican Party claiming Buchanan copied a joke about Ted Kennedy and Florida spring breaks. Buchanan placed second to Bush in New Hampshire while denying the charge through his campaign spokesman Vaughan Ververs.
Readable zone by zone forecast for Douglas County Kansas. Tonight mostly clear with lows around 30. Thursday mostly sunny or partly cloudy with highs mainly in the 60s and 60 to 85 in some zones. Also includes wind directions and speeds, temperatures, and notes from Journal-World and Clinton Lake report with readings and elevations.
Washington AP. Admiral Frank Kelso II, chief of naval operations, said the Feb 11 Barents Sea collision between a U.S. Los Angeles class submarine and a Russian submarine will not change U.S. policy to operate submarines in international waters. The Baton Rouge returned to Norfolk with cosmetic damage and no radiation exposure. Russian reports claim serious damage to the other sub, with Kommander Igor Lokot noting a slightly damaged titanium command tower.
A 20 year old man from the San Diego area stole a taxi at knifepoint and sped at 100 mph across I 5 and other roads through Los Angeles, weaving through traffic until police halted him in Bakersfield. He faces armed robbery and grand theft auto charges. The chase was witnessed by TV news crews and followed a similar spree earlier in January.
Thousands of Shiite Muslims flee southern Lebanon villages amid renewed Israeli shelling after Gaza war escalation. Rockets from Hezbollah affiliates hit northern Israel while Israeli forces and the South Lebanon Army pound border towns, sending residents to basements and shelters from Sidon to Tyre.
Missouri clears tonight with lows 25 to 35 and Thursday mostly sunny with mild highs in the 50s to 60s. Nebraska sees partly cloudy to mostly clear skies, highs in the 40s to 50s, while Oklahoma remains mostly clear with Thursday highs 68 to 75. Colorado mostly cloudy and mild with scattered mountain snow showers, highs 50s to 60s east and 30s to 40s in the west. Tonight's lows range from the 20s to the 30s across states, with frigid high mountain valleys dipping to near zero. Road conditions hotlines listed for Kansas.
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