Hairy Situation opens Rock Chalk Revue at Lawrence High
KU previews five skits for the 43rd Rock Chalk Revue with A Hairy Situation leading the lineup. Proceeds go to United Way of Douglas County. the show debuts Feb. 25 at LHS with parodic songs and original numbers by Kappa Alpha Theta and Lambda Chi Alpha members.
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Douglas County
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Lambda Chi Alpha
Wolfgang von Spritz
Russian hijacker seizes Tupolev134 bound for New York
A Russian airliner hijacked by a man with two hand grenades landed at Stockholm airport with 47 aboard including his wife and child. He threatened to fly to New York or kill all aboard, freed 12 in Tallinn and later Stockholm, then waited for refueling and agreed to stop in Europe. Swedish officials reported no injuries.
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Malin Engstedt
Siberia
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Europe
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Clinton pledges spending cuts before tax hikes
President Clinton used a national radio address to demand clear spending cuts as part of a 500 billion plan, arguing that tax increases must be paired with deep reductions. He cited child vaccinations, maternal nutrition, welfare-to-work efforts, and stronger child support, while facing Republican critics over deficit-reduction methods. He also toured Ohio and New York and prepared for a West Coast swing to promote the plan.
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Sunday car sales ban moves ahead in Kansas House
Lawrence dealership general manager Leroy Poage argues against a bill to ban Sunday car sales. The measure, advanced 58 to 57, would not apply to recreational vehicles or dealers under five cars monthly and faces final votes. Support comes from state dealer associations, plus local groups.
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Sonny Hill
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Daley Willey
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Iowa
U N aid orders fail to free Bosnia convoys
Despite a United Nations demand to resume aid deliveries 19 convoys remained blocked in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina hampering food distribution to besieged and stricken cities.
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U.N
Bosnia- Herzegovina
Cold War scholar checks accuracy of Soviet records
Bruce Menning a Lawrence native at Fort Leavenworth weighs new Soviet archives after the Soviet Union's collapse. He aims to document Soviet military history from the late 19th century to 1991, using records from four trips to Russia since 1990 to test earlier Western assessments of Soviet strategy and posture.
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Menning
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