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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1998
Page
4
Las Vegas police sergeant Randy Sutton revived a month-old girl wounded in a drive-by shooting at a busy intersection near the Strip. The infant, initially critical, was in stable condition Thursday as Sutton performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in an officer’s car en route to the hospital.
Roosevelt Dawson a 21 year old Oakland University student from Southfield who had been paralyzed and on a ventilator for 13 months left a Grand Rapids hospital with permission to die and reportedly died by his own action with Dr Kevorkian assisting his mother said his last words were I love you repeated three times outside the apartment Dawson lived in.
A San Francisco medical marijuana club was ordered closed Thursday a day after a statewide ruling on such clubs took effect. Lawyer J David Nick for Dennis Peron said the club is not breaking the law and will not stop operating, asserting distribution to patients complies with the appeals court ruling and injunction. Atty. Gen. Dan Lungren said the injunction requires the club to close.
North Korean defectors Lee Sun ok and Kang Chul-hwan described brutal prison conditions in which inmates faced molten iron vats and lethal tests of chemical and biological agents. They accused Kim Jong Il of presiding over a reign of terror, with reports of forced stillbirths and ongoing torture.
Attorney General Janet Reno announces the FBI will form a National Infrastructure Protection Center at FBI headquarters to deter and detect attacks on the United States critical systems. The center will involve other agencies and private sector reps, expanding funding to 64 million for 1999 to support new squads and prosecutors.
House investigators released documents showing Democratic fundraiser Yah Lin Trie frequently attended White House events and received help from Commerce Department officials. Trie ran Daihatsu International after selling his Arkansas restaurant, and allied with Jude Kearney to host and accompany guests on China trips and Democratic fund-raisers.
Nine Ukrainian tax officers toured Baltimore IRS headquarters in a weeklong study of U S tax collection. They debated wiretaps and asset seizures, watched Capone tax evasion footage, and planned meetings with World Bank and U S lawmakers. Officials noted Ukraine’s slumping revenue from hidden profits while praising American enforcement.
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