Clinton uses year-end address amid vacation in South Carolina
President Clinton reviews his first year in office from a South Carolina vacation, saying the economy is healthier and urging Congress to pass anti-crime welfare and health measures. Health care reform faces GOP quandaries as voters demand action ahead of 1996 elections. An avalanche in Montana kills four and halts a long overnight search for a missing 7-year-old.
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Clinton
South Carolina
Congress
Montana
Man Bans Language Abuses In Dewitt Nominating Quote
Jim Wiljanen of Dewitt Michigan condemns misuse of language, saying that if abuse continues the next sound he hears will be a hiss. The quote appears on page 2A as part of a broader discussion on language standards.
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Jim Wiljanen
Dewitt, Mich
Weekend Weather Outlook for Local Area
Tonight will be mostly cloudy with a low around 29 degrees. Sunday remains mostly cloudy with a high near 45 degrees.
Autopsy Pending in Deaths of Two Homeless Men in East Lawrence Fire
Two homeless brothers died when an abandoned mobile home at Auto Wrecking and Junk Co. caught fire before 3 am Friday. Fire officials say they were likely trying to escape, shifting focus to autopsy results and blaze cause as authorities seek identities. The incident underscores calls for affordable housing and full time homeless shelters in Lawrence.
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East Lawrence
George Windham
Salvation Army
Auto Wrecking and Junk Co
Topeka
Lawrence
Jim McSwain
Windham
Quiet holiday brings 200 plus free rides in Lawrence
More than 200 people rode free taxi services and 22 free tows were offered in Lawrence on New Year Eve and New Year Day. By 6 a.m. dispatchers reported 70 to 100 calls and no serious injuries or deaths from crashes overnight. Police logged several DUI arrests and domestic or noise complaints but no major injuries.
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Lawrence
Terry Howe
A- 1 City Cab
Douglas County
Streisand Tops New Year Revelry In Las Vegas Show
Barbra Streisand delivered a 2 1/2 hour New Year’s Eve concert in Las Vegas to a sellout crowd paying as much as 61 000 per ticket. She acknowledged long hiatus and received a standing ovation after opening with Everything’s As If We Never Said Goodbye. Howard Stern’s Newark NYE show drew about 40 women vying for a 50000 prize. Times Square ball dropped to mark 200 pounds and neon lights. In Shreveport 60 couples exchanged vows on a bridge beneath neon displays.
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Barbra Streisand
Las Vegas
Howard Stern
New Jersey
Times Square
Streisand
Newark
Shreveport
Birth rate rises at LMH in 1993 final baby born
Lawrence Memorial Hospital recorded 27 more births in 1993 than 1992 with 457 boys and 418 girls. Caesarean deliveries fell to about 20 percent from 21 percent, average stay 1.9 days, and March saw 84 births while April had 62.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
LMH
LMI
LMS
LME
Janice Early
Weas
1994 trends seen by KU students shift from grunge to metal pop
Kansas University students predict 1994 will bring change or repetition of themes from Beavis and Butt-head to Mortal Kombat and The Real World. They foresee Beavis and Butt-head fading, Seinfeld rising, and grunge moving out as a metal punk mix gains ground.
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Sega
Nintendo
Kansas University
Beavis and Butt-head
MTV
Shannon Skelton
Tyler
Tex
Jerry Seinfeld
Colby Calloway
San Antonio
Eastons Ltd
Mass
Beavis and
Butt-head
Pearl Jam
Nirvana
Ellen Williams
Lawrence
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Kittisas City
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