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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1998
Page
3
An Associated Press poll shows six in ten Americans expect more jobs and better schools in 1998 while 58 percent feel streets will be as safe or safer. Crime fears are down and hopes for prosperity rise, shaping views on welfare, immigration, taxes, and social spending.
A man helping prepare a church bulletin was killed when a door bomb exploded as he stepped outside to shut a door causing a draft. The victim, 46 year old Brian Planer, superintendent of Kickapoo State Park, was killed instantly. Authorities have not determined if he was targeted. Investigators ruled out gas or electricity. several volunteers and the pastor were inside the Oakwood United Methodist Church. The blast caused minor damage.
A major study of 324,135 adults from 1960 to 1972 finds thinner is generally healthier for lifespan across ages including middle age. Mortality rises with BMI above 25 and more sharply above 30, supporting USDA guidance against middle‑aged weight gain.
Oncor Inc announced FDA approval of the Inform Gene Detection System to detect the HER2/neu gene in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients. The test aims to predict tumor recurrence but lacks proven impact on survival and may influence post-surgical treatment decisions. About 180,000 U.S. women are diagnosed yearly. 44,000 die.
Jack Kevorkian pressed Michigan lawmakers to ban assisted death by own action calling for no fewer than a swift ban to “clear the air.” He vowed to starve himself if jailed and said any immoral law merits disobedience while his associate Dr Georges Reding backed the demand and planned a challenge to the ban.
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