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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1999
Page
3
Tonica Jenkins faces a one week delay as her defense alleges Yale credential tampering via an anonymous letter on Yale stationery. Norman Pattis claims Jenkins was mistreated by Yale and seeks resolution after an unusual twist in the case.
Arturo Garcia, a construction worker, was trapped nearly eight hours in a deep trench near a 54 inch pipeline project for Mladen-Buntich under contract with the Department of Water and Power in Los Angeles. He was rescued by 175 workers, treated for cuts and bruises, and said he felt fine. He remained awake and cold while being transported to a hospital.
The FBI says 8 049 hate crimes were reported in 1997, with racial prejudice accounting for 4 710 incidents. Religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, disability follow, while 70 percent of offenses targeted people. Residential property was the largest crime site at 30 percent.
Vanderbilt University will open the Institute for Coffee Studies within six months funded by six million dollars from Latin American coffee groups. Researchers hope to determine why caffeine may boost mood, aid alcoholism recovery, and relate to blood pressure and cholesterol, while experts caution against starting a coffee habit without medical advice.
Former U S health secretary Louis Sullivan urged a Senate panel to push NIH to accelerate research on why ethnic minorities and underserved communities face higher cancer risk and mortality. A Institute of Medicine report found the National Cancer Institute allocated only about 1 percent of its 1997 budget to related research and training. Sullivan said the findings show the nation must address minority health needs more effectively.
The FDA warned that the chemical sold in health food stores and online as GBL or Blue Nitro can cause life threatening reactions including seizures and coma. It has been linked to one death and 54 serious cases, and the agency urged consumers not to use the product.
President Clinton urged Congress to boost education funding and expand the Troops to Teachers program to place qualified instructors in rural and inner city schools. He outlined plans to reduce class sizes and require new teachers to pass performance exams, while stressing state and local control over schools.
President Clinton announced education initiatives including a $200 million increase to hire 100,000 teachers to reduce class size in first to third grades. A $35 million scholarship program for top students who pledge to teach in impoverished districts and a $10 million program to recruit and train 1,000 American Indian teachers for areas with high Native populations.
New York City will seize cars of anyone arrested for drunk driving until acquittal under a new Zero Tolerance Drinking and Driving Initiative. Police say the plan makes instruments of crime of automobiles, while civil liberties groups warn the policy may be legally challenged. In 1998 there were 6,368 DWI arrests and 31 fatalities.
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