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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1995
Page
2
A 16 year old accused weapon in the slaying of a British tourist at a highway rest stop pleaded guilty to second degree murder. He also pleaded guilty to attempted first degree murder in the wounding of the companion. He faces up to 40 years.
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy died at age 104 in Hyannis Port surrounded by her family. The matriarch endured tragedy including four of her nine children killed, a 1984 stroke, and a long public life as the mother of a president and U S senators. Her family cited her faith and devotion to family as guiding forces through immense sorrow.
Washington AP Sen Larry Pressler says several communications firms may buy public television networks if Congress cuts federal funding. Bell Atlantic has explored entering public broadcasting while CPB budget sits at 285 million. CPB chief Richard Carlson defends funding and warns rural stations would fail without support.
In Farmville and Fairfax County Virginia workers grapple with a $4.25 hourly minimum. Families rely on scarce hours and low pay as Wal Mart enters with higher starting wages. Clinton proposes raising the federal rate to $5, but critics warn of lost jobs. The landscape shows a patchwork of wages and opportunities across regions, industries, and households.
Washington officials say Atty. Gen. Janet Reno plans court actions to compel five states to implement the federal motor voter law. California Illinois Michigan Pennsylvania and South Carolina face possible suits, though talks or compliance steps may avert action. The law mandates voter registration through driver licenses, mail, and state social service offices.
At a New York symposium, Russian officials presented slides of seven masterworks by Renoir El Greco Degas Manet Corot Tintoretto and Goya said to have disappeared from private Hungarian collections during World War II The paintings would be shown in Moscow for the first time this year The Times noted Russian officials also cited missing Dresden prints found with private collectors in Moscow and referenced a 1991 disclosure by Konstantin Akinska about a Soviet secret program to amass looted art for a supermuseum.
Navy officials acknowledged that at San Diego Naval Hospital surgeons mistakenly removed healthy reproductive organs from Marine Sgt. Lori Jolley during an appendix procedure in 1986. The correction board noted failures in medical and administrative conduct, Jolley was discharged in 1987, and legal barriers blocked a malpractice suit, though she later won VA care appeal in 1993.
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