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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1998
Page
4
Mary Bono, widow of Sonny Bono, announced a run for his seat in a April 7 special election. She said the past weeks have been the most difficult of her life and that Sonny would have encouraged her to continue his work. Bono was killed January 5 in a skiing accident at Heavenly Ski Resort at age 62.
Philip Noel Johnson, 33, pleaded guilty to kidnapping money laundering and interfering with interstate commerce after a five month manhunt ending in Mexico City. He had plotted for six years to ambush two Loomis Fargo workers on March 29 and steal eighteen point eight million dollars, leaving one guard handcuffed in Jacksonville and the other in North Carolina.
A Charlotte painter, David Ballard, 29, left on his answering machine a Sling Blade scene in which a mentally impaired man describes killing his mother. An accidental call to his number alerted police who questioned Ballard and located his mother, who was alive.
TV star Jack Lord creator of Hawaii Five-O died of congestive heart failure at his home. He portrayed Steve McGarrett and produced or directed the CBS series which ran 1968 to 1980 and aired in 80 countries with over 300 million viewers.
A quarter of men have high levels of the growth protein IGF-1 linked to a greater likelihood of prostate cancer. The study by McGill University and Harvard researchers suggests IGF-1 could help predict risk, though testing is premature. Animal studies on lowering IGF-1 are planned.
Between 1991 and 1996 new AIDS cases rose twice as fast among people 50 and older as among 13 to 49. In 1996 older adults diagnosed totaled 6,400, up 22 percent from 1991, while overall cases for younger adults rose 9 percent. Doctors may overlook HIV risk in older patients.
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