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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1998
Page
2
Two Brown County Jail prisoners Ninham and Joy, aged 29 and 39, escaped from a third floor dorm in Green Bay wearing only boxer shorts. They broke a fence, climbed a bedsheet rope, hit the ground in their shorts, and were arrested three blocks away shortly after.
Swelled by stock market gains the Lilly Endowment overtakes the Ford Foundation as the nation’s largest private foundation, with assets of 12.7 billion versus Ford’s 9.4 billion. Packard Foundation will rise to third after a 5 billion Hewlett Packard stock bequest, reaching 9 billion. Robert W Woodruff Foundation, tied to Coca Cola, climbs to seventh with 3.7 billion.
The Jackson Advocate, a 58-year-old Black-owned weekly known for investigations, was fire bombed early Monday. Publisher Charles Tisdale, 67, says his office has faced more than 20 acts of vandalism since he took over in the late 1970s and received a threatening call Friday night. The newsroom was left a charred shell with $100,000 in damage.
The Kennedy family announced a sale of a substantial portion of its real estate holdings including the Merchandise Mart in Chicago for 625 million dollars. Vornado Realty Trust will pay 465 million in cash plus assume 50 million in debt and offer 110 million in securities for the 5.3 million square foot properties. The Merchandise Mart is the Kennedys last operating business and was built in 1930 by Marshall Field & Co. The 25 story limestone building on the Chicago River is connected to commerce hubs by an underground rail link and has its own ZIP code.
In Perry Pennsylvania seven teenage girls say Walter Booher groomed them at his home, enabling smoking and drinking while he abused them for three years aided by threats of black magic and Mafia retribution. Booher, 47, pleaded guilty to five counts, leaving 334 charges dropped, prompting parents to blame prosecutors and question parental responsibility.
The Supreme Court agreed to hear whether federal or state authorities should set pricing rules for opening the $100 billion local telephone market to competitors. The case traces to an 8th Circuit ruling that states, not the FCC, regulate access charges. A decision is expected in 1999, with no immediate effect on customers.
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