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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1993
Page
5
City officials say the 2 by 3 foot Michigan Street hole, reaching 14 feet deep, resulted from a deteriorated joint in metal and clay storm sewer pipe not truck traffic. Engineering staff note repairs completed last week and caution that such failures are unpredictable.
In 1993 KU paleontologist Larry D. Martin explains why Lawrence rocks lack dinosaur fossils while western Kansas chalk beds yield famous marine and land reptiles from the Cretaceous. He notes Kansas once sat on a vast sea and highlights Barnum Brown and Elmer Riggs as famed local hunters.
Lawrence resident Jan Henry reunites with Pepper, an 8 year old indoor cat who vanished in 1991 and reappeared at her longtime home after spending weeks with neighbors Jim and Cindy Dunn two miles away. Pepper’s journey raises questions about why she left and where she had traveled. The Dunns first found the cat injured and hungry at their doorstep and nursed her back to health before she decided to return to Henry.
A 15 year old Tonganoxie boy remained in fair condition at Providence St. Margaret Health Center after a pipe bomb exploded Thursday. Another 15 year old sustained minor injuries as the two youths had made the device by filling a small pipe with powder from firecrackers. The Leavenworth County Sheriff's Department is investigating.
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