Power outage hits Lawrence as heat wave bakes city
A late day heat wave pushed electricity use up and caused a power outage in Lawrence leaving hundreds in darkness. Richard Hill watched the six o clock news when the outage occurred in the 4700 block of Turnberry. Leah Robertson babysitting nearby reported flickering lights before the outage. Authorities and utility crews investigated the cause as residents cooled with ice and improvised measures.
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Carmel Drive
Leah Robertson
KPL
Fire Halts Cruise Ship Fire Breaks Out Aboard
A fire erupted in a laundry aboard a cruise ship shortly after leaving Miami with about 2,500 passengers. The blaze burned through three lower decks before crew extinguished it and the vessel was towed back to shore. See story page 4A.
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Miami
Astronaut John Herrington visits Haskell to promote education
Veteran astronaut John Herrington addresses education at Haskell Indian Nations University. The event at Four Directions Institute highlights outreach programs and community learning opportunities for Native students.
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John Herrington
Haskell Indian Nations University
Four Directions Institute
U.N. funding bill held as Clinton veto threat looms
Republicans delay sending a bill that reorganizes foreign policy and frees back UN payments while adding a ban on lobbying for liberalized abortion abroad. Clinton warns a veto unless the measure drops the abortion provision. Helms says to send it when he signs. Democrats worry about leverage and timing.
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Clinton
United Nations
Congress
Sen
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.N
United States
House
Newt Gingrich
Ulysses Tops Modern Library English Novels List
Joyce's Ulysses was named the best English language novel of the century by a panel of scholars and writers. The Great Gatsby ranked second and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man third. The Modern Library announcement sparked debate over authors and ranking.
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James Joyce
Ulysses
Dublin
Ireland
FE. Scott Fitzgerald
Joyce
Modern Library
Christopher Cerf
The
Random House
Cerf
Leopold Bloom
United States
Clinton to host school violence forum before election
President Clinton announces a October 15 White House conference on school violence addressing truancy aggression and safety. He urges curfews uniforms and zero tolerance for guns to improve classroom order while tying the event to the upcoming elections and education crime concerns.
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White House
Congress
American Federation of ‘Teachers
Springfield
Ore
Morial Convention Center
Cafe du Monde
American Federation of Teachers
Health plan faces privacy fears over universal ID
A government plan to assign every American a lifetime health-care identifier sparks privacy concerns about access to medical records by insurers and employers. The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics opened hearings on how to implement the 1996 HIPAA identifier requirement, with critics warning of authoritarian overreach.
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National Committee On Vital and Health Statistics
Health and Human Services Department
Robert M. Gellman
Washington
Top five classic novels and authors list
A grouped reader list presents five notable works with associated authors including Ulysses by James Joyce and Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. Other entries include A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
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Ulysses
James Joyce
FE Scott Fitzgerald
Vladimir Nabokov
Aldous Huxley
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