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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1998
Page
2
Six youths ages 17 to 23 rode a mattress on a flat car on the Conway Scenic Railroad line in the White Mountains and were struck by a maintenance vehicle. Four remained hospitalized, one in critical condition. Officials said the group likely did not see the parked machine in the dark. Neighbors reported hearing wheels and anticipating a crash.
Anti-nuclear activists and a peace flotilla guard the Golden Gate as a South Korea bound ship carrying spent reactor fuel nears San Francisco Bay. escorted by the Coast Guard it will move to Concord Naval Weapons Station for transfer to trains headed to Idaho storage site, the first of five shipments through California by 2009.
Senator Mike DeWine and Representative Bill McCollum propose a three year plan to reduce cocaine and heroin flow into the United States by 80 percent through intensified interdiction. They cite a drop in interdiction funding from 33 percent to 12 percent from 1987 to 1995 and warn the program is unbalanced as enforcement and demand reduction rise while border control lags.
A federal judge refused to order a new Miami may oral election, ending a months long legal battle between former Mayor Xavier Suarez and Mayor Joe Carollo. Judge Edward Davis noted federal courts rarely intervene in state election disputes. Carollo said the decision removes a distraction, though some parties had hoped for a different outcome.
More than 100 researchers convened at NASA Ames to craft a five year roadmap for studying extraterrestrial life. They discussed biological bases for distant life, detection tech, and possible missions while noting recent discoveries hinting life could exist in extreme Earth environments and possibly on moons like Europa.
Robert Mondavi Corp will pay 120000 in fines and costs to settle an independent counsel probe into illegal gratuities involving former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy. The civil deal includes a 30000 education campaign on ethics at a California business school.
The National Endowment for the Arts escapes a funding cut as House Democrats and moderates secure 98.5 million dollars for fiscal 1999. The 253 to 173 vote kept NEA at current levels amid broader Interior funding, with NEH at 110.7 million. New NEA chair William Ivey called the outcome a real and symbolic victory and urged moving ahead with federal art funding.
A Senate Finance Committee move linked fast-track to a popular Africa trade initiative, setting up a possible floor vote in September. President Clinton has muted support amid resistance from House Democrats and labor allies, while White House spokesmen criticize the maneuver as political mischief.
The Senate rejected Barbara Boxer's proposal to require safety trigger locks on all handguns sold in the United States. The 61-39 vote blocked the mandate as lawmakers split along party lines, while a weaker measure to stock locks only passed earlier. Boxer argued the locks prevent accidents involving children.
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