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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 1996

Page

3

Pentagon survey finds 55 percent of women faced harassment

The Pentagon reports that in a survey of 90,000 active duty women, 55 percent said they were targets of sexual harassment in the past year, down from 64 percent in 1988. Forty-one percent cited unwanted sexual attention, 13 percent received coercive sex proposals for advancement, and 6 percent reported sexual assault, per The Washington Post.

Pentagon The Washington Post

New Jersey woman sues over wrongful day care conviction

Margaret Kelly Michaels of New Jersey, once jailed five years for 115 counts of sexual abuse, claims prosecutors and police brainwashed children at Wee Care Day Care in Maplewood to accuse her. She seeks 800000 in attorneys fees. conviction overturned in 1993 after 19 children testified.

Margaret Kelly Michaels Wee Care Maplewood Superior Court Michaels

Detroit Eagle Drops Fish on Rental Car Roof

Bob Ringewold and Verna Dawn witnessed a young eagle fly over Lake Michigan with a wriggling fish. The bird dropped the five pound fish onto their rental car, denting the roof as Ringewold reported to a state police post.

Bob Ringewold Ringewold Verna Dawn Lake Michigan Dawn

Umbilical cord blood use rules revamped

Washington AP reports panicked cord blood advocates fear FDA plans to ban storing newborns blood for future treatment while rules require banks to disclose experimental nature and collect data. FDA says rules don t bar saving or using cord blood but could curb profits. NIH and banks warn access may shrink for years.

Washington Erika Inge Jackson Audubon N.Y FDA Anks Liana Horvath Viacord Inc Cynthia Fisher National Institutes of Health NIH Blood Resources Paul McCurdy

Ministers seek answers to burnings in Washington visit

The Rev W D Lewis traveled to Washington to report the burning of Little Zion Baptist Church in Boligee Alabama and its planned resurrection. He joined other Black church leaders seeking federal help as fires scorch 31 churches since 1990. They left hopeful but without immediate answers, urging action to protect congregations and souls.

W.D. Lewis Washington Little Zion Baptist Church Clinton Boligee Ala Arthur Coleman Mount Zoar Baptist Church Lewis Greene County Ed Coner Sweet Home Baptist Church Zachary White House Gordon Levi Pickens Beligee Center For Democratic Renewal Feds Spiver Gordon Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Officer flunks lie detector in baby rescue tale

Gadsden area police officer Billy Vasser failed a polygraph test amid an internal affairs probe into his claim of nearly rescuing a baby from the Coosa River. The department placed him on paid leave as investigators follow leads, while volunteers suspend the river search after no progress.

Gapsper Ala Billy Vasser Coosa Department Internal Affairs Division Randy Phillips Gadsden Times Vasser Yasser Phillips

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