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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1998
Page
4
Scientists cut the 117000 year old Langebaan Lagoon prints from crumbly sandstone and moved the fossil block to a conservation workshop. Visitors had scratched nearby areas and stepped on the tracks since their discovery in 1995, risking further damage from weather.
China pressed censors Tuesday to lift a travel ban and permit the Peony Pavilion troupe to perform in New York amid praise and criticism. Nigel Redden, director of Lincoln Center Festival ’98, met Shanghai officials after the Cultural Bureau blocked the production an elaborate 20 hour six-evening set starting July 7. Heathrow Express launches high speed rail to Heathrow with 100 mph service every 15 minutes, aiming for 7 million annual riders within three years.
A bomb exploded on the tracks minutes after the Shalimar Express left Jammu Kashmir's winter capital derailing eight cars and injuring 13 as it neared Bari Brahmana station six miles south of the state capital. Dr Jasbir Singh said rescue was hampered by darkness in the forested area.
Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble campaigns across Protestant neighborhoods urging support for the Good Friday peace accord and a power sharing government. Early polls show the UUP leading in the 108 member Assembly race, but Paisley and other opponents threaten the deal with potential stalemates. Trimble warns that 30 seats for opponents could end the agreement.
In Vienna, Libyan oil minister Abdalla el Badri joined others calling for more than 1 million barrels per day in additional cuts to shrink OPEC's glut. Saudis pressure for larger cuts while Iran proposes a 10 percent across the board reduction starting February, as futures rise.
U S envoy Richard Holbrooke pressed Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic in Belgrade on a final warning before NATO force may be used in Kosovo. Holbrooke met Milosevic four hours and planned to visit Pristina, then return to Belgrade before Greece trip.
A captured North Korean Yugo class submarine sank Tuesday as it was towed to Tonghae naval base, about 1 mile offshore. South Korean authorities planned to raise the 82-foot vessel and investigate whether the sub intrusion was provocation, a reconnaissance mission, or drifted into Korean waters. President Kim Dae Jung vowed cautious, firm action while not repeating past government errors as North Korea’s media called the sub wrecked.
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