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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1999
Page
1
Washington reports the House backed a bill to double federal funding for foster care transition programs and let states extend Medicaid to foster youths up to 21. Sponsor Nancy Johnson cited the lasting hardships faced by aging-out teens, noting about 20,000 reach 18 annually without permanent support.
A Sanger tow-truck driver discovered his wife Brenda Lee 28 and their son Jacob Paul 3 dead after a car lost a postal and rolled onto its side at the wreck. Their daughter Heather 2 was hospitalized in critical condition. the driver struggles to cope as authorities investigate the crash.
James and Regana Rapp, owners of Touch Tone Information Inc., face wire fraud charges from a Jefferson County grand jury. Officials say they used deceit to obtain bank account data, phone records, and credit card details in unrelated cases. The indictment links their activities to a private investigator probing Columbine families for a tabloid.
U S embassies in six African nations were closed as a precaution after warnings of attacks linked to Osama bin Laden. Britain also closed missions in the same countries except Liberia and Togo. The State Department will decide over the weekend whether to reopen.
Rafael Resendez-Ramirez, sought in eight slayings near railroad tracks, was arrested in the El Paso area for illegal entry, then deported to Mexico. FBI and INS officials described the case, noting prior release after detention, updates with a new photo, and ongoing investigations across Texas Illinois and Kentucky with connections to crimes near rail lines.
The Education Department announced that 118 institutions across 17 states will offer federal student aid under the Distance Education Demonstration Program. The pilot waives certain requirements, allowing aid to cover computers and living expenses, with nationwide monitoring and no Kansas schools included.
Washington AP reports Labor Department figures show about 1.8 million of 2.8 million 1998 high school graduates enrolled in college in October, down from the 1997 peak. Women lead with 69.1 percent. men 62.4 percent.
Al Pacino prefers stage work to film and makes his Los Angeles theater debut in Eugene O Neill Hughie at the Mark Taper Forum running through July 25. He plays a gambler talking with a night clerk at a seedy hotel, a role praised in New York in 1996.
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