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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1996
Page
2
The state Senate on Thursday defeated a bill that would let school boards fire teachers who present evolution as fact. The 20 to 13 vote ends a proposal that echoed the Scopes Monkey Trial, with no requirement to act but allowed firings for insubordination. Scopes’ 1925 conviction was later overturned on a technicality.
Since 1954 Christians gathered at Mount Soledad for Easter sunrise at a cross in a city park. A sunrise plan was scrapped after Atheists secured a city permit for a 6 am gathering. The city sold 225 square feet of land under the cross to the Mount Soledad Memorial Assn to end the dispute, but objections await a judge’s spring ruling.
Atlanta AP report cites CDC findings from over 70 complaints in 27 states about the 8 billion Marlboros and Virginia Slims recalled by Philip Morris last year. Investigators say methyl isothiocyanate appeared in products before and after the recall and was not limited to the recalled batch. The agency notes smoking remains the leading cause of death.
In Phoenix officials and clergy clash over inmates digging paupers' graves at White Tank Cemetery as part of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s tough policy. Ministers threaten boycotts, urging return to unguarded trusties in blue and green, while Arpaio cites volunteer alternatives and a history of jail reforms.
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