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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1996
Page
1
Martell Welch Jr., 20, received 16 to 40 years for murdering Deletha Ward after a fender bender dispute. Judge Jeffrey Collins condemned his treatment of the victim, who drowned in the Detroit River last August. The conviction carried potential life in prison.
AP analysis of Maryland State Police searches on I 95 shows Black drivers were stopped and searched for drugs at least four times more often than White drivers. From January to September 1995 the six officer unit searched 145 motorists, 110 Black, 24 White, 6 Hispanic, 5 other. 50 Black motorists, or 45 percent, carried drugs, compared with 6 White drivers, or 25 percent.
Washington park plan aims to blend public access with security for the White House area. The National Park Service would tear out pavement on Pennsylvania Avenue, add a grassed arced promenade, replace the tall fence with a lower wall, and remove street barriers. New fountains, refurbished chess tables, and a plaza like a cathedral piazza seek more street life while preserving protection.
In Washington the House moved to delay the minimum wage vote and passed a companion small business tax relief measure 414 to 10. Leaders tailored the package to mollify conservative Republicans who oppose raising wages while aiming to exempt about 9 million small business employees from the higher rate planned for July and the following year.
President Clinton positions himself as flexible on tax cuts welfare and same sex marriage prompting GOP complaints that he says what polls demand while some liberal aides fear credibility erosion. Republicans say he misstates records and exaggerates waivers while embracing or signaling support for controversial welfare reforms.
Princess of Wales denies reports she plans to buy Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’s New York penthouse for 7.5 million dollars. An aide calls the Star story total rubbish as Diana contemplates life in America while negotiating divorce from Prince Charles. Onassis owner sold to David Koch for 9.5 million.
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