18 Nov 2000
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 2000
Page
1
Journal-World senior editor Bill Snead, known for photographing the Vietnam War, travels back to Southeast Asia for a cultural feature.
Spine doctors highlight artificial discs as an option for patients who would otherwise require spinal fusion. The innovation may reduce recovery times and preserve motion, offering hope for relief from chronic back pain and restricted movement.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak responds coolly to Yasser Arafat’s call for a halt to attacks, saying words are not enough as tensions persist over the Israeli Palestinian conflict.
On a chaotic election day the Florida Supreme Court froze the presidential tally and barred certification while Bush gained a slim lead over Gore. A federal appeals court refused to block recounts in two Democratic counties, with Miami Dade confirming a recount as the nationwide tally stretched on. Overseas absentee votes pushed Bush further ahead as both sides complained about ballot handling amid thousands of rejected ballots.
Circuit Judge Terry Lewis allowed Harris to reject hand counts after November 14 deadline while Gore appeals to the Florida Supreme Court. Justices demanded the status quo with a Monday hearing. US appeals court refused to block recounts in Broward and Palm Beach, while Miami Dade began a full county recount of 653,963 ballots.
A task force proposes raising annual education funding in Kansas by 215 million dollars. Sunset Hill School features first graders in class with students Geoffrey Pate Nadia Vassoughi Janae Hull Seth Holiday Kylie Ravenstine Korey Robinson and Calihan Scott visible in a group photo. The report aims to boost state investment in K 12 education across districts.
A 13 member task force urged spending an extra 215 million dollars per year on public schools and called for an evaluation to determine true per pupil costs by December 1, 2001 at a cost of 450 thousand. The panel suggested funding questions remain unsettled and cautioned no tax plan was agreed. The report noted the need for new tax sources to finance a sizable infusion.
President Clinton urged Vietnam toward a more open society while acknowledging painful wartime history. In Hanoi, Tran Duc Luong welcomed closer cooperation as searchers in a rice paddy sought remains of a downed U S warplane. Clinton offered 350,000 pages of battle records to aid locating 300,000 missing Vietnamese.
Thomas Franklin, president of KU’s all-white Phi Kappa Tau chapter, is among 100 semi-finalists for MTV’s Real World. He grew up in Independence Kansas, attended KU, and joined a white fraternity. He plans to test viewers by placing a black man with a white mentality in an urban black neighborhood as cameras roll.
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