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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 2000
Page
10
Rain develops in the forecast for Thursday in Lawrence as a five day outlook shows cooler and wetter conditions. Overnight low temperatures are expected around 57 degrees with patchy showers possible through the night.
In 1987 Floyd was the season’s sole hurricane to make landfall. It swept across the Florida Keys, delivering wind gusts to 59 mph at Duck Key and as much as 9 inches of rain in south Florida. Weather history notes mention various solar and lunar events while listing morning Mars and evening Venus, Jupiter, Saturn.
OSHA investigators press review of trench digging standards after Michael Scott Thomas 25 of Liberty died when a 13 foot trench collapsed at a residential site in Kansas City. Rescue efforts lasted 12 hours. Officials cite need for shoring or trench boxes to prevent cave ins. Local union leaders stress caution and adherence to safety rules.
Kansas will gain over 2.6 million dollars from a global antitrust settlement with six foreign vitamin makers. The deal covers 22 states plus D C and Puerto Rico and aims to compensate consumers and businesses for price fixing from 1989 to 1998. Funds go to nonprofit groups due to difficulty determining individual reimbursements.
Topeka activist Sonny Scroggins is lobbying state officials to name a new Kansas office building after former Gov. Robert Bennett. Bennett, who died at 73, led the state from 1975 to 1979 after a decade in the Senate. A memorial service is set for Prairie Village, and a 19 gun salute is planned on the Statehouse grounds. Public Building Commission will decide the tribute.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission cited the University of Missouri Research Reactor for two safety violations tied to incidents on April 12 and June 12 but imposed no fines. No workers were exposed in April, and safeguards were reviewed after a precautionary maintenance lapse in June.
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