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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1998
Page
3
Two Torah scrolls and handmade breastplates were stolen from Temple Emanu-el in Englewood after thieves smashed a ground floor window and unlocked the Ark. Eight scrolls were housed there with only the two largest taken, leaving others scattered near the open ark. Rabbi Geoffrey Haber called the haul a disguised fencing risk.
Four Greenpeace activists chained to a Canadian cargo ship Thorseggen while it was being escorted to a Long Beach dock. They climbed aboard, chained to cranes, and unfurled a Stop Destroying the Great Bear Rainforest banner.
Phi Delta Theta’s national council permanently suspends the University of Michigan chapter after a freshman died from a fall following alcohol at fraternity and sorority parties. Courtney Cantor, 18, reportedly drank at the fraternity event as investigators noted the autopsy found a blood alcohol level below intoxication. the national group had ordered an alcohol-free chapter in 1995.
Seventeen year old Dominique Moceanu sues to be declared an adult seeking control of her earnings and life after running away from home amid family disputes. She accuses her parents of pushing her intensely, depleting funds, and a hurtful, pressurized upbringing in pursuit of gymnastics success.
Radioactive ants, flies and gnats were detected at the Hanford nuclear complex amid concerns of mutant insects from past weapons work. Officials said exposure levels are minimal, comparable to a dental X ray, and the insects’ range remains limited within the 560 square mile site.
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