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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1998
Page
2
UT Austin president Larry Taulker urges reopening the 27 story clock tower observation deck once closed after 1966 mass shooting. The tower scene saw Charles Whitman kill 16 and wound 31 before police killed him. Deck closed in 1975 following multiple crises.
A 1000 year old Archimedes palimpsest containing notes on On Floating Bodies and Method of Mechanical Theorems sold for 2 million dollars to an unnamed private American collector at Christie's. Bidding lasted 90 seconds with competing offers from several bidders including the Greek government which claims the work was stolen and should be returned to Greece.
A stolen Ford Explorer with a floor-pressed gas pedal smashed through the Norwalk Superior Court building front doors in the middle of the night. Officials say the vehicle aimed from a shopping center across the street and that this is the fourth such incident in 17 years, with two earlier crashes accidental and one intentional.
Cal Tech researchers report in Science the discovery of a gene in fruit flies that extends lifespan and increases resistance to heat, starvation, and poison. The gene named methuselah parallels prior aging findings in another organism and expands aging research.
Melissa Drexler, then 20, received a 15 year prison term after pleading guilty to aggravated manslaughter for delivering a baby in a bathroom at her senior prom, strangling the infant, and returning to the dance floor. The judge called the act explainable but not excusable. Drexler could be released in under three years under the plea deal.
The FDA approved tamoxifen for healthy women at high risk of breast cancer to lower their odds of developing the disease. The drug carries risks including uterine cancer, blood clots, and cataracts, so doctors must carefully select candidates and inform patients. Experts say it is not universally beneficial and requires informed decision making by patients and physicians.
A three month study of 60 patients with brain, breast, lung, colon, prostate, bladder or lymph cancer found no tumor shrinkage or disappearance from shark cartilage. Doctors note 50,000 U.S. cancer victims have tried it, often alongside standard drugs. The trial, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, marks a rare FDA level evaluation of dietary supplements.
Dr. Samuel Mudd the Lincoln era physician who treated John Wilkes Booth after the assassination seeks a new review. His grandson Dr. Richard Mudd of Saginaw argues the 1865 conviction was unjust and a civil trial was warranted. Federal Judge Paul Friedman ordered the Army to reconsider ruling.
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