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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1994
Page
1
The U N population conference postponed abortion to focus on budget issues after a Vatican envoy condemned the 20 year plan as an attack on the family. The papal message to Serbs in Sarajevo offered a spiritual embrace to the city’s residents.
The Clinton administration escalates pressure on Haiti's military rulers with Marines conducting pre invasion drills in the Caribbean and stronger Washington rhetoric. This summary notes heightened U.S. actions and public stance ahead of potential military involvement.
A youthful voice from page 6A quotes Eric Norah, 11, declaring that escaping life in gangland may only be possible through death. The remark frames a harsh, personal view amid a community plagued by gang activity.
Running backs abound as Kansas prepares for a decisive home opener. The squad touts speed and depth with several talented runners ready to carry the load.
A group of about ten teens gathered on 18th Street near Lawrence High School and Veterans Park at 9 am. A fight broke out within a minute after two women warned of trouble. One teen in gray fought a smaller youth in green, while neighbors question student truancy and smoking off campus despite a district ban. A reader letter criticizes the policy and urges officials to curb off campus smoking.
Emergency room patients may die needlessly as doctors lack essential emergency training. Bellevue Hospital expert Dr. Lewis Goldfrank and others urge staffing ERs with appropriately trained physicians, noting many residents moonlight without adequate primary care experience and only about half of U.S. emergency medicine jobs are held by board certified doctors.
Berlin ceremonies mark the end of Allied occupation as Germany takes control of its capital and pledges to share in world peacekeeping. Helmut Kohl and John Major led the symbolic handover with Francois Mitterrand and Warren Christopher present. The Bundeswehr prepared a grand ceremony with 400 torch bearers on a square by the former east Berlin wall, closing a Cold War chapter once defined by 13,000 allied troops and 340,000 Soviet soldiers nearby.
A fugitive chase unfolds from Fort Smith Arkansas to Kansas and Oklahoma as Chad Beers and Scott Scanlon escape the Sebastian County Jail yard and trigger a high speed pursuit. Beers abandons a stolen pickup, is seen in Wagoner and Chouteau, Oklahoma, and later eludes law enforcement near Lawrence Kansas with sightings across Topeka and Coffey County.
Lincoln authorities end an eight day state and federal manhunt for Chad Beers 24 arrested in Lancaster County Neb after a chase in a public works pickup stolen Tuesday. Detectives tracked the suspect from Bennet to downtown Lincoln where he drove the truck wrong way, collided with a UNL mail truck, fled on foot then hid in a building before being captured by officers and a deputy. Beers had claimed a phony name and date of birth.
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