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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1994
Page
2
The U N population conference shifted focus to allocating a 17 billion dollar spending plan to slow population growth. Delegates kept abortion debates to a special committee and clashed over finance, with Western and Muslim states reaching some agreement but Vatican opposition persisting.
A fragmented survey notes that about forty percent of the world’s population lives in countries allowing abortion on request, while numerous nations keep varied restrictions. The text outlines grounds such as health, rape, fetal defects, and socioeconomic factors, with many places permitting earlier access and some automatic under age or parity rules.
Washington A1 report details the Center for Marine Conservation sixth annual beach and waterway cleanup. Volunteers, 158,000 strong across 32 states and two territories, collected 7.3 million pieces of debris over 4,500 miles of shoreline in September 1993, including a 5 pound pack of cocaine and a rusted cookie sheet.
Volunteers reported millions of trash items from a September 1993 beach cleanup including 1.7 million cigarette butts 344502 glass pieces 203330 straws 333996 bottles 210553 cans 134547 cups 40508 balloons 30326 bulbs and tubes 10166 plastic syringes 55470 bags and 6636 condoms. A Louisiana volunteer found a $2 lottery ticket and a Texas volunteer found a radio labeled bag of cocaine.
Washington AP reports that low income seniors raising grandchildren face welfare denial as caseworkers ignore changing family structures. AARP cites a 50 percent rise in grandparent headed homes from 1970 to 1993, with many caregivers poor and one quarter at or below poverty. Welfare access problems stem from workers violating federal guidelines.
The Grandparent Information Center helps grandparents raising grandchildren find nearby support groups and services. Call 202-434-2296 during weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for information and referrals.
Beers, escaped from Sebastian County Jail in Fort Smith Ark in August 1993, eluded authorities through Arkansas Oklahoma Kansas and Nebraska. He was captured after a cross state manhunt involving federal and local officers. Beers hid in an abandoned Havensville farmhouse and faced multiple injuries including a gunshot wound. He had stolen a pico truck to finance food and escape plans and had prior escapes during a 1993 abduction case and a 1993 armed robbery arrest in Lawrence.
Beers remains jailed in Lincoln while Lancaster County prosecutors review reports on an attempted armed robbery and police chase. A federal detainer could send him to Arkansas, where prosecutors say he faces a five year sentence for escaping custody plus a 14 year prior federal term for kidnapping and auto theft.
In Veterans Park near Lawrence High School a notice warns drug dealers and easy teen access. Student Melanie Bell, a Japan essay contest winner now a sophomore, wrestles with smoke and youth behavior as Principal Brad Tate weighs campus smoking area or closure amid construction and crowding.
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