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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 2000
Page
1
Eleven students at Lawrence High and eight at Free State High are among 16,000 high school students named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists. Dry weather reducing corn, milo and soybean yields to lower bushel per acre, per government report. Rex Walters signs a one year contract with the Indiana Pacers as a guard.
Joan Alon, head of the U S branch of Alliance for Childhood, questions heavy classroom technology spending. She argues that funds would be better used if proven to improve learning outcomes, urging scrutiny of educational investments reported on Page 7A.
Sabra Moses says she no longer fears for her safety after Michael Miller, her common law husband, was jailed for one year for violating probation in two cases. Miller admitted violations from a 1999 battery case and a 1997 drunken driving case, with prior incidents including a May disorderly conduct conviction.
In a Florida event President Bush dismissed charges that a 30 second TV spot containing a cut of the word rats was a subliminal message aimed at Al Gore. Campaign adviser Alex Castellanos said he approved the final edit and did not see the frame during production.
The Los Angeles Times reports Firestone admitting for the first time that defective tires were produced and that design flaws plus possible quality control issues at a Decatur Illinois plant may have contributed to tread failures. John Lampe told a Senate panel that the company bears responsibility and suggested Ford's lower inflation guidance on Explorers may have reduced safety margins.
In Topeka after Isiaha Hagans 4 died of bacterial meningitis, Jonathan Hagans Jr 24 faced threats to kill the mother and a knife incident at the boy's wake. Hagans and Ronald Mills were jailed. bonds set at 10000 and 3500 as police guarded the funeral.
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