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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1997
Page
2
A state measure banning discrimination based on sexual orientation in housing public accommodations credit and employment was put on hold one day before its scheduled start. Elections officials have 30 days to certify signatures backing a possible referendum. If valid signatures fall short the law would take effect the next day.
A Tennessee judge denied bail for James Earl Ray to seek a liver transplant, his alleged only path to survive until a trial for Martin Luther King Jr. murder. Ray, 69, is serving 99 years for the 1968 King shooting. hospitals won't consider him due to age and travel bans.
In New York three key figures admitted conspiring to funnel union funds to Ron Carey’s re election bid. Martin Davis and Jere Nash pleaded guilty and named the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton Gore campaign. Michael Ansara admitted creating a shell company to aid the scheme. Carey says he will cooperate.
U S AIDS new diagnoses fell 6 percent in 1996 to about 56,730 from 60,620 in 1995, with AIDS deaths down 23 percent to about 38,780. CDC credits protease inhibitors and early treatment for the decline, while noting rising cases among heterosexual black men and women and gaps in HIV prevention information.
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