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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1994
Page
3
Inmates at Greenville Correctional Center set fires in two cellblocks and fought in the dining hall before guards with riot gear retook the recreation yard. The disturbance occurred the same day Governor George Allen opened a legislative session aiming to scrap parole, highlighting prison overcrowding in Norfolk and across Virginia.
Former lawyer George Lott, 47, was executed by injection in Huntsville Texas at 12 19 a m after 18 months since conviction for killing two prosecutors during a courthouse rampage. He made no final statement.
Senator Strom Thurmond 91 was taken from the Capitol to Walter Reed Army Medical Center after feeling lightheaded around 5 30 p m Monday. Officials said tests showed no problem but he would stay overnight in the hospital for observation.
Two women testified that female officers at the Las Vegas Hilton were told to avoid the third floor where Tailhook aviators stayed because it was too dangerous. Janeth Albrecht said it was not safe to be alone on that floor. The civil suit by Paula Coughlin alleges Hilton security should have prevented her sexual assault at the September 1991 Tailhook convention and seeks unspecified damages.
Woodstock Ventures faces possible fines after Ulster County auditors report only 2 percent of festival trash was recycled. Nearly 1,500 tons of cans bottles and other refuse ended up in landfills amid rain and mud at the Saugerties site. Environmental officials warn of potential water pollution violations as organizers defend efforts and blame weather.
Discovery astronauts remain in orbit after stormy Florida weather. The shuttle faced a potential 1:12 p.m. CDT landing at Cape Canaveral or Edwards Air Force Base in California. Forecasters warned of more Florida thunderstorms, nudging plans toward California as Mission Control kept options open while the crew relaxed and photographed Earth.
Jack Dodson, the actor who played Howard Sprague on The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry R.F.D., died after a year long illness at 63. He appeared in Broadway plays and later on series such as The Fugitive Hawaii Five-O Newhart Barney Miller Cagney and Lacey St Elsewhere Matlock and L.A. Law. He also portrayed Ralph Malphs father on Happy Days and a radio manager on Homefront.
Prevention magazine reports two thirds of U.S. children fail its Health Index. About 31 percent of ages 3 to 17 are overweight, up 29 percent since 1984. Only 50 percent limit fat, down from 64 percent. 49 percent fight sugar, down from 72 percent. Experts cite information overload as a factor.
Prevention magazine reports only half of parents limit fat in meals and under half curb sugar, with a notable rise in sedentary behavior among children. The survey notes 912 hours yearly of TV viewing and 66 percent of kids getting brief fitness activity, prompting editor Lewis Vaughn to call for better education differentiating active children from physically fit ones.
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