25 Sep 1997
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1997
Page
1
In Washington, a $12 million private initiative will match savings up to 10 or 20 dollars a month for about 2,000 needy Americans in 12 cities including Kansas City Kansas. Funds may be used to buy a home, pursue education, or start a business, challenging welfare rules and aiming to build assets.
Dade County became the nation’s largest district to approve random drug testing for all high school students with parental consent. Testing covers marijuana cocaine opiates barbiturates and amphetamines. If parents do not sign, students are not tested. Renier Diaz de la Portilla led the plan, calling it parental empowerment and a service to help parents safeguard kids.
Garth Brooks was named entertainer of the year for the third time at the 31st CMA Awards at the Grand Ole Opry. George Strait won top album for Carrying Your Love With Me and male vocalist. Deana Carter won best single for Did I Shave My Legs For This. LeAnn Rimes earned the Horizon Award. Trisha Yearwood won female vocalist. Patty Loveless and George Jones performed with an unannounced guest. Hall of Fame inductees included Harlan Howard and Cindy Walker backed by younger stars.
Garth Brooks is an entertainer. Trisha Yearwood is a female vocalist. George Strait is a male vocalist. Deana Carter released the single Straw berry Wine from the album Carrying Your Love With Me. LeAnn Rimes is a Horizon award recipient. Diamond Rio is a vocal group. Brooks & Dunn form a vocal duo. Kathy Mattea directed the music video for 455 Rocket. Matraca Berg and Gary Harrison wrote Straw berry Wine. Tim McGraw and Faith Hill performed Its Your Love as a vocal event. Brent Mason is a noted musician.
A surprise witness testified that Marv Albert wore white panties and a garter belt in a Dallas hotel room in 1994 and bit the witness during a struggle over a hairpiece amid a broader case on forcible sodomy and assault. Patricia Masden identified Albert and described a tense confrontation and flight from the room.
In Washington several dieters seek echocardiograms to check for heart valve damage from fen- fen and Redux. Doctors warn tests are costly and not clearly necessary for asymptomatic patients, while noting uncertainty about who truly needs screening and stressing ADA limits for uninsured patients. An example patient from San Diego cannot afford the $800 test despite concerning symptoms. The FDA reached a warning after finding possible valve damage in about 30 percent of asymptomatic users.
Billy Bragg plans an album completing Woody Guthrie's unfinished lyrics. He will record in Dublin with Jeff Tweedy and Jay Bennett and travels to Oklahoma to research Guthrie sites. Nora Guthrie asked him to finish many of Guthrie’s songs.
In reflecting on her motherly and grandmaternal influence, Louise Erdrich describes a tough grandma persona within her family. The piece notes her husband Michael Dorris, a Dover Dartmouth Native American Studies program founder, died by suicide in a motel on April 11.
Burlington Iowa opera singer Simon Estes resumes performing after a bout with hay fever that forced him off stage in Iowa City. He sang for 1,400 at the Civic Music season opener, doctors say vocal cords are back to normal, and medication will prevent future trouble.
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