County should study privatizing DCAS before action
Editorial urges caution on selling the Douglas County Ambulance Service to a private operator. It notes 1994 DCAS costs of about 1.5 million with 47 percent user fees, stresses maintaining high training, First Responder volunteers, and hospital linkages with Lawrence Memorial. Officials should wait beyond Aug 1 and assess alternatives and impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custacy
Douglas County
DCAS
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
LMH
End of Civil War and notable historic events listed
A succinct catalog of pivotal dates and figures from 1865 to recent times. Key items include Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. La Salle reaching the Mississippi. the first tax supported public library in Peterborough. Marian Anderson’s Lincoln Memorial concert. Germany’s invasions in 1940. Bataan surrender and death march. NASA astronauts announced. Churchill made US honorary citizen. first Astros-Yankees game at the Astrodome. Challenger’s first mission landing. Nakasone’s economic appeal. and other biographical milestones and space missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Appomattox Court House
Virginia
Robert la Salle
Mississippi River
Peterborough
N.H. E
Marian Anderson
Lincoln Memorial
Washington
Constitution Hall
Germany
Denmark
Norway
Bataan
NASA
America
Scott Carpenter
Gordon Cooper
John Glenn
Gus Grissom
Wally Schirra
Alan Shepard
Donald Slayton
Journal-World staff and contact notes in Lawrence
The passage lists the Journal-World leadership and staff roles with Dolph C. Simons Jr. as editor and publisher and Ralph Gage as general manager. It names Dolph Simons III, Dan Simons, Donna Wiley, Dallas Dolan as key executives and notes the postmaster address for changes, along with USPS and AP affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Ralph Gage
Dolph Simons III
Dan Simons
New Ventures
Donna Wiley
Dallas Dolan
Journal-World
P.O
Lawrence
Kan
Contract With America sparks needed national budget debate
The piece argues Republicans' 100 day Contract With America forced a vital debate on government size, welfare and tax policy, and the role of states. It notes Democrats challenged the bills, the Senate and Clinton vetoes may soften or block actions, and the budget fight will sharpen public understanding through the 1996 election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Clinton
Gingrich and Co
America
Senate
Congress
Cut the deficit go where money is and subsidies boost the rich
The piece argues House Republicans lean on Willie Sutton wisdom to target deficits by slashing welfare and social programs while preserving tax loopholes and subsidies for the wealthy. It cites $8 billion in subsidies to nine businesses and $17 billion in current spending cuts, with heavy impact on education, nutrition, and foster care. It notes subsidies across mining, energy, automakers, and farming totaling hundreds of billions over five years, referencing the Progressive Policy Institute figures
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Willie Sutton
Sutton
Budget Committee
John Kasich
Ohio
GOP
Anatole France
Congressional
TV News
Sam Donaldson
Donaldson
Progressive Policy Institute
Institute
Readers debate handgun carry right and civic duty
A letter writer argues against gun carrying citing safety and potential for tragedy while opposing a Kansas Senate stance. Other readers praise a Pinckney school T-1 teacher, lament funding shifts, and call for better use of school money. The Journal World explains its letters policy and editing rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brummer
Kansas Senate
Dodge City
Journal- World
Craig Tucker
Journal-World
KU rally over promotion freeze sparks student strike turnout
In 1970 an orderly crowd estimated at 4,000 gathered at a Kansas University student strike rally protesting the promotion freeze for two KU professors involved in local demonstrations. Lawrence annexed a 120 acre tract west of the current city limits, all east of Highway 59 and south of Seventh Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University
City of
Lawrence
Seventh Street
Lawrence Editorial On Graveyard Midnight Lunch In 1895
The Lawrence World editorial on April 9, 1895 criticizes two college girls who ate a midnight lunch in a graveyard. It argues the city cannot police students' foolish behavior by ordinance and notes universal condemnation of the indiscretion. Courtesy Watkins Community Museum
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence World
Lawrence
Watkins Community Museum
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Boutros Boutros- Ghali
Gorazde
Endeavour
Dolph Simons Sr
the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire
Kansas Counties
Kansas City
United States
Bill Snead
John Taylor
Ann Gardner
Tom Fisher
Mark Chaney
W.C. Simons
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
WKN
Newt Gingrich
House Republicans
Ray
Pinckney School
Clathe
Catherine Shirar
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