Editorials Fans are the losers in baseball strike
The piece argues fans lose as eight month MLB walkout ends. It cites radio sports talk hosts condemning owners while praising players legal gains like free agency arbitration and uncapped salaries. It notes Brian McRae and David Cone trades as evidence of expensive stars moving for market reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Labor Relations Board
Baseball
Kansas City
Brian McRae
Chicago Cubs
David Cone
Toronto Blue Jays
Royals
McRae
Cone
Yankees
Cubs
Dodgers
Timeline of historic events and notable births
A compact chronology lists moments from 1912 Titanic sailing and sinking to 1981 space shuttle issues and Bobby Sands election, plus several mid-century milestones. It highlights Joseph Pulitzer birth, ASPCA founding, Frances Perkins birth, Gatsby publication, Hindenburg re election, House of Wax premiere, Akihito marriage, USS Thresher tragedy, biological warfare ban, Golda Meir resignation, Columbia launch scramble, ONeill Gorbachev Moscow meeting, hostage releases, and NATO strikes in Bosnia.
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Southampton
England
North Atlantic
Joseph Pulitzer
Mako
Hungary
American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Frances Perkins
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Boston
Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Scribner's of
New York
Paul von Hindenburg
Adolf Hitler
Warner Brothers
Vincent Price
Japan
Akihito
Michiko Shoda
Cape Cod
Mass
United States
Soviet Union
Golda Meir
Israel
Bobby Sands
Thomas P
Tip” O'Neill
Moscow
Mikhail Gorbachev
O'Neill
Lebanon
Muammar Gaddafi
Gorazde
NATO
Journal-World Staff Directory Note in Kansas Paper
The notice lists key staff positions for the Journal-World in Lawrence Kansas. Names include Deputy Editor Bill Snead News Editor John Taylor Editorial Page Editor Ann Gardner Advertising Manager Mark Chaney and others with editors Ralph Gage Dolph Simons IlI Dan Simons and Donna Wiley. The page provides postal details for post and circulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Snead
John Taylor
Ann Gardner
Tom Fisher
Mark Chaney
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Ralph Gage
Dolph Simons
Ili
Dan Simons
New Ventures
Donna Wiley
Dallas Dolan
Public sentiment shifts as gambling clashes with values
A reflective essay recalls a West Virginia junior high incident where gambling stigma shaped a student’s future. It contrasts past moral outrage with modern state sponsored gambling as a national pastime. The piece cites political hypocrisy, media complicity, and calls for a National Gambling Impact Commission while praising a teacher who restrained a young gambler.
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Hares Furry
W. Va
Joan of Arc Junior High School
Manhattan
West Virginia
Tors
Economist
USA Today
Nutley
N.J
CNN
Frank Wolf
Virginia
National Gambling Impact and Policy Commission
Joan of Arc
Briefing blunder costs $14 million in ELF funding
A mix up over submarine comms programs led to $14 million being spared for ELF after a conference committee battle. The Navy later said lawmakers were briefed on EHF not ELF, creating a miscommunication that preserved funding. Feingold Kohl had fought to cut ELF, while Stevens Young faced mixed explanations and secrecy claims.
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Washindon
Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
Navy
House
ELF
Ted Stevens
Alaska
C.W. Bill Young
R-Fla
Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
Stevens
Young
Sen
Russell Feingold
D-Wis
Feingold
Herb Kohl
Pentagon
Kohl
Senate
Ed Henry
EHF
Defense Appropriations
Misplaced money and letters to the editor
Readers condemn a $40,000 city bonus to Price Banks, calling it wasteful and hidden from the public. The second letter discusses gay rights, religion, and biblical views on sin, citing John 8 3 12 and urging holy living from Carl Burkhead.
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Journal-World
Price Banks
Lawrence Journal-World
Karyi Graves
Rt. 3
Jesus
Carl Burkhead
Ter
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Dolph Simons Sr
the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kan
Douglas County
Kansas
Journal World
W.C. Simons
P.O
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Mikfmo
Clarke Wescoe
Kansas University
Winthrop Labs
Sterling Drug Inc
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