Downtown control and the new Lawrence mayor
Editorial commends Mayor Jo Andersen for focusing on youth recreation while cautioning against overreach in downtown control. It warns that equating downtown with public ownership could alarm merchants and investors, risking business outflows amid competition from Kansas City and Topeka.
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Lawrence
Jo Andersen
Andersen
Commission
City Commission
Kansas City
Topeka
Notable historical anniversaries for early modern era
In 1792 France declared war on Austria initiating the French Revolutionary Wars. In 1812 George Clinton died in Washington at 73, first VP to die in office. In 1836 Congress creates the Territory of Wisconsin. In 1889 Adolf Hitler born in Braunau am Inn. In 1894 about 136000 coal miners strike in Columbus Ohio. In 1940 RCA publicly demonstrated its electron microscope.
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France
Austria
United States
George Clinton
Washington
Wisconsin
Congress
Adolf Hitler
Braunau
Columbus
Ohio
RCA
Postmaster mail address changes notice
Address changes should be sent to the Journal-World, P.O. Box 888, Lawrence, Kansas 66044-0888. This notice indicates standard USPS second class postage and AP and ABC affiliations for the publication.
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Journal-World
P.O
Lawrence
Kan
Lawrence, Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Uncertain policy fuels U S entanglement in Bosnia crisis
An editorial argues that U S policy in the Bosnian war is ineffectual and morally compromising. It condemns the U N's safe havens, questions Congress and the president, and urges a more assertive U S stance, with Bosnian vice president Ejup Ganic demanding armed self defense and a clear peace outcome.
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Washington
U.S
United States
United Nations
United Nation
Serbia
Bush
Balkans
James Baker
Akashi
Boutros-Ghali
Rose
NATO
Congress
America
Ejup Ganic
Bosnia
Ganic
U.N
Plenty of Victims in the Jury Box
A Miami courtroom seated 35 potential jurors all reporting personal crimes. Many said relatives suffered shootings, burglaries, and robberies, with most noting assailants rarely caught. The observer notes broad public frustration with crime and calls for reforms.
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Miami
Singapore
America
Public Forum Letters From Lawrence Residents
Two letters discuss student smoking near Lawrence High School and preservation of the old co op feed building in North Lawrence. One writer urges keeping students on campus to avoid smoking and critiques fast food on 23rd Street. the other asks to save the historic feed building to maintain downtown character and warns against a bland replacement.
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Lawrence High School
19Th Street
Louisiana Street
23Rd Street
Phillip A. Metsker
Lawrence
Johnny’s
Jonathan Jones
Kansas lawmakers eye veto override on highways and school aid
In 1969 lawmakers Morris Kay John Vogel and Reynolds Shultz urged the Kansas Legislature to override Gov. Robert Docking vetoes on highways and school aid. Also notes a 1894 Pleasant Grove item from the Lawrence World asking How many little chickens ye got Courtesy Watkins Community Museum.
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Morris Kay
John Vogel
Reynolds Shultz
Kansas
Robert Docking
Lawrence World
Pleasant Grove
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the World Company
Sixth
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Kaw
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Caroline Trowbridge
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Tom Fisher
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Ralph Gage
Dolph Simons
Ili
Dan Simons
New Ventures
Donna Wiley
Dallas Dolan
William Sutcliffe
W.C. Simons
23Rd and
Iowa
Watkins Community Museum
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