KU Drops Credit Card Tuition Payments
Kansas University officials ended the credit card option for tuition after June 28 due to state unwillingness to cover processing fees. Statewide charges would total about $900,000, KU about $450,000, forcing budget reallocations. EU Chancellor Robert Hemenway framed the choice as banning cards, dismissing faculty, or cutting courses, and endorsed existing payment plans.
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Sunflower State Games stay in Lawrence for summers
The Sunflower State Games will remain in Lawrence for the next three summers. The open-to-all event drew about 6,500 athletes over two weekends in 1995, with $1.85 million injected into the local economy. Officials expect around 8,000 athletes this summer as Lawrence welcomes visitors and volunteers.
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Lawrence
Today in history events from 1800 to the Unabomber case
Highlights include Congress creating the Library of Congress in 1800 with a 5000 dollar book fund, 1792 La Marseillaise composed, 1898 Spain-U S war, 1915 Armenian deportations, 1916 Easter Rising, 1953 Churchill knighted, 1962 MIT satellite relay, 1990 Hubble launch, 2010s and 2023 notable deaths and a 1998 Unabomber link bombing in Sacramento killing lobbyist Gilbert Murray.
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Fla
Wallis Simpson
Duchess of Windsor
Edward Will
Paris
Sacramento
New Faselics
Gilbert B. Murray
Lawrence Journal-World Staff and Rates Notice
Daily Lawrence Journal-World publication details with staff roles and multiple subscription rates for carrier motor mail delivery across regions including Douglas County and adjoining counties. Includes postal and circulation affiliations and contact information.
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Battle over House control looms in 1998 election
Democrats seek to regain control of the House from Republicans as polls show a possible trend shift. Analysts note 19 to 21 seats needed for a Gephardt speakership, with Cook’s report assigning roughly a one in three chance for a Democratic majority. The outcome hinges on national mood after budget fights and midterm dynamics.
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Cook Political Report
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White House
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George Wallace
Inmate lawsuit swarm prompts Utah reforms and costs
The article describes costly inmate lawsuits led by Robert Werner's evolving religious claims, including a push for Buddhist and Native American rituals. It notes mounting court burdens, state responses with limited detention filings, and a Utah effort with Sen. Orrin Hatch to curb meritless suits through parole delays and filing fees.
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Robert Henry Werner
Werner
Utah
Jan Graham
Dale van Atta
Karl Winsness
Winsness
Atty. Gen
Graham
Orrin Hatch
Parole Board
United States
Delta Chi letter defends campus hazing incident
Dr and Mrs David Russell of Pittsburg praise Delta Chi fraternity members at Kansas University for their health and integrity after a hazing incident last summer. They urge reinstatement of the fraternity and continued participation in university activities, endorsing efforts to abolish hazing.
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Kansas University
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Brotherhood of Delta Chi
David Russell
Pittsburg
Old Home Town bingo shifts after legislature action
Kansas lawmakers move to drop criminal penalties for private club bingo, prompting Lawrence agencies to reschedule games. Atty Gen Vern Miller had enforcement under the old law. In housing news, Kenncraft of Topeka bids low for the first federally subsidized project on Haskell Avenue near 19th, at 2,178,750 dollars.
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Lawrence
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Haskell Avenue
19Th
Topeka
Lawrence Board names new Woodlawn principal
The Lawrence Board of Education approved Orvel Criqui as principal at Woodlawn School to succeed Cecilia Pearson.
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Orvel Criqui
Woodlawn School
Cecilia Pearson
Bicyclists Press City to Limit Wheelmen Speed
The Lawrence Journal records a meeting of local wheelmen who protest street flooding by a street sprinkler and call out the unsafe Massachusetts street car track. They urge the city council to pass an ordinance limiting wheelmen to eight or ten miles per hour.
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