Kansas should end state census adjustment now
Editorial argues Kansas must drop its constitutional requirement for a state adjusted census count. It notes the practice shifts university and military residents into noncounted categories, inflating urban areas, wasting 460000 dollars, and failing to improve legislative districts. Officials question accuracy and urge elimination before the 2010 census.
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Kansas
U.S. Census Bureau
Union
Lawrence
Manhattan
Riley County
Fort Riley
Kansas University
Kansas State University
Ron Thornburgh
Joint Legislative Committee On
David Adkins
R-Leawood
Testy travelers ignore airline realities
The piece argues American travelers gripe about delays and lost luggage while flights remain the safest travel mode. It notes 450000 late arrivals last year, deregulation, rising passenger numbers, and cheap fares fueling congestion and delays at major hubs.
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Washington
Kuttner
New York
la Guardia
Chicago
O'Hare
Newark
Atlanta
San Francisco
Iain Carson
The
Economist
Carson
George Will
Washington Post Writers Group
Public view on Band Day Parade cancellation in Lawrence
Local readers critique KU and Fox decision to televise a KU football game at 11:30 a.m. canceling the Band Day Parade. They note decades of participation by high school bands and families and fear the impact on Kansas students and Lawrence’s image.
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Lawrence
Fox
Kansas
Massachusetts Street
LHS
Army Reserve Band
University of Kansas
KU and
Powers-That-Be
Bill
Nancy Keel
Holcom League baseball returns after coach push in Lawrence
Lawrence area youth baseball found enough coaches to restart the Holcom League for 15 to 17 year olds. Seven teams competed across Lawrence and Baldwin with players from Free State Eudora Santa Fe Trail and Baldwin High Schools. Special thanks to Jim Frink, league commissioner, for ensuring a 2001 summer of play.
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Lawrence Journal-World
Holcom
Lawrence
Journal-World
Legion
Baldwin
Free State
Eudora High School
Santa Fe Trail High School
Baldwin High School
Louie Holcom
Holcom League
Jim Frink
Gary D. Squires
Early start date for Lawrence schools draws reader ire
In a Public Forum letter Bryant M. Denning argues that starting classes on Aug 15 hurts families and wastes money. He urges delaying opening by a week or two while lengthening daily hours, citing heat, travel, and costs in buses, fuel, and maintenance.
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Pittsburgh
Robert Kuttner
New York-Washington
Lawrence
Bryant M. Denning
Southwest Junior High
Old Hometown Looks at GOP Hotel Strain in Kansas City
Utah delegates at the Republican National Convention were assigned to the Ramada Inn in Lawrence due to Kansas City hotel shortages. The piece notes Ford and Reagan as preconvention favorites with Ford holding a modest edge. It also recalls a 1901 Lawrence Journal reference praising a Topeka sermon by Prof. S A Lough who urged reliance on natural law and provident living over prayer for drought relief.
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Utah
Kansas City
Ramada Inn
Lawrence
Gerald Ford
California
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Lawrence Journal
Journal
Topeka
S.A. Lough
Baker University
Kansas
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al Bonner
Joe Lewis
Dolph Simons III
Dan Simons
New Ventures
Donna Wiley
H.R
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Dallas Dolan
Ed Ciambrone
the World Company
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