07 Aug 1997
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1997
Page
1
Residents facing the citys 1.2 million drainage project worry about losing backyards as easements would cut across 22 homes along Michigan and Arkansas streets. Construction, planned for this fall, aims to curb floods but brings significant property impact and resistance from homeowners.
The City of Lawrence will install a 7-foot-diameter concrete pipe to relieve drainage in the area and add an above ground system to prevent flooding during the most severe storms. This project targets improved stormwater management and reduced flood risk for affected neighborhoods.
President Clinton announced at a White House news conference that the federal deficit for 1997 fell to 37 billion dollars, the lowest since 1974, crediting 1993 fiscal policies and signaling ongoing legislative plans including potential line item veto use and a campaign finance overhaul push.
Microsoft and Apple Computer ended years of animosity with a 150 million deal to collaborate on technology. Steve Jobs announced peace at Macworld Expo in Boston, saying Apple must let Microsoft lose in some areas to let Apple win, as Bill Gates appeared via video to praise the partnership. The pact covers Office for Mac and making Internet Explorer the default browser on Macintosh computers.
Lawrence Democrat Sally Thompson, Kansas state treasurer since 1990, won President Clinton's nomination for chief financial officer of the U S Department of Agriculture. The Senate must confirm after its August recess. Thompson planned to remain in office until confirmation.
The Army's Chemical and Biological Defense Command expands a 52 million program to train civilians in nine cities this fall and scale to 120 cities over two years. The Defense Department aims to prepare medical teams and deploy 400 Marine Corps responders at a cost of 10 million this year to handle bio and chemical attacks.
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