Lawrence Eyes Downtown Redevelopment By JVJ And TCVC
Editorial notes ample resources and local backing for a major Lawrence downtown redevelopment. Town Center Venture and JVJ plan a working arrangement with Cleveland firm Jacobs Visconsi Jacobs to create a top tier complex, aiming for several national tenants and a five year timeline, amid concerns over earlier delays and regional retail drain.
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Lawrence
City Commission
Town Center Venture Corp
Cleveland
Ohio
Jacobs, Wisconsi and Jacobs
JVJ
Duane Schwada
Kansas City
TCVC
Sears
Macy’s
Penney’s
Et al
Jacobs
Visconsi
Penney
National Mall Monitor
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Agency
Wausau
Wis
Massachusetts
Vermont
Old home town 1975: petitions seek injunctions on 11th and Haskell
Ten years back in 1975, petitions sought injunctions against condemnation of garage land near 11th and Haskell as new city maintenance plans stalled amid local disputes.
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Haskell
Carl Westerhauses
Norman Musicks
Charles Leone
Fayetteville
Arkansas University
Clarke Wescoe
Lilac Lane
Wescoe
Here
Kansas City
KU Medical School
Franklin Murphy
Donald Dowers
Lakeview Club
Fears rise over decay as Swiss calm shines in Vevey
From Mont Pelerin above Lake Geneva, a storm scene mirrors a worried view of world decay. The writer argues many societies are unraveling while praising Switzerland for functioning order and an unobtrusive police presence, contrasting urban disorder elsewhere with Geneva’s diverse, orderly international community.
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Switzerland
Mont Pelerin
Lake Geneva
Nature
French
Jura
Mont Blanc
Geneva
Thonon
Evian
U.N
Parc Bertrand
Letters to the editor stir debate on Lawrence future
Editor, Journal-World: Steve Grabow's Aug. 4 letter praises Lawrence's long term vision and downtown process efforts. Elizabeth Bickford endorses civic patience. Sam Sinclair criticizes 1419 Mass coloring by the agency, calling for better guidance. Michael Caron attacks Stallone's Vietnam portrayal and MIA imagery, arguing for truthful accounting and due process for families.
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Journal-World
Steve Grabow
Lawrence
Elizabeth Bickford
Orchard Lane
Mass
Sam Sinclair
W. 15Th
Sylvester Stallone
Vietnam
Rambo
Stallone
Southeast Asia
Robert MacFarlane
Pakse
Laos
Spectra 17
Tom Hart
Air Force
Michael Charney
Thomas Hart
Pathet Lao
Joel Birch
Birch
Anne Hart
George MacDonald
George
Board Certification plan for teachers merits study
The Topeka Capital Journal reports on Albert Shanker proposing a board certification approach to reward excellence in teaching. National specialty boards would create written and practical exams plus coursework and scholarly work. Teachers opt in. those certified receive higher pay to retain good educators, with less intra-school rivalry than merit pay.
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Albert Shanker
American Federation of Teachers
Shanker
Today in History August 10 1985 highlights and births
On August 10 1846 Congress chartered the Smithsonian Institution funded by Joseph Smithson's bequest to increase and diffuse knowledge. Notable events include Paris mob violence in 1792, Missouri statehood in 1821, Hoover's 1874 birth, and DOD rename in 1949. Today's birthday: actress Rhonda Fleming is 62.
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Smithsonian Institution
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Smithson
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Louis XVI
Ecuador
Spain
Missouri
Herbert Clark Hoover
United States
West Branch
Iowa
Leo Daft
America
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Campobello
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Department of Defense
David Frost
Richard M. Nixon
South Padre Island
Brownsville
Texas
Mary Decker
Zola Budd
Britain
Maricica Puica
Rhonda Fleming
Journal-World staff and publication details
The Journal-World publishes daily as part of World Company with editors and publishers named. Circulation and subscription rates are listed for carrier and mail delivery across Douglas County and beyond, with US and AP affiliations noted.
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the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Douglas
Kansas Counties
Kansas City
United States
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University of Dijon
France
Opinion
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Hyde Park
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Jenkin Lloyd Jones
the Public Forum
Rambomania
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Project Prairie Fire
Maine
The
Topeka Capital Journal
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Dolph Simons Sr
Rolph Gage
Bill Mayer
Robert Nordyke
Allen Torrey
Ed Schultz
Donna Wiley
Keith Wood Dallas Dolan
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