Lawrence High alumni group eyed as poll on future schools
Editorial suggests forming a Lawrence High School alumni association to serve as a neutral information source for residents and graduates. Members, dating back to 1954, could discuss reunions, scholarships, and perspectives on potential district reorganizations without taking sides on bond issues.
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Lawrence High School Alumni Association
Lawrence
LHS
LHS Grads
Lawrence pupils score high in state tests and budget approved
Kansas reports 62 percent pass rate in math and reading for 151000 students with Lawrence district above 70 percent. Board approves 19.8 million budget for 1982-83, trims tax rate. County voters back Lecompton bridge, reject $10 motor vehicle tax in Lawrence. turnout far below expectations. City moves to create non segregated public swimming facilities. Hazel Anderson named legal adviser to National Federation of Women’s Clubs. An old Lawrence World note recalls 1892 dives overhaul and public nuisances in North Lawrence.
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State Board of Education
Lawrence
Lecompton
Hazel Anderson
National Federation of Women’s Clubs
Kansas University
The
Lawrence World
Prentice
C.T.K. Prentice
North Lawrence
Moments in History: Aug 10 Through World War II
Key events span 1792 Paris mobs arrest Louis XVI and his execution, 1809 Ecuador’s independence move, 1821 Missouri statehood, 1846 Smithsonian chartering, 1874 Hoover birth, 1921 FDR polio onset, and 1945 Japan’s surrender conditional on Emperor status.
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Smithsonian Institution
Joseph Smithson
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Iowa
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Campobello
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Hirohito
Leaders fail to act as Yugoslavia bloodshed grows
The author argues Western powers must do more to stop Bosnian violence. Immediate actions suggested include inspecting detention camps, authorizing NATO commando rescues, arming Bosnian Muslims, stationing troops to enforce sanctions, threatening air strikes, and establishing a Nuremberg-style war crimes commission, while urging a quicker European Community U.N. peace conference focused on borders and refugee return.
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Red Cross
NATO
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Bosnia
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London
Sarajevo
New York
Milken Finagler Sentencing Sparks Debate On Prison Value
A harsh critique of the 10 year Milken sentence from 1990 shifts to argue fines and deterrence fail to justify jail, noting Boesky’s cooperation and suggesting Yale Divinity School as a more humane rehab, while questioning prison’s economic logic and broader impact on Wall Street culture.
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Reagan
Moloch
Joan
White House
Ivan Boesky
Yale
Yale Divinity School
Boesky
Indies
Milkens
Boeskys
Ghost skeleton buried under cottage floors ends restoration
In Standlake England Zelda and John Curran found an ancient skeleton beneath a 17th century cottage during remodeling. They sealed the bones again and poured concrete, after which workers quit amid unsettling radio static and doors and windows that locked themselves, signaling a troubled end to the project.
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Standlake
England
Zelda
John Lawrence Curran
John
Ghostly Visitor Haunts English Home Turns Up Heat Oddly
Zelda and John Murray recount a 1650s battlefield ghost living in their Kent house. The specter, over 6 feet tall with a black beard, watches from a dining room corner, causes odd heating fluctuations, and disobeys the living until Zelda sets ground rules and threatens exorcism. The ghost, playful yet nonthreatening, complies after workers depart.
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Tigger
Zelda
Kent
Worcester College
Oxford
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