Lawrence school board approves 50 million budget in 4 to 1 vote
The Lawrence school board adopted a 1993-94 budget of 50.37 million with four trustees voting yes and one against. The district anticipates 49.56 million in actual spending, an 18 percent mill levy rise, and adjustments to state aid based on enrollment. Citizens urged deeper cuts citing affordability.
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Lawrence School Board
Renee Karr
Jerry Hannah
Tom Murray
Robert Melton
W. 24Th Ter
Alexander
Harriet Shaffer
Hannah and
Murray
Peace talks paused as Serbs withdraw from peaks near Sarajevo
Bosnian Serb forces pulled back from Mount Bjelasnica near Sarajevo as promised but resisted retreat from Mount Igman, the more strategic peak. U.N. control is sought for both peaks, with NATO air strikes contingent on Serb withdrawal. Mediators halted Geneva talks citing ongoing fighting and new reports of ethnic cleansing from Mostar.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Geneva
U.N
NATO
Radovan Karadzic
Bosnia
Mostar
Igman
Bjelasnica
Mount
Frewer
Flood hits Burcham Park in Kansas River flood aftermath
After the Kansas River flood, Burcham Park faces extensive damage with dozens of trees uprooted, an access road washed away, and silt deposits. Officials estimate $50,000 to $75,000 in damages and a reopening no earlier than late September as crews clear debris and rebuild facilities along the riverbank in the floodplain.
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Kansas
Burcham Park
George Osborne
Burcham Beach
Osborne
Burcham
Debbie van Laun
Mika Yoder
Mike McLees
Lecompton
Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department
Forestry Division
Oskaloosa Boards Rethink Profanity Policy Delay
The Oskaloosa school board will delay implementing its controversial profanity policy until a task force can craft a compromise. Superintendent Jim White said directors seek broad input and a workable rule for kindergarten through eighth grade materials.
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Oskaloosa
Jim White
White
Local KU woman chosen as witness for pope at World Youth Day
Anne Weist of the St Lawrence Catholic Campus Center near Kansas University will witness to Pope John Paul II during a vigil in Denver as about 160 000 youths gather for World Youth Day. She joins about 10 witnesses from campus and will join 40 parishioners driving to Denver. The St. Lawrence choir of 90 members also travels to form an 800 member chorus for the closing Mass concelebrated by the pope.
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Anne Weist
John Paul II
Denver
Weist
St. Lawrence
Kansas University
Charles Hagan
National Catholic Conference of Bishops
Jerry Volz
Volz
Omaha
Neb
Weisz
Ben Bigler
Omaha, Neb
Pope John Paul II
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Lawrence
Melton
Ed Alexander
Cedarwood
Topeka
Kansas River
Sands
Jayhawk
Shaun Sands
Tony Sands
Glen Mason
Wester
White House
Busines
Mordecai Lee
Pope
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