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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 2004
Page
1
Julia Child, who popularized French cuisine for Americans through books and television, has died at age 91. She elevated home cooking by teaching simple techniques and approachable recipes to a wide audience across the United States.
Christine Collins recalls the worst U S blackout as utilities say they are better prepared a year after. Some residents still fondly remember the outage and admit little has changed to prepare for a future blackout.
Sunday feature surveys Lawrence residents' campaign contributions in races for national offices, highlighting who gave, amounts, and possible implications for upcoming electoral contests.
Kansas Court of Appeals backed Johnson County by refusing to halt a local sales tax that funds public schools. The case returns to Johnson County District Court to weigh potential educational disadvantage for Bonner Springs and Wyandotte County schools. Atty Gen Phill Kline and county officials praised the decision. Wyandotte officials planned Monday comments after review. equal funding advocates urged caution in reading too much into the ruling.
Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, struck west central Florida with 145 mph winds and 13 to 15 foot surges. It damaged oceanfront homes and trailer parks, ripped apart small planes, then moved inland to Orlando and Daytona Beach. Three died and dozens injured as over 500000 remained without power. President Bush declared a major disaster in Florida.
Muqtada al-Sadr signaled readiness to disarm his Mahdi Army if U.S. troops quit Najaf and demands including amnesty for fighters and withdrawal of American forces were met. Aides framed the pause as negotiations to end nine days of clashes while al-Sadr reportedly sustained shrapnel injuries. Powell could not confirm injuries as talks aimed to fix flawed truces from earlier uprisings.
Kansas University faces a two year legal dispute over who must pay to fix water leaks in Memorial Stadium scholarship suites built in 1999. The case centers on a $26,548.54 underpayment claim by Building Erection Services Co. of Olathe against KU and Walton Construction.
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