Exporting felons as a solution to jail crowding
Former Minnesota governor Rudy Perpich floated exporting imprisoned felons to foreign nations to cut costs and relieve overcrowding. He suggested using abandoned U.S. military bases as jail sites, with the state funding care but at lower standards and expense. The idea drew mixed reactions and was offered as a possible but unlikely policy.
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Rudy Perpich
Minnesota
Perpich
U.S
Hibbing
Timeline of notable events across history
Twenty five years ago August fifteenth marked Woodstock opening in upstate New York. Notable milestones include Macbeth’s death in 1057, Napoleon’s birth in 1769, Lawrence of Arabia born 1888, Will Rogers and Wiley Post crash in 1935, Oz premiere in 1939, Allied landings in 1944, India and Korea independence 1947 1948, Nixon wage price freeze 1971, Park Chung Hee assassination attempt 1974, Andrew Young resignation 1979, 1980s Olympic medal parade incident, de Klerk acting president 1990, Pope John Paul II US visit 1993, hijacking incident with Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman.
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Upstate
New York
Macbeth
Scotland
Duncan
Napoleon Bonaparte
Corsica
T.E. Lawrence
Point Barrow
Alaska
MGM
Grauman’s
Hollywood
France
Cannes
Toulon
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Republic of Korea
Nixon
Park Chung-hee
Andrew Young
U.S
United Nations
U.N
Palestine Liberation Organization
America
F.W. de Klerk
South Africa
P.W. Botha
National Party
Pope John Paul II
Denver
Stapleton International Airport
Germany
Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman
Election battle shapes health care and crime bills
Democrats accuse Republicans of stalling crime and health bills to frame President Clinton before the 12 week votes. The crime bill survives heavy spending rhetoric while health care shifts from Great Society plans to a rushed, politically charged approach aimed at shaping November outcomes.
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Washington
Clinton
Hillary Clinton
Congress
Chafee
Mitchell
Bob Dole
House
Senate
The 1990s extremists mirror 1960s upheaval in rhetoric
The piece compares late 20th century right wing radicals to the 1960s and 70s, noting better dress and organizational strength today. It argues they threaten stability by coercing beliefs, citing anti abortion violence, political rhetoric by Buchanan Limbaugh and Falwell, media influence, and fear for Clinton’s safety.
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ROTC
Kent State University
Republic
Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigade
Pat Buchanan
Buchanan
Clinton
Change
Christian Coalition
Washington
Jerry Falwell
Rush Limbaugh
America
Four youths escape injury after stalled car hit by train
A train struck a stalled car that four local young men were trying to push off the tracks about six miles northwest of Lawrence. The incident recalls the past, including a note from August 15, 1894 in the Lawrence World about the Spooner library building at Kansas University to be completed in about two weeks and dedicated October 1. Courtesy Watkins Community Museum.
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the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kan
Douglas County
Kansas Counties
Kansas City
United States
Lawrence World
Spooner
Kansas University
Watkins Community Museum
Reader letters critique humane society and pet owner duties
A pair of reader letters address the city humane society and pet ownership practices. One writer defends humane staff against mayoral criticism, citing underfunding and responsible owners. The other jokes about enforcing dog waste cleanup with pooper scoopers and notes letters policy for publication.
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Journal-World
Jo Andersen
Humane Society
Andersen
The
Andrew Lamers
Overland
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Dolph Simons Sr
Journal- World
Bill Snead
John Taylor
Ann Gardner
Tom Fisher
Dolph Simons Ili
Dolph C. Simons J
Ralph Gage
Dan Simons
New Ventures
Donna Wiley
Dallas Dolan
William Sutcliffe
W.C. Simons
P.O
Lawrence, Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
MR. Clinton
Long
Noeusti a \NASHINGTON
George Mitchell
Congressional Budget Office
White House
John Chafee
Rhode Island
William Safiri
H. “Rap” Brown
Old Home Town
Lillian M. Mitchner
Topeka
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Nera
Pet
Forrest Brown
Lawrence Ave
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