Resort plans shift location for Kansas state park hotel
Editors note the resort is moved to a northeast site in Clinton State Park to reduce wildlife impact. The $20 million project secured preliminary tax exempt bond support from the Kansas Development Finance Authority and a management deal with Harrison Conference Centers of Hilton. KU is weighing financing roles, with options including public ownership by state entities. The plan aims to attract conferences in a first Kansas state park resort, a potential boon for Lawrence.
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Clinton State Park
Clinton Marina
Clinton Lake
Kansas Development Finance Authority
Harrison Conference Centers
Hilton Hotels
Kansas University
David Shhulenberger
KU Provost
The
Journal-World
Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing
Department of Wildlife and Parks
Lawrence
Topeka-Lawrence
Kansas City
Kansas
Journal World publishers and editors Dolph Simons era
The obituary style note records W C Simons (1871 1952) publisher and Dolph Simons Sr (1904 1989) publisher 1944 1962 editor 1950 1979 at the Journal World, outlining the family succession in leadership roles across decades.
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W.C. Simons
Dolph Simons Sr
Airlines image needs some help
The piece argues deregulation since 1978 changed air travel into mass transit with higher safety but greater public disdain for carriers. It highlights United Airlines current turmoil, pilot shortages, labor strife, and impending merger with US Airways as pressures that may drive the industry to improve, noting consumer costs and delays while defending deregulation’s overall impact.
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United Airlines
UAL
UAL Inc
US Airways
Rono Dutta
Congress
Dutta
United
Lieberman pick tests Americans in a moment of prejudice
The selection of Joseph Lieberman as running mate for Al Gore sparks immediate anti semitic backlash. Dallas NAACP president Lee Alcorn condemns Jew ish candidate remarks, is suspended and resigns. The incident signals a multicultural maturity test for the nation and makes Jews a canary in the coal mine of prejudice.
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al Gore
Joseph Lieberman
Dallas
NAACP
Lee Alcorn
Alcorn
Texas
Lieberman
Lieberman impact tests Jewish progress in politics
Leonard Pitts Jr questions whether Lieberman’s nomination marks genuine change or mere appearances. He notes lingering anti Semitism and bigotry that may have gone underground, with Rabbi Marvin Hier cautioning the moment may fade. Pitts argues the debate itself matters as a gauge of true inclusion.
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America
Joe Lieberman
Lee Alcorn
Lieberman
Gore
August
Marvin Hier
Simon Wiesenthal Center
Alcorn
Léonard Pitts Jr
The
Miami Herald
Summit Praise Clears Ninth Grade Move Debate In District
Marcia Riley praises the Junior High Summit for affirming the seventh to ninth grade configuration and opposing moving ninth graders to the high school. She urges the board to focus on overcrowding solutions, pursue a bond issue, and accelerate action to strengthen junior highs in Lawrence.
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Randy Weseman
Weseman
Marcia Riley
Lawrence
Journal-World Seeks Public Forum Letters Policy
The Journal World invites letters up to 350 words of public interest. Submissions should avoid name calling and fibelous language and may be edited for clarity. Letters must include the writer’s name address and telephone number and may be emailed to letters ijworld.com.
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Journal-World
Ijworld.com
Tense housing fears at KU in 1975 campus era
The Lawrence Journal notes KU residence halls filled rapidly in 1975 signaling possible temporary housing shortages for the fall. Faculty sought personal insurance coverage after state lawmakers balked while staffers faced action. An Aug. 15, 1900 note recalls a tightwire walker, Prof Octavious Charles Cogan, performing at Massachusetts and Winthrop, collecting little from the crowd.
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Kansas University
Lawrence Journal
Massachusetts
Winthrop Streets
Cape Colony
Octavious Charles Cogan
Watkins Community Museum
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Jeune
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Luckoveh McEaarn
Leonard Pitts
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