County may balk at Sixth Street request
Douglas County commissioners show reluctance to revisit a 1993 interlocal agreement that restricts road funding for Sixth Street widening from Wakarusa Drive to the South Lawrence Trafficway. They weigh impacts on the Eastern Parkway plan and downtown, with costs around 4.6 million dollars and a 1999 grant target.
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Sixth Street
Douglas County
South Lawrence
Sixth
Wakarusa Drive
Mark Buhler
Buhler
Jim Chappell
County Commission
Louie McElhaney
McElhaney
Fugitive Beers to be returned to Arkansas by federal marshals
Chad Beers of Lawrence faces a federal escape from custody charge in Fort Smith Ark after a Nebraska sentence on robbery theft and assault. He escaped from Sebastian County Jail in 1993 and 1994 and was recaptured in Lincoln Neb before his new sentencing. He will be arraigned in Fort Smith by a U.S. district magistrate.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Chad Beers
Arkansas
Beers
Lawrence
U.S. District Court
Steve Snyder
U.S
Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Sebastian County
Clarksville
Clarksville, Ark
Checkers Foods
23Rd
Louisiana
Corpus Christi
Tex
Snyder
Test scores rise for Lawrence High students nationwide lead
Lawrence High School graduates show ACT results with 62 percent taking the exam. National averages reach 20.2 in math and 21.3 in reading, while Kansas scores align with state norms. Only Louisiana Nebraska North Dakota and Mississippi exceed Kansas on participation.
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Lawrence High School
Kansas
Louisiana
Nebraska
North Dakota
Mississippi
Lawrence High School ACT results show rising score trend
The 1995 Lawrence High School graduating class posted a 23 composite on the ACT, up from 22.6, with 326 graduates representing 62 percent of seniors. Kansas ranked fifth nationally in participation as officials noted steady state progress and growing minority engagement.
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Lawrence High School
LHS
Tion
Kansas
Time capsule contest open to state youths
Kansas schoolchildren from kindergarten through sixth grade may enter a time capsule contest celebrating the October opening of the Kansas History Center in Topeka. Entries should include documents images and objects depicting life in 1995 Kansas across agriculture current events and family life. Deadline is September 11. entry forms available by calling Linda Peterson at the Kansas State Historical Society.
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Kansas
Kansas History Center
Topeka
S.W. Sixth
The
Kansas State Historical Society
Linda Peterson
Grace Heider 91 former Kansas professor dies in South Carolina
Grace Moore Heider, 91, formerly of Lawrence Kansas, died August 16 1995 at Laurel Crest Manor in Columbia South Carolina. She earned a 1925 Mount Holyoke College degree and a 1927 Smith College psychology master's, moved to Lawrence in 1947, active in Friends In Council and Plymouth Congregational Church, known for studies of deaf and hearing children, survived by three sons and five grandchildren. Memorials suggested to Plymouth Congregational Church or KU Endowment Association. OSKALOOSA Services for Bessie M Sharkey 89 are pending. burial at Pleasant View Cemetery following death August 16 1995 at Jefferson County Memorial Hospital Winchester.
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Columbia, S.C
Grace Moore Heider
Lawrence
Kan
Laurel Crest Manor
Columbia S.C
Jacksonville
Fla
St. Augustine
Mount Holyoke College
Smith College
Friends In Council
Plymouth Congregational Church
Fritz Heider
Karl Heider
Columbia
S.C
John Heider
Stephen Heider
Buffalo
N.Y
Kansas University Endowment Association
Oskaloosa
Bessie M. Sharkey
Barnett Funeral Home
Pleasant View
Western Resources seeks 36 million rate hike in Kansas
Western Resources filed for a 36 million increase in natural gas rates for Kansas customers affecting about 600000 customers. The Kansas Corporation Commission would review the proposal, which would raise average monthly natural gas bills around 3.80 dollars. The change covers several towns while Lawrence Public Service Co. remains unaffected. The company cites replacement of service lines and rising operating costs as reasons, inviting public comments and possible hearings.
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Western Resources
Kansas
Kansas Corporation Commission
KPL
Lawrence
Kansas Public Service Co
Kansas City, Mo
Utilicorp United Inc
Baldwin
Tonganoxie
Perry
Tecumseh and
Stull
Michel’ Philipp
Philipp
ECC
Wichita
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Kansas University
Wescoe
Kansas City Comedy Sports
Renee Knokber
Journal-World Photg
Lawrence High
Ferman Marsh
Kansas State University
Scott
Bullene
Frank
Emma Peel
Jarrett Small Animal Clinic
Lawrence Humane Society, Inci * P.O
Gitt
Imane Society, Inc
Susan Hunt
Richard Gomulkiewicz
Louis
Eady
Journal-World Friends and Neighbors
New Hampshire
Bill Snead
Journal-World Business Editor
Ghalor
Eldridge
Jim Gasser
Kalamata
Godiva
Massachusetts
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