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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 2006
Page
1
The Lawrence baseball team lost 6-5 to Sumter South Carolina ending their season in the American Legion World Series. Sumter tied the game in the bottom of the ninth and won in the 13th.
Fall brings a host of visual and performing arts events to stimulate imagination. The calendar highlights must-see items across venues and genres for the season. Kansas University discussions address campus gender gaps with higher GPAs and graduation rates for female students. A political contest between Phill Kline and Paul Morrison is described as aggressive, with a heated race to the end.
Coming Tuesday a look into why fuel prices differ between Lawrence stations. Readers will learn factors behind price variation and what drives local differences.
Hank Boerner bought an old book on vacation in Vermont in 1990 with a penciled inscription inside. At his Mineola New York home last year he read the poem in loving memory of Technical Sergeant Calvin Brecheisen who was killed in action on April 28 1944 trailing a sisterly tribute.
In loving memory of Technical Sergeant Calvin Brecheisen killed in service on April 28, 1944. One year later his voyage home is recalled as his grave remains unseen. His warm smile and kind manner live on in our hearts despite miles and years apart. Written by Mrs. Helen Virginia Lawrenz.
Lawrence case marks the state’s first challenge to a statute aimed at punishing exposure to a life threatening communicable disease. The law uses broad language about exposing others to disease during sex, donations, or needle sharing. Critics urge clearer HIV inclusion and harsher penalties.
Safety experts criticize full licensure for 16 year olds in Kansas urging phased driving restrictions. Robert Foss, director of the Center for the Study of Young Drivers, says many teens face dangerous outcomes and calls for limits on when and with whom they may drive as state residents weigh license reform.
The piece notes that minority histories are being highlighted as the U S grows more diverse with over a quarter of Americans nonwhite. It stresses earlier Latino Black and Asian presences and calls for an accurate, inclusive national narrative.
In Topeka a 10 foot bronze sculpture of the Mariachi Estrella de Topeka was mounted outside the Performing Arts Center. It honors local Mexican American musicians who died in the Kansas City Hyatt Regency balcony collapse 25 years ago.
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