Editorial on Lawrence downtown business district and competition
The piece argues city commissioners must plan a visionary central business district in Lawrence to keep sales local and compete with Wyandotte County markets like The Legends. It notes most current downtown businesses are locally owned, shrinking out-of-town influence, and questions future growth, parking, and the fate of Sixth Street area as retail competition intensifies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyandotte County
Lawrence
Journal-World
Massachusetts Street
Mass
Iowa Street
23Rd Street
Sixth Street
Wakarusa Street
Equal Rites Awards Roast on Women in Politics
Ellen Goodman lampoons gender politics on the 91st anniversary of women’s suffrage. The piece mocks public figures and policies, naming Sarah Palin Michele Bachmann Osama bin Laden TSA and others, award satire targets from milk cures to virginity checks, mocks post feminism and ends with Goodman’s defiant note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Sarah Palin
Michele Bachmann
Congress
Congressional Ladies Room
Lazar Greenfield
American College of Surgeons
Osama bin Laden
Osama
Letters argue Jenkins backing super rich overlooks facts
In a reader letter, a CPA argues Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins did not align with Buffett or Soros for campaign support, contends she notes tax loopholes exploited by the wealthy, and recalls the writer's late father who urged respect for differing opinions despite legal training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Dickinson
Lynn Jenkins
Warren Buffett
George Soros
Rep. Jenkins
Buffett
Soros
Jenkins
CPA
Mr. Dickinson
Dad
Public Forum on DUI tests and court admissibility concerns
A Kansas attorney critiques a local DUI article noting the horizon tal Gaze Nystagmus test is outdated and often inadmissible. She urges officer training to rely on scientifically valid field sobriety factors like sun glare weather and road conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
State
Sheriffs Office
Lawrence
Kansas State Police
Carolyn R. Simpson
Old Hometown In 1986 And Historic Hotel Listing
A 21yearold Lawrence man faced trial on felony murder attempt firstdegree murder and aggravated arson for a July14 fire at 3028 Rimrock that killed 34yearold Mark Blair a Lawrence fire veteran and destroyed his parents home. The Kansas State Board of Historic Sites nominated the Eldridge Hotel built in 1924 for national historic status. Classifieds show homes from 21900 to 37500 and rentals 150 to 300 monthly. A 1911 note mentions an electric interurban line between Kansas City and Topeka via Lawrence with an optimistic timetable. The Mona Lisa disappearance remains a Louvre mystery as curator Le Prieur notes letters addressed to Mona Lisa have increased. Compiled by Sarah St John Readmore Old Home Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
David Winebrenner
Rimrock
Mark Blair
Lawrence Fire Department
Winebrenner
Kansas State Board of Historic Sites
Seventh
Massachusetts
Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Kansas City
Topeka
M. le Prieur
Mona Lisa
Louvre
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Lawrence Journal-World
W.C. Simons
Dolph Simons Sr
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Dennis Anderson
Chris Bell
Ed Ciambrone
Ann Gardner
Caroline Trowbridge
Edwin Rothrock
Susan Cantrell
the World Company
Dolph C. Simons III
Dan C. Simons
Electronics
Suzanne Schlicht
Dan Cox
Mediaphormedia
Ralph Gage
Ellen Goodman
Equal Rites
Ual
Tahrir
TSA
Dancing With the Stars
Cheryl Burke
Susie Castillo
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Maria Shriver
Maria
Conan
Hugh Hefner
NBC
Chad Hodge
Hodge
Supremes
Antonin Scalia
Wal- Mart
Wal-Mart
Justice Scalia
Molson Coors
David Guetta
Frederick County
Paul Smith
Maryland
Anthony
Weiner
Laddie Marcus
Michele
Orexic
Washington Post Writers Group
Eme.com
Fanooga
Breas Roma
Marsha H. Goff
Lawrence KS
Ljworld.com
Sarah St. John
Readmore
Old
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!