Marines prepare for landing in Somalia aid mission
U S Marines expected to land at first light Wednesday for a U N authorized mercy mission in Mogadishu. F 14s from USS Ranger conducted reconnaissance as diplomats briefed aid workers. Baidoa clashes leave over 28 dead while aid workers warn of daily hunger and disease. Kenya closes border to curb gunmen fleeing Somalia. Djibouti based Foreign Legion troops likely to follow.
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Agencies seek holiday volunteers for Lawrence area
Lawrence and Douglas County residents are asked to volunteer for the Holiday Bureau and participating agencies. The bureau reports 841 families requested adoptions and 330 adopted, with 1,091 families on the list as of last year. Agencies include Penn House, Lawrence Indian Center, Salvation Army, Help Connection of Eudora, Ballard Community Center, and Douglas County Senior Services.
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Holiday Bureau
Shirley Martin-Smith
Bureau
Penn House
Lawrence Indian Center
Salvation Army
Help Connection
Eudora
Ballard Community Center
Residents form Lawrence Community Garden Project Inc
Four Lawrence residents establish the Lawrence Community Garden Project Inc to lease city garden plots for a minimal fee. They eye Constant Park on the Kansas River floodplain, noting accessible water and fertile soil despite periodic floods. The Lawrence Parks and Recreation Advisory Board will discuss the plan at noon Tuesday at the Eldridge Hotel.
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David Loewenstein
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Lawrence Parks and Recreation Advisory Board
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Massachusetts
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High court lets Mississippi 24 hour wait abortion law stand
The Supreme Court, in a non merits ruling, refused to revive a challenge to Mississippi law requiring counseling and a 24 hour waiting period for abortions. The decision leaves intact a lower court ruling on standing and does not set national precedent.
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Supreme Court
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KU official to return to teaching next year at journalism school
Kansas University's vice chancellor for academic affairs Brinkman Del Brinkman announced plans to resign July 15, 1993 and return to full time teaching and research in the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications. He arrived at KU in 1970 and previously led the journalism school from 1975 to 1986.
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Ed Meyen
Brinkman
County approves loan to help firm relocate in area
Douglas County Commission approved a 500000 dollar Community Development Block Grant loan to Catalog Holdings Inc of Yonkers New York to relocate and expand its mail order operation in Lawrence. The move could create at least 35 jobs by month’s end and requires state final approval.
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New York
Catalog Holdings Inc
Yonkers
N.Y
Douglas County Commission
Catalog Holdings
Maggie Moore Inc
Craig Weinang
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