Alcohol abuse among youth echoes past drug era concerns
A reflection on long running alcohol misuse among students notes that 25 years ago drug scares centered on LSD and marijuana while alcohol remained the dominant danger. It cites KU health staff and a campus binge drinking study, arguing society repeats warnings yet ignores them and risks broader harm.
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Journal-World
Raymond Schwegler
Kansas University Student Health Service
Schwegler
Health Service
Kansas University
Key World Events Marking December Dates Across Centuries
Fifty years ago December 16 1944 marked the Battle of the Bulge as German forces surprised Allied troops in Belgium. Entries recount Cromwell becoming lord protector in 1653 Beethoven's birth in 1770 the Boston Tea Party of 1773 Napoleon's divorce in 1809 Vari ety weekly debut in 1905 Rasputin's murder in 1916 Truman's 1950 emergency, 1976 swine flu halt, Aristide's 1990 Haiti presidency, 1991 Zionism resolution repeal, and later cases from 1996 to 1999 including Bhopal, Judge Vance's death, Packwood diaries.
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Belgium
Oliver Cromwell
England
Scotland
Ireland
Ludwig van Beethoven
Bonn
Germany
Boston
Napoleon Bonaparte
Josephine
Variety
Gregory Rasputin
Truman
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Haiti
U.N. General Assembly
Bhopal
India
Union Carbide
Appeals Court
Robert S. Vance
Alabama
Georgia
Walter Leroy Moody Jr
Vance
Robert E. Robinson
Bob Packwood
Ore
Journal-World Postmaster Address Change Info
Notice directs readers to send address changes to the Journal-World postal box in Lawrence Kansas 66044 0888 and notes USPS second class mailing plus ABC and AP membership.
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Journal-World
P.O
Lawrence
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
American optimism fades as politics tighten grip
The piece laments wounded American optimism under current politics and corporate behavior. It argues the unwritten social contract is fraying, with job insecurity rising and wages stagnant while profits rise. It urges Republicans to champion real job growth and criticizes superficial tax cuts as insufficient. It warns of rising discontent and the potential for a new counterculture if leanness and mean policies persist.
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America
Lincoln
Franklin D. Roosevelt
King
Jack Kemp
Bill Bennett
F.D.R
Fires in Schools: Gun Industry Targets Youth in schools
A critical look at the firearms industry using school programs to seed future buyers. The article cites S.H.O.T. Business and the NSSF pushing hunting education in grades four through 12 with federal grants, urging action to end government support and remove industry influence from schools.
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Lee Iacocca
Pop
S.H.O.T. Business
National Shooting Sports Foundation
NSSF
S.H.O.T
Violence Policy Center
Washington
Public Forum On Arts In Our Town
Readers praise Lawrence arts support and question the fate of local artist advocacy. The letter salutes the Lawrence Arts Center anniversary, praises director Ann Evans, and urges ongoing expansion and community celebration. Local volunteers and artists like Peggy Guggenheim and Jim Power highlighted as inspirational figures.
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Henry Moore
Marc Chagall
Alexander Caulder
Peggy Guggenheim
Venice
Lawrence Social Service League
A.I
Ardys L. Ramberg
N.Y
Lawrence Arts Center
Ann Evans
Journal-World
Road plans outlined by Hagen and Penton in 1969
The Journal-World reports district highway commissioner Robert Hagen and assistant state highway director Richard Penton described needed local road improvements. Buford M. Watson Jr., named city manager of Lawrence, is 39 and a Missouri graduate who studied KU's city manager program. Kansas University's Strong Hall Annex opened the Seba Eldridge Memorial Room, to serve as a student research center led by Marston McCluggage's sociology and anthropology department.
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Robert Hagen
Richard Penton
Journal-World
Buford M. Watson Jr
Sioux City
Iowa
Lawrence
Watson
Missouri University
Kansas University
Seba Eldridge
Strong Hall
Marston McCluggage
Eldridge
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Ann Gardner
Tom Fisher
Mark Chaney
Dolph Simons
Ili
Dan Simons
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Dallas Dolan
W.C. Simons
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