Festive Christmas displays light up Old Home Town
In our community many residents brighten the landscape with decorations during Christmas New Year 1996 97. From modest mobile homes with lights and wreaths to elaborate displays and a north facing Santa bale at 15th and Lawrence Avenue the season brings surprise art and shared spirit as neighbors embrace humor imagination and goodwill for the year ahead.
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13th Amendment Takes Effect In 1865
A historical note recalls December 18, 1865 as the date when the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery became law. It also marks President Wilson’s 1915 marriage to Edith Bolling Galt, Hitler’s 1940 directive for invasion preparations, and Britain’s 1969 move to end the death penalty for murder.
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Soviet Union
Britain
Clinton shifts to center as liberal wing fades in White House
Washington Post columnist David Broder notes a marked rightward tilt in the Clinton administration. Cabinet changes, staff shifts, and policy advisers signal a centrist drift with Panetta and Ickes departing while Bowles and Stephanopoulos shape a more moderate tone.
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Leon Panetta
Congress
Harold Ickes
New York
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Robert Reich
Housing and Urban Development
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Franklin Raines
National Economic Council
Gene Sperling
Janet Reno
Health and Human Services
Donna Shalala
Treasury
Robert Rubin
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Budget balancing requires real reforms not rhetoric
The column argues that balancing the federal budget by 2002 demands concrete actions beyond talk. It cites a true 1996 deficit near 200 billion when trust funds are counted, highlights modest proposed cuts, and urges zero based budgeting or five year agency reviews. It criticizes current services budgeting and specific agencies like SBA. Jack Anderson and Jan Moller endorse reform.
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Bill Clinton
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Congress
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Export-Import Bank
Power Marketing Administration
Small Business Administration
America
SBA
Jack Anderson
Jan Moller
United Feature Syndicate
Postmaster notice on address changes and affiliations
A postal notice instructs readers to send address changes to the Journal-World at P O Box 888 Lawrence Kansas 66044 0888 It also notes periodicals postage paid at Lawrence and lists memberships in the Audit Bureau of Circulations and the Associated Press.
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P.O. Box
Lawrence, Kan
Lawrence
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Christmas recess timing at Kansas University changes
1896 note from the Lawrence Journal reprinted from the Atchison Globe discusses money needs for missionaries, Santa Claus, and local committees. It comments on the workload of workers being asked for funds while supporting families, in the context of charity and fundraising. Courtesy Watkins Community Museum.
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Atchison Globe
Globe
India
Turkey
Santa Claus
Watkins Community Museum
Community bookstore loyalty amid corporate pressure
Marilyn Laws Porter lauds Terra Nova and Raven as beloved locally owned bookstores in Lawrence, arguing small shops foster community and personal connection unlike corporate chains. She cites Cheers as a metaphor for belonging and warns against moves favoring big entities, urging readers to value smallness and consider Schumacher’s Small is Beautiful.
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