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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 2001
Page
7
An editorial argues that Kansas lawmakers may push for racetrack slot machines to offset budget shortfalls. Polls show 59 percent support slots with projected $50 million annual state revenue, while 53 percent favor slots to ease the revenue gap. Caution urged on long term effects and tax shifts.
In thirty years of covering the Israeli Palestinian conflict the author warns that both sides now face unprecedented despair. A post Arafat leadership could rise with Hamas or chaos and Sharon’s plan risks elevating occupation and renewed violence. A Plan B could offer political incentives for an end to violence rather than escalation with more bombings.
Dennis Ross argues the Bush administration should compel Yasser Arafat to arrest all 33 Hamas Islamic Jihad suspects on Zinni’s list, shut Hamas and Dawa offices, close bomb making sites, and publicly renounce terror within 96 hours under U.S. oversight or risk suspending relations. He asserts Israeli pressure and Palestinian public opinion favor tougher action.
A Lawrence reader praises the Lawrence City Band Christmas Concert at Liberty Hall noting festive music and patriotism after Septembers events while others criticize public spending on the South Lawrence Trafficway as a welfare highway. The letter argues residents should bear their own commuting costs and rejects subsidies.
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