Controversy over municipal pools in Lawrence and Baldwin
The passage surveys heated debates in Lawrence and Baldwin over building and locating municipal pools. It notes past and proposed sites including Buford M. Watson Jr. Park and Centennial Park, the potential Free State High School site, Baker University’s site offer, and tensions affecting town gown relations. It urges focus on good pool facilities and improved community relations.
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Lawrence
Buford M. Watson Jr
Free State High School
West Sixth Street
Baker University
Baldwin
University
Dan Lambert
Baker
This Day in History Highlights Key 19th to 20th Century Events
On December 24 across history, the Library of Congress fire destroyed about 35 000 volumes in 1851 Washington DC. In 1865 Pulaski Tennessee saw Confederate veterans form a Ku Klux Klan club. In 1906 Reginald Fessenden first broadcast a music program over radio from Brant Rock Massachusetts. In 1943 Eisenhower was named supreme allied commander for Overlord. In 1951 NBC aired Menotti Amahl and the Night Visitors as TV’s first opera. In 1980 Americans commemorated hostages in Iran with 417 candles or lights.
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Library of Congress
Washington
D.C
Pulaski
Tenn
Ku Klux Klan
Reginald A. Fessenden
Brant Rock
Mass
Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Journal-World staff and editorial leadership roster
Bill Snead and editors Roger Verdon John Taylor Ann Gardner and Tom Fisher listed as the Journal-World staff. Postmaster address for changes and standard newspaper affiliations noted. Periodicals postage paid at Lawrence Kansas and ABC and Associated Press memberships confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Snead
Roger Verdon
John Taylor
Ann Gardner
Tom Fisher
Journal-World
P.O
Lawrence
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Readers letters weigh in on government, campaigns and reform
Washington readers critique press coverage of government and offer reform ideas. One cites Dean Rusk on unprinted UN accomplishments with the blood news rule, another urges Clinton to appoint Weld as ambassador to Mexico, and readers propose reforms from term limits to campaign finance.
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Washington
William Owen
Dean Rusk
Rusk
New York Times
United Nations
Owen
Nathaniel Goodrich
43Rd Street
Goodrich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Jesse Helms
Senate
William Lan Lee
Helms
Bill Searle
Scottsdale, Ariz
Ignore predictions of disaster in climate debate
A discussion of the Kyoto treaty frames how economists forecast impacts on energy costs and growth. It argues that past doom predictions failed due to reliance on historical trends, and highlights innovation as the key driver. Examples include CFC regulation, sulfur dioxide rules, and hybrid car tech. Elaine Kamarck comments on governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kyoto
Japan
U.S
Orlando
Fla
Letter to the editor defends police on auto theft issue
A reader criticizes a recent Journal-World editorial on auto thefts in Lawrence. The writer argues for individual responsibility, citing police resource limits and citizen education efforts, urging residents to take preventive steps and reduce opportunities for theft. LS, Fox, 913 Prescott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World
Lawrence
Police Department
Fox
Prescott
Local pupils wish for peace and humanity over gifts
In 1972 Oe IN pupils favored world peace love and friendship over gifts. Forecasters predicted only a slight chance of a light White Christmas with near 60 degree highs and partly sunny skies. The Salvation Army met its $8,000 Christmas goal and kept lit a tree funded by $10 donations.
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Salvation Army
Christmas Exercises at New York School Delight 375 Students
The 1897 report describes candy and nut gifts to teachers, Santa visits, and children making paper chains and a home made Christmas tree. The second grade held a traditional spelling match as pupils stood to spell the longest, recalling old time schooling. Courtesy Watkins Community Museum.
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Lawrence Journal
New York School
Santa Claus
Jack Horners
Watkins Community Museum
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Douglas County
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Dolph C. Simons Jr
Ralph Gage
Julie Bechtel
Dolph Simons Jr
Dan Simons
New Ventures
Donna Wiley
Dallas Dolan
W.C. Simons
Searle
Raymond Bowden
Boise
Idaho
Bowden
Congress
Elaine Kamarck
al Gore
Harvard
Kennedy School of Government
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