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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1996
Page
1
KU Chancellor Robert Hemenway unveils a new university administrative structure to shrink the campus bureaucracy and create a provost as a new top general officer. The plan aims for implementation by July 1 and mirrors a December task force proposal.
Democratic leaders hailed Ron Wyden's U S Senate win as a bellwether rebuke of the conservative Republican agenda while Oregon officials emphasized local issues as equally defining the result. Wyden's narrow victory frames broader political dynamics and regional priorities.
Continued cloudy and cold today with a high near 11 and a low around minus 1. See weather page for full forecast and details.
The quote highlights Republicans pressed on environment and abortion, with Sen. Ron Wyden urging a special election to the Senate as a wake-up call on balancing the budget and reforming policy. The remarks appear in Page 4A.
Arctic cold gripped the northern and central states as temperatures plunged to 28 below in Ord and 55 below in Tower and Embarrass Minnesota. Wind chills reached 74 below at Hallock. An 89 year old died in West Point from a space heater fire linked to thawing pipes. Alaska saw 35 above in Anchorage. Travel firms report surge in warm-climate bookings.
Junius Wilson, an African American deaf man once jailed after a 1925 rape accusation, has finally begun a modest life in a brick house in Gotnsworo North Carolina. At 87 he enjoys chatting in a Raleigh dialect sign language learned by blacks in the 1920s, selecting furnishings, and wearing Converse sneakers as the state acknowledges its wrongs after 69 years of confinement.
Robert W. Fairchild, longtime Douglas County counselor and attorney, appointed Wednesday as judge in the 7th Judicial District. A KU Law 1973 graduate, he hopes to bring mediation expertise and a respectful, listening approach to the bench. He learned of the appointment in a Gov Graves call and plans a mid March swearing in.
The Federal Reserve lowered the federal funds rate from 5.5 percent to 5.25 percent and cut the discount rate to 5.0 percent, with banks soon matching by trimming prime rates to 8.25 percent. Analysts foresee more easing as inflation pressures ease and recession risks persist. The Dow rose to 5395.30 as markets reacted to the relief.
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