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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 2018
Page
5
The Kansas governor pledges transparency and accountability but offers few specifics. The editorial argues trust in government must be earned, questions school funding plans, and urges Colyer to present a concrete strategy on education, taxes, and prisons, with leadership over rhetoric.
On February 2 1943 Soviet forces accepted the surrender of remaining Nazis at Stalingrad marking a decisive World War II victory. The same date remembers Buenos Aires founding in 1536 by Pedro de Mendoza and New Amsterdam’s 1653 incorporation. Groundhog Day began in Punxsutawney in 1887 and Guadalupe Hidalgo treaty was signed in 1848.
Washington Post columnist David Ignatius reports at an INSS conference that a quick strike on North Korea risks a long costly war. Israeli experts warn that good intel matters, but Pyongyang could retaliate and its nuclear arsenal complicates any surgical attack.
John and Keela Meiers of Lawrence urge patience with the Affordable Housing Advisory Board and oppose rapid changes. They defend current composition, noting two citizen positions and ongoing public engagement. They cite upcoming sales tax timing and a 2016 project costing 100000 dollars housing 22 people and urge leveraging grants and private funds.
In a January article the Lawrence Journal World described the final two candidates for a new school superintendent as both black men in their 40s. The reader questions whether the report would have stated white men instead and if the phrasing matters.
Readers are asked to submit letters 250 words or fewer that avoid name calling and libel, and to sign each letter. Submissions can be mailed to P.O. Box 888, Lawrence KS 66044 or sent by email to letters Ijworld.com.
A gang of three thieves led by Fred Walker Henry Somers and Mrs Johanna Smith was arrested after a year of audacious robberies Germans involved were captured and most stolen property recovered local police pursued the case diligently and restored owners by Feb 2 1868. A note mentions a 1918 Lawrence kerosene tank collapse at a Standard Oil station with oily flood. residents saved hundreds of gallons. Reprinted by Sarah St John. more online at DailyLawrenceHistory.
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