Widen 24-40 From Lawrence To Tonganoxie Over New Perry Link
Debate grows over expanding U S Highway 24 40 to four lanes between Lawrence and Tonganoxie rather than building a costly new 12 mile leg from Tonganoxie to Perry. Supporters say traffic will rise and safety and access to the Kansas Turnpike would improve. Critics note funding limits and farmland rights hurdles.
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Tonganoxie
Perry
Linas
Topeka
Kansas City
Kansas
Lawrence-to-Tonganoxie
Promises of Campaign Reform Remain Promises
The piece questions if election campaign reform will move from rhetoric to action. It cites President Clinton and critiques White House and Congress for talking while risking perks. It outlines three points: time limits, spending limits, and enforceable penalties, including nullifying violators' candidacies.
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Clinton
State of the Union
White House
Congress
Landmark Historical Events From 1590s to 1980s
A compact chronology highlights pivotal moments including 1959 plane crash near Clear Lake killing rock stars Buddy Holly Ritchie Valens and J P Richardson. It also notes Massachusetts first paper money 1690 and War of 1775 era claims, 1783 Spain recognizing U S independence, 1809 Illinois territory creation, 1865 Lincoln Stephens peace talks, 1916 Ottawa parliament fire, 1917 U S breaks relations with Germany, 1924 Woodrow Wilson death, 1930 Taft resignation, 1987 America’s Cup win by Stars and Stripes, 1982 Kennedy appointment, 1987 Reagan Contra aid defeat, and 1990s Cincinnati Reds suspension of Marge Schott.
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Richardson
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Quebec
Spain
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Virginia
Canada
Ottawa
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Germany
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Washington
William Howard Taft
San Diego
U.S. Supreme Court
Marge Schott
Cincinnati Reds
Journal-World masthead and staff credits and postal info
Bill Snead Meprity Editor Roger Verdon Managing Editor John Taylor News Editor Ann Gardner historial Page Editor Tom Fisher Advertising Manager POSTMASTER Send address changes to the Journal-World P O Box 888 Lawrence Kan 66044 0888 USPS 306 520 Periodicals postage paid at Lawrence Kan Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations Member of the Associated Press
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Roger Verdon
John Taylor
Ann Gardner
Tom Fisher
Journal-World
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Lawrence, Kan
Lawrence
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Choices narrow on Iraq as world weighs next move
Georgie Anne Geyer argues the Iraq crisis is nearing a head as US and UK plan four day strikes and Saddam Hussein resists UN inspections. She condemns the lack of surprise in military plans and urges consistent punishment for rule breaks rather than a single strike.
Clinton vows bold agenda face tough road in Congress
President Clinton outlined a wide 1998 program in his State of the Union but faces stiff House opposition. Fast track trade authority IMF funding, tobacco settlements, and electric utility deregulation appear blocked by broad cross-party resistance. Analysts say the calendar and slim margins may yield little lawmaking this year.
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Clinton
House
Capitol Hill
International Monetary Fund
Congress
Latin America
South America
Tom Delay
R-Tex
Kyoto
Japan
DeLay
Asia
GOP
Jack Anderson
Jan Moller
United Features Syndicate
United Way budget clarification and reader letters at journal world
In response to an agenda note, the United Way of Douglas County clarifies it faces no budget crunch while the United Way Center for Human Services, funded separately, sought a loan repayment extension for Valley View Care Home renovations. The letter applauds county commissioners for supporting the campus with 20 non profits housed there and notes occupancy space renovations. Also published are reader letters urging an apology from a Friday editorial over Saddam Hussein and Clinton's foreign policy, plus Journal World letters policy.
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Douglas County Commission
United Way
Douglas County
United Wa Center For Human Services
Valley View
United Way Board of Directors
Mark Buhler
Dean Nieder
Tom Taul
Jim Chappell
Louie McElhaney
Craig Weinaug
Larissa Johns
United Way of
Douglas County, Inc
Ridgett
Saddam Hussein
Clinton
Michael Henderson
Riverview Rd
Haskell Officials Await BIA Approval for Campus Plans
In 1973 Haskell Indian Junior College officials welcomed word that their campus building priority suggestions would soon gain federal Bureau of Indian Affairs approval and that funding appeared likely. Army engineers expected land acquisition for the Turtle Creek Reservoir area in Manhattan to finish by June.
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Haskell Indian Junior College
Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs
Army
Turtle Creek Reservoir
Manhattan
Missouri college grads in congress draw sharp Kansas comparison
The February 3 1898 Lawrence Journal editorial ridicules Missouri boasting about having more college graduates in Congress relative to representation. It mocks that graduates from the average Missouri college are only fairly well prepared to enter a Kansas high school, noting the gap in preparation.
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Lawrence Journal
Missouri
Congress
Kansas
Watkins Community Museum
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