Finney legacy looms as Bicknell gains regent approval tease
Former Kansas Gov. Joan Finney faces mixed judgment over her Board of Regents selections. Gene Bicknell, pizza magnate and GOP hopeful, pursues Senate confirmation amid questions of political favors. Finney’s tenure cited for weak vetting and frequent gaffes as observers urge qualified appointments.
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Kansas
Joan Finney
Kansas Board of Regents
Gene Bicknell
Kansas Senate
Finney
Jack Steineger
Bicknell
Jim Slattery
Bill Graves
Board of Regents
Timelines of major events from 1783 to 1994
A compact list of milestone events across U S and world history. Highlights include Britain’s 1783 cessation of hostilities with the United States, Washington’s 1789 election, 1945 Yalta conference beginnings, 1974 Patricia Hearst kidnapping, 1994 Fed rate rise, and other notable dates involving leaders, wars, culture, and politics.
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Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
Yalta
Britain
United States of America
George Washington
United States
John Marshall
Montgomery
Ala
Confederate States of America
Guatemala
Honduras
Karen Carpenter
Downey
Calif
Reagan
Congress
Liberace
Palm Springs
HR 10 reforms would insulate the rich, say critics
Atlanta reports on the Common Sense Legal Reform Act aimed at tort and securities reforms. Critics warn HR 10 would raise proof standards for fraud, require losers to pay winners' legal fees, and deter investors and pension funds from suing, while aiding Wall Street firms and accounting firms in the S&L fallout.
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Atlanta
Newt Gingrich
America
Securities and Exchange Commission
Arthur Levitt Jr
Utah
Mark Griffin
Griffin
England
The
Economist
Britain
Supreme Court
Orange County
Calif
Merrill Lynch
Wall Street
S&l
Moviegoer avoids violence in cinema obsessions
A reader from Texas describes avoiding violent film scenes, recalling early shocks from Psycho and Texas Chainsaw Massacre. He discusses his evolving tolerance, preference for old yellow dog classics, and dream of protective glasses to block gore while noting his journalism work includes crime coverage.
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Nacogpocites
Texas
Freddie Krueger
Janet Leigh
Round Rock
Yeller
Muhammed Ali
Journal-World Masthead and Affiliations
The item lists the Journal-World newspaper’s USPS postage class, location in Lawrence Kansas and memberships in the Audit Bureau of Circulations and the Associated Press, reflecting standard media affiliation details.
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Lawrence
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Early dismissal policy sparks editorial contest in USD 497
A reader critiques district plans to make Monday early dismissal permanent for all students and proposes a state run program called QPA 2 to dismiss parents instead. The letter questions admin openness, cites delays with QPA Assessments, and links policy concerns to a new facility project on West Sixth.
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Usd 497
State of
Kansas
West Sixth
M.L. Smith
Rt. 6
City manager faces landfill siting and police programs
Buford Watson, the new city manager, must tackle locating a landfill and activating a police community relations program while meeting planning staff and assessing finances. Officials say the Lawrence area teen drug scene is not worse than last year but remains serious and likely to worsen without firm, imaginative programs.
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Buford Watson
Lawrence
Lawrence lawmakers push Bert Nash clinic toward public agency
In 1955 State Sen Don Hults and Rep Richard Allen of Lawrence filed bills to convert Bert Nash Mental Health Clinic into a public agency. An 1895 Lawrence World note cites Mayor Shaw tracking aid applications to curb impositions, aiming to assist only deserving people while tolerating no reliance on lazy robbers. Courtesy Watkins Community Museum
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Don Hults
Richard Allen
Lawrence
Bert Nash
The
Lawrence World
Shaw
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John Taylor
Ann Gardner
Tom Fisher
Mark Chaney
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Ralph Gage
Dolph Simons III
Dan Simons
New Ventures
Donna Wiley
Dallas Dolan
W.C. Simons
P.O
Watkins Community Museum
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