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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1994
Page
7
An injured high school student crossing a street to reach off campus smoking faced blame arguments over the no smoking policy at Lawrence High School. The piece condemns shifting responsibility, urges personal accountability, and criticizes tobacco company lawsuits as pander to blame culture.
A compact recap of notable historical milestones on February 7 across centuries. It notes Beatles’ 1964 New York welcome, Dickens 1812 birth, 1904 Baltimore fire, Earhart marriage in 1931, WWII milestones, Eisenhower's 1948 resignation, Swiss women's suffrage, Grenada independence, and other political and cultural markers.
The Journal-World lists key personnel including Dolph C. Simons Jr as editor and publisher Ralph Gage as general manager Bill Snead as deputy editor Robert Nordyke as managing editor Caroline Trowbridge as news editor Ann Gardner as editorial page editor Tom Fisher as advertising manager Dolph Simons Ill as operations manager Dan Simons as new ventures Donna Wiley as controller Dallas Dolan as production manager William Sutcliffe as circulation manager and the post office address for 변경 address changes.
An editorial decries U.S. nonpolicy in Bosnia after a Sarajevo market mortar killed 68. It accuses Clinton of political calculation, calls for NATO air strikes, lifting the arms embargo, and decisive leadership to stop Serbian and Croatian aggression, with focus on massacres in January and February and urging action over rhetoric. It argues that NATO and U.N. inaction must end and assigns responsibility to Clinton and allied leaders.
Danny Glover, co-chair of the Fund for Democratic Elections in South Africa, spoke to about 1,000 at Union, New Jersey, urging students to act as election monitors and tackle the vacuum fueling extremism. He cited Langston Hughes and recalled South Africa’s April elections while condemning Farrakhan’s rhetoric.
Eddie Martin scored 27 points to lift Lawrence High to a 60 59 victory over Leavenworth in 1954. Kansas University Chancellor Franklin Mur ph y attended a White House state dinner hosted by President Eisenhower. Murphy had been Ike’s pick to lead the federal program but declined. The 1894 Lawrence World notes about 400 enrolled at Lawrence High School that year with about 60 in the senior class, per Watkins Community Museum.
Clay R. Anderson protests a push by the Kansas Board of Regents Washburn trustees and the governor to add Washburn University into the Regents system by tying faculty raises to admission. He argues it would raise tax dollars, duplicate programs, lack new undergraduate offerings, and harm existing Regents institutions. He urges citizens to learn facts and contact legislators.
Health officials noted a second scarlet fever case in a month at a local school but urged calm. District nurse Jeanne Dicker said penicillin has reduced severity. In Kansas, Rep. John Bower introduced a bill to implement the right to work amendment in the state constitution.
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