Turf battle over artificial turf in Lawrence neighborhoods
Lawrence city commissioners weigh artificial turf installed by developer Thomas Fritzel at Sixth Street and Frontier Road and at a residential Old West Lawrence property. Planning staff urge tear-out of much turf. supporters call for limited test use while regulators draft rules on environmental and maintenance concerns.
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Iran Latin America ties prompt US election focus
Iran's growing presence in Latin America becomes a campaign issue as Romney and GOP leaders accuse Obama of not stopping Tehran. House hearings on Iran's Western Hemisphere agenda follow Clapper remarks that Iranian officials are willing to strike in the United States. Leaders cite Tehran's alliance with Venezuela Nicaragua Cuba and Ecuador.
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R-Fla
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Cuba
Ecuador
Iran Latin America ties seen as regional threat, warns lawmakers
Andres Oppenheimer notes Iran could leverage Latin American bases to threaten the United States and allies, citing past plots to kill a Saudi envoy and a cyber-attack plan. He cites Hezbollah activity, sanctions circumvention via Venezuela, and debates on how Latin America factors into U.S. security and economic policy.
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Argentina
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Narrow escape as trolley wire strikes porter on bicycle
Gus Miller of 824 Maine street and porter at the Other Clothing store barely misses electrocution when a broken trolley wire end at Henry street (now Eighth) and Tennessee street severs its contact. Miller was riding home behind a westbound car when the wire snapped and knocked him from his wheel.
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Gus Miller
Maine Street
Henry
Eighth
Tennessee Streets
Public Forum Voices on Mental Health and Campus Carry Debates
Letters discuss reduced state hospital beds and cuts to Bert Nash Center funding, plus Medicaid service rollbacks. Another writer criticizes Kansas campus concealed carry plans, warns of disabled-access dangers, and urges focus on love over sex education in schools. Julie Steward and Bill Simons advocate civic action.
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Bert Nash
Journal- World
Kansas
Letters Policy for The Journal World Public Forum
The Journal World invites letters under 250 words that serve public interest and avoid libel and name calling. The paper may edit for style but not viewpoint and requires name address and phone number of the writer. Submissions go to Box 888 Lawrence Kansas 66044 or to letters ljworld com.
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