City pays firm to inventory East Lawrence homes
Lawrence plans director Linda Finger says a reconnaissance inventory of about 725 East Lawrence homes will be photographed and studied by Dean Wolfenbarger and Associates of Kansas City for 20000. funded by the Kansas Historic Preservation Office via the National Park Service. City employees Finger and Enslinger handle the project. Aims to document historic trends and guide preservation.
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East Lawrence
Linda Finger
Dean Wolfenbarger
Finger
Dennis J. Enslinger
Historic Resources
Lawrence
Old West Lawrence
North Lawrence
Call Sound Off line for Journal-World questions
Readers may leave questions by calling the Journal-World Access line 865-5000 and selecting category 7478, where a recording prompts for viewer input.
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Journal-World Access
Journal-World News
J-W
New York Club Honors KU Professor for Lincoln Book
Kansas University history professor Phillip Paludan was named winner of The Baroneess Lincoln Award by the Civil War Roundtable of New York. He earned the honor for The Presidency of Abraham Lincoln, published in 1994 by the University Press of Kansas. Notable past honorees include Gore Vidal, William Safire and Mario Cuomo.
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Kansas University
New York
Phillip Paludan
New York Club
Gore Vidal
William Safire
Mario
Street Should Henry Foster Nomination Be Rejected
John Wake argues that Henry Foster should be blocked as surgeon general due to past abortions he performed, framing the issue as a political and ethical test of fitness for the post.
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Marice Morgan
Rapid City
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Fire calls and court cases in Douglas County
Lawrence firefighters investigated gasoline in a sewer line at 3 25 p m and a smoking car at 5 31 p m at 1832 Maple Lane with no danger found. A Kansas City Kansas man, Robert R Charles, 37, faces sentencing March 9 after pleading guilty to aiding and abetting forgery. A KSU student, Terry L Wood, 20, was sentenced to jail then probation for misdemeanor damage to property from vandalism after KU football. Co defendants Ahlquist and Vaanseuwen had charges dismissed.
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North Third Street
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Kansas City, Kan
Robert R. Charles
Douglas County District Court
Kansas State University
Terry L. Wood
KSU
Kansas University
Wood
Woods
Matthew A. Ahlquist
Scott A. Vanseeuwen
Dismissals Barbara Barfield Topeka
Norma Morris and Mark Davis of Lawrence welcome a baby girl Friday born in the city.
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Topeka
Norma Morris
Mark Davis
Lawrence
VA walk-in clinic offers health screening in Topeka
The Colmery O Neil VA Medical Center in Topeka sponsors a walk in screening clinic from 10 a.m. to 2 30 p m Tuesday at American Legion No 14 3408 W Sixth A medical team will provide general health and hearing screenings and answer questions about benefits and services Attendees should bring a copy of their DD 214 Social Security numbers dates of birth for spouse and dependents and marriage date
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Colmery-O’neil V.A. Medical Center
Topeka
American Legion
Davis at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Davis attends the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
LHS Grad Wins NCAA Freedom Forum Sports Journalism Scholarship
Lawrence High School graduate and former Journal-World staffer Adam Davis has earned the Freedom Forum NCAA Foundation Sports Journalism Scholarship for the 1995 96 academic year. He worked on the J-W sports staff in summers 1993 and 1994 as one of nine recipients of the $3000 award.
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Lawrence High School
Journal-World
Ncaa Foundation
Freedom Forum
Adam Davis
J-W
MS Society Legal Day Call In To Aid MS Families
The Mid-America Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society hosts a Legal Day call in from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday for people with multiple sclerosis and their families. Experienced lawyers answer legal questions by telephone with no appointment or cost. Missouri and Kansas residents may call 1 913 432 3926 or 1 800 745 3148.
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Mid-America
National
Open Your Heart AIDS Benefits at Liberty Hall
Datebook entries list events in Lawrence: a 9 p.m. AIDS benefit at Liberty Hall for the Douglas County AIDS Project, plus an 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Blood Drive at the Kansas Army National Guard Armory and various civic activities. Police or school board forums are noted at Indian Center and Haskell, with multiple community programs through the day.
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Kansas University
Oklahoma
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Lawrence
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Haskell
Douglas County
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Henry Foster nomination question for surgeon general redraw
Readers are asked to vote on whether Henry Foster's nomination should be withdrawn. Instructions provide a main Access number and category choices to cast a yes or no vote.
Park robbery reported in Riverfront Park incident
A 50-year-old Douglas County man was robbed at gunpoint while eating lunch at 1 p.m. Friday in Riverfront Park. The suspect, described as a 30-year-old black male about 5 feet 10 inches tall, 160 pounds, fled after taking $10, a Seiko watch, a wallet, and a portable telephone from the victim’s car. The abandoned white 1994 Mercury was found nearby near the US 59 and US 24 40 interchange.
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Douglas County
Riverfront Park
Lawrence
Rick Nickell
Nickell
Riverfront
Navy Seaman Recruit Watkins Completes Basic Training
Navy Seaman Recruit Justin A. Watkins, son of Lewis L. and Carla A. Goolsby of Lawrence, completed basic training at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes Illinois. A 1994 Lawrence High School graduate he begins service duties following graduation.
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Justin A. Watkins
Lewis L
Carla A. Goolsby
Lawrence
Recruit Training Command
Great Lakes, Ill
Watkins
Lawrence High School
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