Caution Signs Aim to Protect Pedestrians in Town
Editorial notes crosswalk dangers on Tennessee Street and Old West Lawrence as drivers often ignore pedestrians. A week ago a local postman was injured in a Seventh and New Hampshire crosswalk collision. Pedestrians urge more signs to remind motorists to yield, hoping to prevent accidents.
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Lawrence
Tennessee Street
19Th Street
Old West Lawrence
Seventh
New Hampshire
Kobach targets GOP tactics to hinder Sebelius in 2008
Kris Kobach, newly elected Kansas Republican Party chair, urges mobilizing the base to win seats and block governor Kathleen Sebelius. He warns the party was crushed in 2006 and predicts a tougher 2008 unless action shifts from partisan standoffs to constructive policy.
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Kansas Republican Party
Kris Kobach
U.S
Dennis Moore
Kobach
Kansas
Kathleen Sebelius
Republican Party
Kansas donor Helen Spencer dies at home in Missouri
Helen Foresman Spencer, renowned KU and Baker University benefactor, died of a heart attack at her Kansas City residence. Her gifts funded the Kenneth Spencer Research Library and the Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art at KU. The Lawrence Daily World notes clubs inviting husbands to show their seriousness amid earlier gossip.
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Helen Foresman Spencer
Kansas University
Kansas City, Mo
Baker University
Kenneth Spencer
Lawrence
Lawrence Daily World
the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire Streets
Smart
Kansas
U.S
Home state settings shape early presidential bids
Washington analysis notes how candidates choose launch sites to frame their campaigns. Romney chose Dearborn Michigan aligning with state ties and primary timing, Edwards opted for New Orleans, while Clinton and Obama staged in Springfield and Chicago suburbs to reinforce local roots and fresh starts.
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Mitt Romney
Massachusetts
Dearborn
Mich
Romney
Michigan
Detroit
George Romney
American Motors
Lansing
Boston
John McCain
Ted Kennedy
Shannon O’brien
John Engler
John Edwards
New Orleans
North Carolina
McCain
Arkansas
Mike Huckabee
NBC
New Mexico
Bill Richardson
ABC
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Chicago
Washington, D.C
New York
Senate
Rudy Giuliani
California
Tom Vilsack
Iowa
Barack Obama
Springfield
Illinois Senate
U.S. Senate
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
David Broder
Washington Post Writers Group
Public forum on race labels and roundabouts in Lawrence
The letters debate whether Barack Obama’s mixed heritage fits African American identity, arguing for unity over race labels. A second writer mocks roundabout planning at Lawrence Municipal Airport, calling for more roundabouts, traffic calming, and even playgrounds in center islands.
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Barack Obama
Kansas
Frederick Douglass
W.E.B. DuBois
Harriet Jacobs
Obama
America
Serina Hearn
Lawrence
Lawrence Municipal
Immedi
Journal-World
Ijworld.com
Church and state should stay separate in politics
Teresa Bergschneider argues from a religious perspective that churches should not influence votes from pulpits and suggests that if churches engage in politics they should pay taxes to aid the economy.
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Lord Jesus Christ
Teresa Bergschneider
Lawrence
Peace in Mideast and a Palestinian state
John A. Bond urges U S government to push Israel to grant Palestinians their own sovereign state. He recalls 1967 expansion, Camp David peace, and Carter's book comparing Israel’s rule to apartheid while calling for regional peace and Palestinian statehood.
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Britain
Palestine League of Nations
Palestinan
West Bank
Jordan River
Jimmy Carter
Palestine
Carter
United States
Camp David
Menachem Begin
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
John A. Bond
Lawrence
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Dolph Simons Sr
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Dan Cox
World Online
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Ann Gardner
al Bonner
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Audit Bureau of Circulations
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