City Commission faces debate over LMH care vs Columbia/HCA threat
Lawrence leaders weigh protecting Lawrence Memorial Hospital against allowing Columbia/HCA to build a new hospital. Columbia/HCA sued to overturn a zoning denial after the Planning Commission backed a rezoning and use permit. Fortune Magazine ranks Columbia/HCA highly among Fortune 1000 companies, prompting questions about residents' best health care.
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Lawrence City Commission
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Columbia
HCA Healthcare Corp
Lawrence
Lawrence-Douglas County
LMH
Fortune Magazine
America
Fortune
Clark, Martire & Bartolomeo
Columbia/HCA
National Congress of Mothers Founded in 1897 Fortunes
One hundred years ago on February 17 1897 the forerunner of the National PTA the National Congress of Mothers was founded in Washington. In 1801 the House of Representatives broke an electoral tie electing Thomas Jefferson president and Aaron Burr became vice president.
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National Pta
National Congress of Mothers
Washington
House of Representatives
Thomas Jefferson
Aaron Burr
Jeferson
Burr
King Murder Conspiracy Trial Could Uncover Truths
Philadelphia Daily News columnist Sandy Grady argues a new trial for James Earl Ray may expose who funded his flight and whether the FBI was involved in King’s 1968 assassination. He cites Dexter King and Jesse Jackson, notes past inquiries found “substantial evidence” of conspiracy, and calls for judicial illumination before Ray’s death.
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Stone
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King
Lorraine Mote
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Dexter
Coretta Scott King
Dexter King
Patsy
Memphis
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Jesse Jackson
Joseph Lowery
Hosea Williams
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Toronto
Erskine Galt
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Paul Bridgeman
Ramon Snyd
London
Portugal
Hoover
Louis Stokes
Ohio
House
US. Army
Remington
Octopus Inc
Waco
Idaho
CIA
Sandy Grady
Philadelphia Daily News
Health and Home Collide in a Sickened Family Life
Leonard Pitts reflects on the toll of parenthood as germs multiply and health falters. He recalls a healthier past, notes how kids spread illness, and jokes that the vow in sickness and in health now reads as a personal challenge. He offers blunt, humorous guidance to new parents and plans to return home.
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Carl Lewis
Barry White
Leonard Pitts
The
Miami Herald
Journal World staff credits and mailing details
Journal World announces staff roles including Bill Snead as deputy editor Roger Verdon Montaging Kdlitor John Taylor News Editor Ann Gardner Editorial Page Editor Tom Fisher Advertising Manager and postmaster information. It provides a postal address for changes and notes periodicals postage paid in Lawrence Kansas with USPS code 306 520 and 66044 0888, and lists AP and ABC membership.
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Bill Snead
Roger Verdon
John Taylor
Ann Gardner
Tom Fisher
Journal-World
P.O
Lawrence
Kary
Foolish move to recall Lawrence school board urged
Matthew Gaus of 1029 Oak Tree Dr denounces a recall movement against three Lawrence school board members as ill advised and self serving. He argues the effort threatens confidence in education, risks weak leadership, and calls for voters to reject petitions and support the board.
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Lawrence
Recall Commission
Matthew Gaus
Oak Tree
Reapportionment Proposal Aims Third Douglas County Seat
Kansas House debate centers on a reapportionment bill creating a third Douglas County seat. The plan would split Lawrence’s center into new districts, reshaping the 39th and 40th into the 43rd 44th and 45th. Current reps Morris Kay and John Vogel. City commission unanimously votes to annex 1 780 acres northwest of city limits, including the Kansas Power and Light Co generating station.
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Kansas House
Douglas
Lawrence
Morris Kay
John Vogel
Kansas Power and Light Co
Massachusetts Street Woes Highlighted By Journal
The 1897 Lawrence Journal laments Massachusetts Street is a mud-filled, poorly drained thoroughfare. It notes two years of little progress and criticizes small, scattered repairs on less-traveled areas while the main street remains barely passable. Courtesy Watkins Community Museum.
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Lawrence Journal
Massachusetts Street
Watkins Community Museum
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