Traffic concerns at Riverfront Plaza entrance prompt caution
Editorial urges attention to the Sixth Street curve into New Hampshire where the Riverfront Plaza parking entrance exists. Limited visibility and cross-traffic complicate left turns, with calls for possible traffic signals to safeguard drivers and pedestrians. The piece also notes city optimism on the plan despite potential out-of-town shopper impact. A separate discussion endorses a national civilian service proposal, including a Youth Service Corps, to provide work and education opportunities amid military realignment and welfare concerns.
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Public forum letter on home, schools, and cooperation
Carol Abrahamson of Lawrence Education Assn thanks editors for discussing Super Schools. letter urges recognition that nurturing home life underpins education, notes trends affecting children, and calls for cooperation among parents, schools, and community to secure a better future for kids.
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Carol Abrahamson
Lawrence Education Assn
Inflation Jump Pushes Prices Up In January
A ten year look shows gasoline and heating oil costs spurring a 1.4 percent rise in consumer prices last January, the largest monthly advance in over six years, according to government data.
Democrats push early California primary in search of reform
The Democratic Party endorses moving California’s primary to March to democratize the process, but critics warn it could magnify money influence and favor national figures. The piece argues that early front loading may not fix deeper party weaknesses and that ideas matter more than procedural tinkering.
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California
George McGovern
Massachusetts
District of Columbia
Liberal Party
New Hampshire
Texas
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Cuomo
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Sen. Bradley
Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Gary Hart
Walter Mondale
Democratic Party
South
Jesse Jackson
Jackson
Michael Barone
Phil Donahue
Fiorello LaGuardia
Beverly Hills
Iowa
McGovern
Carter
Mondale
Risky business living life on the edge
The piece shows a couple embracing danger during a Perrier crisis with benzene detected only in a few bottles. Aramis says they need more danger in life after buying new cars with air bags, lamenting they have grown soft and too safe.
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Aramis
Athos
Porthos
Perrier Roulette and the Musqueteers’ Risky Plan
A playful reminiscence turns into a satire about living dangerously with Perrier roulette. Porthos Athos Aramis and Dumas-like narrations recount cars horses and recalls warnings as they ponder safer lives and bold marriage contracts amid celebrity divorce talk. The piece blends nostalgia with modern safety and risk themes.
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Athos
Aramis
d’Artagnan
Perrier
Global consultants warn firms as uprisings loom
In a sharp exchange, Stardust Avionics CEO Willard Dergen presses Heinrich Applebaum’s Made-to-Order Quality Predictions for timely forecasts. The firm cites charges, failed calls, and past misses while confirming Mandela’s release, and noting Bulgaria, Poland, and East Germany events.
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Willard Dergen
Stardust Avionics
Czechoslovakia
Heinrich
Bulgaria
Willard
Poland
Time Magazine
Soviet Union
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