Market reform under new regimes invites graft and risk
Editorial warns that emerging market economies face broad corruption as they shed Soviet era controls. Poland is highlighted for wholesale theft, bribe-driven regulation, and car theft from abroad, while voters disengage and calls for tighter oversight grow. U.S. aid must monitor administrators and leakage to ensure real help reaches citizens.
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Germany
Eastern
Soviet Union
United States
America
Lawrence City Probes Recall Fight and District Alignments
Lawrence residents weigh mixed reaction to keeping City Manager Watson while recall signatures target Commissioner Gleason. Lawmakers debate Douglas County district realignment with 3rd or 2nd districts as Gov Carlin threatens veto. Former Rep Jim Slattery enters Democratic bid in the 2nd District. Fair festivals switch to concurrent 1967 dates amid drought. Rees Jackman seeks school board seat. Televised awards highlight Caesar Coca Cox and Kefauver Emmy. A 1892 Lawrence Journal sermon warns young women about flattery and virtue.
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Jim Slattery
Topeka
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Recollections of the South and its winding roads
A reflective personal piece tracing 56 years of travel from Rabun County through the Great Smokies to Gatlinburg and Mobile. The author contrasts old clay roads and toll bridges with modern highways, recalls Orville, and notes cultural shifts in New Orleans and the broader Southern landscape.
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Asheville
Oklahoma
Georgia
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Ridge
Carolinas
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Arkansas
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Noble
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Spain
France
West Africa
Preservation Hall
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River Walk
Jax Brewery
Peace dividend debate reshapes campaign defense calls
As campaign 92 moves south, Democrats push far larger defense cuts than Bush, aiming for 180 to 200 billion in savings by 1997 versus Bush's 66 billion. Yet even Democratic plans leave the Pentagon at over 200 billion in 1997 dollars, raising questions about job effects, threats, and national priorities.
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Sam Nunn
George Bush
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Reaganomics blamed as harming poor and middle class
Frank E. Sandelius writes in strong critique of Reagan-Bush policies, arguing 12 years of tax cuts for the wealthy and rising debt. He claims funds are funneled through the Pentagon and federal control, leaving the poor, jobless, and homeless to suffer while deficits grow and democracy weakens.
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Frank E. Sandelius
Readers urged to send brief letters to Journal-World
The Journal-World invites concise correspondence under 350 words. Letters should be public interest focused, avoid libel, include writer name, address, and phone number for verification, and may be edited for clarity while viewpoints remain unchanged. Unsigned letters are not used.
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History events on February twenty second
On February 22 dates span from 1732 birth of George Washington at a Virginia plantation near Fredericksburg to 1973 U S China liaison offices. Notable items include 1630 popcorn in America, 1784 press of China voyage, 1819 Florida cession, 1865 Tennessee abolition constitution, 1879 Woolworth 5 cent store, 1889 Dakotas Montana Washington state admission, 1892 Wilde play premiere, 1924 Coolidge radio address, 1935 aviation over White House ban, and 1973 Beijing Washington liaison offices.
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George Washington
Predricksburg
America
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