Editorial on crime and children and community responsibility
An editorial discusses violence against children as a societal issue not just a family matter. It cites recent high profile killings by fathers, local crime data in Lawrence, and links custody disputes with child harm, urging communities to provide guidance and support to prevent despair driven violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Lawrence
Kansas
el Dorado
Park City
River City
Ron Olin
America
Notable historical milestones and events through history
February section recaps key dates from 1732 to 1984 including George Washington's birth at Mount Vernon in Virginia, the Empress of China voyage, Spain ceding Florida, abolition of slavery in Tennessee, Woolworth's five cent store, state admissions, Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan debut, Coolidge's radio broadcast, It Happened One Night opening, aviation over the White House ban, US China liaison offices, the 1980 Miracle on Ice, the David the bubble boy case, and the Ames spy charges from a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
George Washington
Virginia Colony
U.S
New York City
Far East
Spain
Florida
Tennessee
Frank Winfield Woolworth
Utica
N.Y
Cleveland
Dakotas
Montana
Washington State
Oscar Wilde
Lady Windermere
London
St. James’s Theater
Calvin Coolidge
White House
Clark Gable
Claudette Colbert
New York
Radio City Music Hall
China
Lake Placid
Houston
David
Justice Department
CIA
Aldrich Ames
Rosario
Soviet Union
Ames
Simons family led Journal World publisher and staff roles
Dolph Simons Sr. led the Journal-World as publisher 1944 to 1962 and editor 1950 to 1979 with daily publication by World Company in Lawrence Kansas. The notice lists staff including Dolph Simons Jr and others, plus subscription rates across carrier, motor carrier, and mail options in Douglas County and broader regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolph Simons Sr
the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kan
Douglas County
Kansas Counties
Kansas City
United States
Lieutenant governor not an asset in Wilsons California clash
Sacramento reports that Gray Davis faces eviction from the first floor capitol suite as Gov. Pete Wilson presses space and a referendum to abolish the lieutenant governor office. Davis, seeking future power, may clash with Wilson over policy and a looming presidential bid.
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Sacramento
Calif
Gray Davis
California
Davis
Edmund G
Jerry” Brown Jr
Pete Wilson
Capitol Building
Wilson
Capitol
Paula Boland
Dan Lungren
Jerry Brown
CNN
Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
State Assembly
San Diego
U.S
Kathleen Brown
Dianne Feinstein
White House
Wilson’s
Los Angeles
Senate
GOP at odds with environment and the new Contract on America
A critique of contemporary Republican stance on ecology, arguing that GOP lawmakers push a Contract With America that weakens environmental protections through cost benefits, takings, and unfunded mandates. It contrasts with GOP roots in Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Nixon who advanced inclusion and preservation, noting current rhetoric dismisses species loss and wetlands protection.
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Ronald Reagan
Newt Gingrich
House
America
Rush Limbaugh
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Republican Congress
GOP
Theodore Roosevelt
Richard Nixon
Environmental Protection Agency
Reader Letters on Environment and Equality in State Coverage
A reader thanks Charles Haines for highlighting Yankee Tank Creek permits tied to the South Lawrence Trafficway and questions county officials and John Pasley about missing permits. Another letter criticizes gender biased fashion descriptions in coverage of interfaith benedictions, urging nondiscriminatory reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Buhle
Charles Haines
Yankee Tank
South Lawrence
John Pasley
Hilda Enoch
el Dorado Dr
Nancy Kirk
Sheila Hochauser
Jama C. Gabbert
Moundview Dr
KU Chalmers defends regents stance on protest inquiry
Lawrence newspaper notes chancellor Laurence Chalmers saying regents’ instruction to inquire about a faculty member’s Chicago Seven protest shows willingness to leave institutional operation to executives. Also mentions Allen Fieldhouse scoreboard plans and Frederick Douglass memorial half staff tribute in 1895.
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Kansas University
Laurence Chalmers
Kansas Board of Regents
Chicago Seven
Chalmers
Allen Fieldhouse
Jayhawk
Frederick Douglass
Lawrence World
Yeierpey
Watkins Community Museum
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Crime and Children
Byers
Journal-World
Bill Snead
John Taylor
Ann Gardner
Tom Fisher
Mark Chaney
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Ralph Gage
Dolph Simons
Ili
Dan Simons
New Ventures
Donna Wiley
Dallas Dolan
W.C. Simons
P.O
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Curs
David Broder
Aera
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