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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1994
Page
6
The piece argues against a city financed golf course in Lawrence urging private development instead. It cites consultants who claimed profitability but warns such ventures often drain public funds and divert scarce city tax dollars from higher priority needs. It urges letting private interests build and operate any new course.
Analysts warn the Zapatista challenge may spread beyond Chiapas as poverty drives continued guerrilla activity. About 100 people have died. officials pledge aid while promising rights protections. The Salinas government faces a potential wider crisis that could threaten regional stability and foreign interests.
Thirty years ago on January 11, 1964, U S Surgeon General Luther Terry released the first government report stating smoking could be hazardous to health. The item also notes the 1805 creation of the Michigan Territory and Alabama's 1861 secession from the Union.
Announcing address change submission details for readers and recipients. Instructions request senders update to Journal-World postal box in Lawrence Kansas with associated mailing and circulation acknowledgments.
Washington and London clash over IVF births by 59 year old mothers. Proponents argue medical advances let healthier older parents rear children with proper care, while critics warn of moral, social and long term risks. Officials caution against state dictates on parental fitness.
A satirical, self styled survey reports quirky U S attitudes in 1994. It covers fears about popcorn in movies and gum on sneakers, opinions on guns and Diet Coke calories, God in schools, dinosaurs and traffic, the Post Office as America’s favorite thing, political correctness and future lottery number choices.
Hilda Enoch argues against school redistricting that would segregate by income and background urging the board to use tax dollars to unite students and communities. Charline Freitag thanks donors for Lawrence Head Start party support and praises local generosity aiding families. The Journal-World outlines its letters policy for public forum submissions.
A 1969 note lists Ed Carter of St. Louis becoming district manager for Southwestern Bell here, a $15,000 fire damaged Blane and Jesse Beauty Shop at the Malls Shopping Center, and the U.S. Post Office Department seeking bids to build and lease a Jayhawk Postal Station on West 23rd Street. Also mentioned are a tub-stuffing incident at Lawrence High, Old Fort Hays opening as a tourist site, a 50 44 Lawrence win over Argentine High, and the Chuck Wagon Cafe fire. A Jan 11, 1894 World column reflects on pauper costs in Douglas County with figures for 1892 and 1893, noting modest increases amid harsher national destitution, courtesy Watkins Community Museum.
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