Orange high pressure lamps replace mercury streetlights
Prairie Meadows adopts energy efficient high pressure sodium lamps replacing icy blue mercury vapor lights. City Public Works Director George Williams says the orange lights cut energy use and will cover all streets within three years. KPL holds the installation, with complete southwest Lawrence rollout in three to four months.
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George Williams
Williams
KPL
Terry Newman
Lawrence
Sixth Street
Sound Off Contact Info for Journal-World Access Line
Readers are urged to call the Journal-World Access line at 865-5000 and enter category 7478 to leave questions. A recording guides callers to leave their inquiry for Sound Off.
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Journal-World Access
Driver, passenger in Valley Falls crash die. two others hurt
Lenard Reed, 24, died before 9 a.m. after a two-vehicle collision four miles west of Valley Falls. Kimberly J. Reed, 28, of Winchester, was driving a Nissan westbound and struck the eastbound minivan driven by Esther L. Hall, 41, of Denison. Hall and Kimberly Reed were listed in satisfactory condition at St. Francis Hospital on Wednesday.
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Kansas Highway 16
Jefferson County
Topeka
Lenard Reed
St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center
Reed
Valley Falls
Kansas Highway Patrol
Kimberly J. Reed
Kimberly Reed
Esther L. Hall
Denison
St. Francis
Top issue in the 96 campaign I’m following
Lisa Brunner a Lawrence student says the main concern in the 1996 presidential campaign is cuts to social programs across the board including the arts. She argues military spending should be reduced to fund these programs.
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Lisa Brunner
Lawrence
Burglary and theft reports from local area
A car theft on Tuesday saw a 1988 gray Saab taken during a test drive after a man provided a false name and address. a 1989 Nissan pickup in the 900 block of Missouri lost stereo gear and 40 compact discs valued at about 1130 dollars with an entry method possibly a coat hanger. A separate robbery at Zarco 66 Station yielded 190 dollars. two Lawrence men were arrested on drug charges after a DEA search.
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Iowa
Missouri
Lawrence
Towa
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Drug Enforcement Unit
Tri-County
Mark E. Jenkins
Joshua M. Cupp
DEA
Jenkins
Copp
Errors in Eudora salary talks corrected in Journal-World
A corrected Journal-World report notes February 1 as the deadline for teachers and administrators to file negotiable items in Eudora. If no agreement is reached by June 1 the process moves to impasse unless both sides extend talks. Births announce Mary and Pete Thurman of Lawrence progressing to welcome a boy.
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Journal-World
Eudora
Burning newspaper trick strikes again in Lawrence
A 25 year old woman reported a burning newspaper slid under her door at 1 15 a m Wednesday in the 1700 block of West 24th. The paper was set afire but caused no damage. Earlier two men in the same block reported a similar incident between Jan 3 and Jan 4. Police and Fire Department investigators are examining the cases jointly.
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Redbud
Douglas County
Yacht Club
Wis
Lawrence
West 24Th
Rich Barr
Lawrence datebook highlights events and health clinic plans
Saturday schedule lists after school immunization clinics at Riverside and Fast Heights, story time at Lawrence Public Library, a Curriculum Advisory Council meeting, NAACP gathering at Watkins Community Museum, and a MLK musical celebration at Free Methodist Church. Health screenings for seniors are offered at Pinecrest II with a fee. City commission meets at city hall.
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Haskell Ave
Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department
Children’s Department
Lawrence Public Library
Lawrence School District
Clinton Pkwy
NAACP
Watkins Community Museum of History
Mass
Riverside School
Route 1
Lawrence-Douglas County
Martin Luther King Jr
Pinecrest II
Walnut
Eudora
Lawrence City Commission
Sixth
Massachusetts
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