Editorial on the Chechnya debacle and Yeltsin's faltering authority
The piece argues the Russian army is unprepared and divided as it fights Chechnya, predicting no clear victory. It notes significant losses, public opposition, and the risk of ongoing guerrilla warfare, urging Moscow to seek peace and coexistence to avoid further humiliation.
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Soviet Union
Boris Yeltsin
Yeltsin
Moscow
Chechnya
America
Vietnam
Afghanistan
Russia
Interior Ministry
KGB
Grozny
Dzhokhar Dudayev
Stalingrad
Leningrad
Today in History Highlights Landmark Years Across Eras
Seventy five years ago Prohibition began with the 18th Amendment taking effect on January 16 1920 and other milestones include Ivan the Terrible’s czarship in 1547 the 1883 Civil Service Commission founding the 36th 38th states ratifying Prohibition in 1919 and Carole Lombard’s fatal crash near Las Vegas in 1942.
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U.S
Ivan the Terrible
Russia
U.S. Civil Service Commission
Nebraska
Wyoming
Missouri
Carole Lombard
Las Vegas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
London
Castle Air Force Base
California
Carol Channing
Alan S. Boyd
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Iran
Egypt
Northern Ireland
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey
White House
Kuwait
Persian Gulf
Reuben V. Anderson
Mississippi
State Supreme Court
Soviet Union
Caucasus
Clinton
Geneva
Hafez Assad
Israel
Moscow
Yegor Gaidar
USPS Audit Bureau and AP Membership Note
A creditless line noting USPS Second Class postage paid at Lawrence Kansas and listing affiliation with the Audit Bureau of Circulations and the Associated Press as members.
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Lawrence, Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Distrust Drives NATO Expansion Debate and Baltic Inclusion
A rightward foreign policy column argues distrust of Russia should guide U S strategy favoring rapid NATO expansion now while Russia is preoccupied. It criticizes Clinton for foot dragging and urges Baltic inclusion via a checkerboard approach, stressing Latvia Lithuania Estonia as key NATO tests and warning against delaying actions.
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Washington
Moscow
Russian Federation
NATO
Bosnia
Europe
Russia
Clinton
Poland
Boris Yeltsin
Congress
United States
Hungary
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Latvia
Estonia
Lithuania
F.D.R
Yalta
Black Berets
Baltic States
Valdis Birkavs
Czechs
Ukraine
Baltics
Truth healing in South Africa moves toward truth commission
In King William's Town South Africa a prominent gravestone marks Ban tu Steven Biko born December 18 1946 died September 9 1977. The piece notes Bikos role in Black Consciousness and calls for reconciliation through a Truth and Reconciliation Commission with subpoenas and potential amnesty for officials who confess. It discusses objections from some officials and quotes Justice Minister Dullah Omar on uncovering abuses, the need for truth over vengeance, and contrasts with blanket amnesty in Chile and the recent disclosure of blanket immunity for 3500 police.
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King William’s Town
South Africa
Steven Biko
Steve Biko
Commission For Truth and Reconciliation
National Party
Government of National Unity
F.W. de Klerk
Dullah Omar
Omar
Biko
Chile
Pinochet
Letters on disability services forum and aging department departure
The Lawrence Journal-World letters defend the Special Services Advisory Council forum on disability services, noting broad participation and urging stakeholders to heed the conclusions. They denounce premature board conclusions and praise council neutrality. A second letter honors Joanne Hurst as Kansas Department on Aging secretary, praising her leadership and urging a capable successor.
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Special Services Advisory Council
Lawrence
Journal-World
Renee Karr
Johnn Neet
Kansas
Joanne Hurst
Department On
Walter J. Crockett
Lilac Lane
Governor fills two Kansas Board of Regents vacancies
Gov. Robert Docking names Henry Bubb of Topeka to a second two year term and Elmer C. Jackson Jr. of Kansas City as regents. John B. Gage, 82, longtime Kansas City Mo. mayor, dies after being struck by a truck near his law office. 1954 marks a strong Lawrence construction boom with no end in sight.
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Robert Docking
Kansas Board of Regents
Henry Bubb
Docking
Elmer C. Jackson Jr
Kansas City
Jackson
John B. Gage
KC Law
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Ann Gardner
Tom Fisher
Mark Chaney
Arr
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Ralph Gage
Dolph Simons
Ili
Dan Simons
New Ventures
Donna Wiley
Dallas Dolan
W.C. Simons
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