Experts discuss King's legacy
The Mercury News gathers Shelby Steele Dorothy Cotton Ishmael Reed and Clayborne Carson to debate how to carry forward King's unfinished agenda for social justice equality dignity and human possibility. They clash over affirmative action and the role of black leadership as the nation marks the MLK holiday.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
King
Ishmael Reed
Clayborne Carson
Stanford University
Steele
State of the Union amid a year of scandal
The piece describes a paradoxical day as Clinton's impeachment trial looms and his seventh State of the Union address is delivered, marking a year of unprecedented firsts including testimony to a grand jury and a blood sample in a criminal case. The events juxtapose opposed political climates and pace.
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Washington
Clinton
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Lawrence Library Second Book Sale Plans In February
The Friends of the Lawrence Public Library plan a February sale from February 11 to 14 due to space constraints. Proceeds fund library items, with fiction, children's books and romances featured, all sourced from community donations and library culling.
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Janet Reeder
Friends of the Lawrence Public Library
Jeanne Hetherington
Friends
Hetherington
Reeder
Lawrence
Artie Shaw
Lawrence Public Library
Bane Richarpson
Journal-Woklo Pho
Wiley Mitchell
Friends of the
Kansas lawmakers weigh vehicle tax phaseout and tax credit
The Kansas House Taxation Committee will review competing car tax proposals in the 1999 session. Gov. Bill Graves seeks to phase out the motor vehicle tax by 2001, while Rep. Tony OWell proposes a four year income tax credit to offset the tax. The plan targets reducing the 30 percent vehicle assessment rate, aiming for full elimination, with local governments funded through state revenue growth.
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Torexa
House Taxation Committee
David Adkins
Rleawood
Bill Graves
Graves
Tony Owell
Wichita
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