Fire destroys vacant home in Lawrence area
A vacant two story house at 1032 NY in Lawrence burned Wednesday morning, trapping debris filled rooms and prompting firefighters to cut a roof hole with a chainsaw. No one was inside and damage was about 50 000. Owner Elizabeth Wila Brown is in a nursing home.
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Jan Price
Topeka
Price
Kaw Valley Center
Sixth St
Lawrence Douglas County Fire & Medical
Jerry Karr
Karr
Elizabeth Wila Brown
Haysville
Lawrence
1032
Wichita Lottery Director Statements Amid Agency Woes
The lottery director testifies that personnel actions were taken after a telephone sex page and that security fixes address a former employee's nearly $63,000 theft. He reports computer monitors and memo requirements now govern Instant-win access, while lawmakers debate a gag order and the lottery's future amid a $7 million annual GTECH contract and education funding impact.
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van Petten
Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee
John Vratil
R-Leawood
Vratil
Ture
Bill Graves
GTECH
West Greenwich, RJ
Zoning spark prompts Mansfield bid for Lawrence City Commission
Adam Mansfield, 26, manager of Louise's Bar Downtown, announces candidacy after a December zoning decision limits single family homes to two unrelated occupants. He says the change targets KU students and urges a different approach, focusing also on recycling. Mansfield becomes the ninth candidate for three seats with a Jan. 23 filing deadline.
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Adam Mansfield
Lawrence City
Mansfield
Louise's Bar
Mass
American Eagle Outfitters
Apparel Company
Midwest
Ottawa
Peole
Commission
Memorial services set for Goetz attorney in Lawrence
Memorial services for Ray mond Thomas Goetz of Chicago will be held at noon Saturday in Danforth Chapel on the Kansas University campus. Cremation preceded. Goetz, 48, died January 11 2001 in Lawrence. He was born August 24 1952 in Chicago, educated at KU and University of Chicago Law School, and worked as an attorney with Gardner Carton Douglas in Chicago. Survivors include his mother Elizabeth Goetz and siblings in several states. Memorials suggested to University of Chicago School of Law via Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.
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Raymond Thomas Goetz
Chicago
Danforth Chapel
Kansas University
Goetz
Lawrence
Raymond and
Elizabeth (Morey) Goetz
Lawrence High School
University of Chicago School of Law
Gardner, Carton & Douglas Law Firm
James Logan
U.S. 10Th Circuit Court of Appeals
American Bar Assn
State Bar of Illinois
Phi Beta Kappa
Elizabeth Goetz
Thomas
Longmant
Colo
Steven
Zurich
Switzerland
Morey
Austin
Tex
Sibyl Goetz Wescoe
Mequon
Wis
Victoria Goetz
Rumsey-Yost Funeral
Ter L. Rutledge
Old Mission United Methodist Church
Fairway
Mr. Rutledge
Douglas County
Rumsey-Yost
Tonganoxie
Louise Josephine Leavitt
Quisenberry Chapel
Memorial Park Cemetery
Leavitt
Marion T
Minnie M. (Richardson) Woodward
Ben H. Leavitt
Topeka
Beverly Clark
Carolyn Martin
Linwood
George R. Woodward
Brovorio
George W. Leavitt
Allan N. Leavitt
Ben J. Leavitt
City commission pursues rules for newspaper racks
Lawrence city officials push to regulate newspaper vending machines after a surge of racks downtown. Mayor proposals seek uniform placement and aesthetics amid complaints from residents and businesses about curbside installations, while The Hawk Sheet and Pitch Weekly contend over design and zoning impact. The plan, modeled partly on Coral Gables rules, aims to require rack registration, color schemes, and height limits ahead of a formal ordinance by May. Residents react with mixed views on regulation and free speech versus urban blight.
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Lawrence
Mike Wildgen
Eighth
Massachusetts
Pitch Weekly
Wildgen
Marty Kennedy
Frank Cherrito
The
Hawk Sheet
Cherrito
Coral Gables
Fla
Journal- World
Seventh
Vermont Streets
Steve Ballew
Parity bill faces doubtful passage in Kansas session
Graves questions parity legislation amid industry opposition and potential premium hikes. Data from state mental health coverage for employees shows small cost increases, while advocates cite existing state programs as proof.
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Roeland Park
Tomlinson
State of
Campbell
Graves
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