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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1990
Page
3
Editorial notes Barbara Bush advocate for allowed combat based on strength with caveat of disqualification if lacking. It praises her candor, judgment, and restraint in public life. It suggests she could author a guide for future first ladies, drawing from her own rules of conduct.
The piece contends some drug kingpins imply officials in Colombia may win the war on drugs via amnesty offers. While early reports seem hopeful, the author notes lingering questions about corruption, power, and whether the United States would face similar breaches of order amid a broader drug epidemic.
January history highlights include Robert E. Lee born in 1807 in Stratford Virginia and James Watt born in 1736 in Scotland. Edgar Allan Poe born 1809 in Boston and Ezra Daggett with Thomas Kensett patenting tin can storage in 1825. Verdi's Il Trovatore premiered in Rome in 1853 and Georgia seceded in 1861. Howard Hughes set a LA to Newark air record in 1937 and a presidential press conference was filmed for TV in 1955 with Eisenhower’s permission.
Sen. Daniel Moynihan of New York proposes repealing the latest Social Security payroll tax increase to aid low and middle income workers. The idea creates political risk for Bush and Republicans who face a broader tax cut debate and potential stampede in Moynihan’s favor.
The piece argues a payroll tax cut would aid low income workers and small employers, comparing its immediate benefits with a proposed capital gains cut. It notes regressive effects of current payroll taxes, questions future Social Security guarantees, and suggests Moynihan has shifted political leverage against Bush in an election year.
The NBC miniseries Drug Wars portrays DEA head John Lawn as a heroic crusader for Enrique Camarena, prompting anger from Hispanic agents who say the real Lawn did not speak Spanish, downgrades many agents’ ratings, and ignored discrimination suits while the DEA endorsed the project based on Elaine Shannon’s book.
Readers debate MS long standing issues. One letter supports closing USD 497 schools on MLK Day to attend a noon Ecumenical Fellowship ceremony and honor Dr King with city leaders. Another argues Learn Fare punishes families, risking homelessness and foster care burdens, urging humane support instead.
The Kansas Board of Regents approved fall rate increases for Kansas University residence halls and Stouffer Place Apartments for married students. Each unit rises about 135 dollars per semester. Spring enrollment at Haskell Indian Junior College stood at 843. A Jan 19 1890 reminiscence in the Lawrence Journal recalls early transport, noting freight costs from St. Louis and Cincinnati, and the planned river navigation shaping Lawrence Topeka and Manhattan with graded riverbanks and converging streets Kentucky and New Hampshire now Sixth Street.
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