Uncork Kansas Looks to Expand Liquor Sales in Grocery Stores
Editorial argues a new spokesman David Dillon leads Uncork Kansas to push a plan to allow grocery stores to sell wine and liquor in Kansas by capping liquor licenses. Under the plan, stores would need licenses from existing liquor retailers, while convenience stores may sell strong beer. The piece notes debates on consumer convenience versus protecting minors and questions whether the change would raise liquor consumption or illegal sales.
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Why do people join radical groups and how does the Internet affect it
Washington columnist David Ignatius discusses Marc Sageman's view that the Internet does not by itself radicalize individuals. Online forums aid communication and decentralization, enabling homegrown attacks once youths are motivated. He cautions against alarmist reporting and stresses examining local factors, including street gangs and prisons, to understand and counter terrorism.
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Old Home Town Expands Sunflower Plant and Local Projects
A Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant expansion valued at 50 to 100 million dollars plus a slate of public works boosts Lawrence amid national economic woes. Planned projects include 50 county bridges, Kansas University buildings, a Lawrence Memorial Hospital expansion, Haskell Indian Junior College work, and a new Kansas Power and Light plant at St Marys. Health officer Dr S T Gillispie urges a county milk sanitation ordinance and routine dairies inspections by the County Board of Health. An Episcopal church to be built at Nineteenth and Tennessee, cornerstone planned for the first Sunday in August. Street work paused by storm threats while Massachusetts Street sweepers are hired.
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Lawrence Daily Journal-World
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Massachusetts
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West Lawrence recreation center history and SPL status
In 1994 a 1 percent county sales tax funded parks and recreation including a planned west Lawrence center. Plans were halted amid controversy, 20 years later SPL rises near Holcom to replace prior centers. With funds and local volunteers, SPL now serves about 60,000 monthly attendees despite expansion cracks being addressed.
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Iowa Street
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Public forum and pass cards issued in Douglas County
Douglas County residents received 13 174 pass cards to access free track and cardiovascular areas. The Journal World welcomes Letters to the Public Forum and notes editorials on library spending prudent or wasteful, inviting public input.
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Lawrence
Jim Budde
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