Cold Klan Rally Cancelled by Freezing Salina Weather
The Ku Klux Klan planned a Salina protest for Martin Luther King Jr. Day but postponed to spring due to cold weather. Arkansas leaders cited frigid temps, aiming to reschedule for April or May. In Topeka, a separate Kansan group honored King with a cold march from the Judicial Center to the Statehouse, using the rotunda for speeches.
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Boring TV for Youths Prompts Reading Boom Opinion
A local survey quotes a 10 year old girl who favors reading over TV and argues that less violent, duller programming could push youngsters to books magazines and newspapers. The note links reading to better retention and opens doors reading offers beyond video. It also notes Burns birth and death dates and Marshall chief justice appointment.
Clinton’s Inaugural Address and the drift of liberalism
George Will argues Clinton’s speech signals a shift toward center-right governance. He contends welfare reform and devolution push the nation toward state solutions, narrowing federal reach while conservatives rewrite the social contract, risking a less American allegiance and greater local ties.
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Supreme Court
Charles Fried
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Chicago
George Will
Washington Post Writers Group
Inaugural and Super Bowl as two flashy national rituals
Andy Grady argues that the presidential inauguration and Super Bowl are gaudy yet needed rites. He notes Clinton’s second inauguration lacks spark while Super Bowl XXXI underperforms, but both events symbolize national togetherness amid heavy corporate spending and media spectacle.
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Vince Lombardi
John Madden
Fargo
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Republic
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Anheuser-Busch
Pepsi
Oscar Mayer
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Harald Ickes
Anne Wexler
Russell Reingold
D-Wisc
Sears
Whoopi Goldberg
Kenny Rogers
Chicago
Gloria Estefan
Doobie Brothers
Michael Deaver
Ronald Reagan
New York Times
Deaver
Reagan
Trent Lott
Newt Gingrich
Andy Grady
Philadelphia Daily News
Postmaster notice of address changes for Journal-World
The message directs readers to send address changes to the Journal-World in Lawrence Kansas with a P O Box number. It notes periodicals postage paid at Lawrence Kansas and lists memberships in the Audit Bureau of Circulations and the Associated Press.
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Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Local letters praise Sound Off forum and question school board
Stanley M. Weil thanks the Journal-World for Sound Off and questions USD 497’s handling of money and furniture purchases. He accuses officials of lost credibility over budget details and a missing Grant School principal, urging more accountability from Superintendent Al Azinger.
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Grant School
al Azinger
East Side
Stanley M. Weil
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital Posts 1971 Net Gain
Increased patient volume and expense control produced a 1971 net operating income of $19,759 in the black at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Administrator Charles Denniston oversaw the effort. The prior year was weak, with 1970 ending at least $10,000 above budget.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Charles Denniston
Lawrence namesake's great grandson visiting town in 1957
A note from the Watkins Community Museum recalls Amos Lawrence's namesake great grandson visiting the city in 1957. It cites a 1897 Lawrence World report about a west Lawrence society girl who supposedly could marry and manage a household on $40 a month, triggering curiosity among local suitors.
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Lawrence World
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Watkins Community Museum
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