Pen pals and prison risks echo through Kansas history
Editorial recalls the 1959 Clutter family murders linked to inmates seeking pen pals and warns that modern cases in California show how convicts target pen pals for funds and contact. It urges Kansans to proceed with extreme caution, noting decades of caution since the 1950s.
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Journal-World
Lansing
Leavenworth
Clutter
Garden City
Kansas State Penitentiary
Kansas
Truman Capote
California
San Clemente
Calif
Keith Eugene Goodman
Goodman
Peter G. Jones
Carnegie-Mellon University
Laguna Beach
Albert C. Ehlow
Jones
Richard E. Downing
Jon Christopher Mead
Tracy Holland
Anderson
Ind
New York
Ehlow
Indiana
Mississippi
Lawrence School Board Praises Carl Knox and Extends Contract
The Lawrence school board lauded Supt Carl Knox for the past year and extended his contract to July 31 1982. Officials discuss bridge work delays due to winter weather and salt damage risk. Planned KU dormitory housing near 19th and Naismith and a 65 acre West of 15th and Iowa project by Continental Construction are announced. A 1890 Salvation Army parade draws remark from The Lawrence Journal amid colorful street scene.
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Lawrence
Carl Knox
Crete
Kansas River
Douglas County
Mike Dooley
19Th
Naismith
Naismith Hall
15Th
Iowa
Planning Commission
Salvation Army
Lawrence Journal
Massachusetts
Heavenly Orchestra
War on drugs shows progress in two fronts
In the past month the U S government claims two victories in the drug war. Panama’s dictator tied to drug trafficking was toppled and jailed while Marion Barry faces charges and treatment. The piece argues these cases signal progress despite rising crack use and violence in Washington.
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Washington
U.S
Panama
D.C
Manuel Noriega
Marion Barry
ACLU
Medellin Cartel
Barco
William Bennett
Intifada West
Bill Bennett
Colombia
CIA
Panama invasion boosts Bush to political jackpot
Polls show President Bush's popularity at highs unmatched since Kennedy, with 76 to 79 percent approval in major surveys. Voters credit Panama action and Noriega return, yet cite doubts on domestic progress, economy, and education. Public opinion favors foreign policy strength over domestic reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lee Atwater
Crass
Panama
Bush
John F. Kennedy
New York Times
CBS News
Washington Post
ABC News
Manuel Noriega
Times
CBS
Noriega
U.S
George Bush
Great Attractor physics stuns reader with vast cosmos
A columnist ponders light years and the Great Attractor, noting 187000 miles per second as the speed of light and describing the enormous scale of 150 million light years. He cites dark matter and a dense galaxy cluster, marveling at the universe’s vastness and human smallness.
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Gertrude Stein
Oakland
Calif
Times
Earth
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Watkins Museum
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Gene Armstrong
Robert Nordyke
Caroline Trowbridge
Ann Gardner
Dolph Simons Jr
Donna Wiley
Dallas Dolan
Keith Foutz
Adv
N.C. Simons
Dolph Simons Sr
the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire Streets
Kan
Kansas City
United States
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
P.O. Box
Lawrence, Kan
FBI
William Safire
Tom Wicker
UKE Bears
Russell Baker
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