City offers help on discrimination complaints in Lawrence
Lawrence officials invite residents to seek free guidance on discrimination concerns covering employment housing and public accommodations under city ordinance. A specialist explains how to file complaints at the Office of Human Relations and Human Resources, with enforcement and health guidance noted on food-handling practices and annual restaurant inspections.
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City of Lawrence
Office of Human Relations and Human Resources
City Hall
Paul Winn
Winn
Call Sound Off Line for Journal-World Inquiries
Readers are directed to call the Journal-World Access line at 865-5000 and choose category 7478 to leave a question for Sound Off. A recording prompts listeners to submit their query.
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Journal-World Access
East Lawrence Improvement Assn General Meeting Monday
Pena at 10 East Lawrence Improvement Assn will hold a general meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at New York School 936 N.Y. The group will elect a vice president and discuss the East Lawrence Neighborhood Plan and county jail expansion plans. Public invited. Final doctoral exams at Kansas University include Characterization of the Hydrogeology and Aquatic Humic Substances in Prairie Watershed Michael L Pomes 8 a.m. Thursday 314 Lindley.
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East Lawrence
Kansas University
Prairie
Michael L. Pomes
Lindley
Warm Hearts drive seeks $60,000 by April
The 12 year old Warm Hearts group says donations match last year but need rise with greater demand for utility bill help. Treasurer Warren Rhodes urges continued giving into late spring and provides P O Box 1555 Lawrence 66044 for contributions. The other item notes a health admin forum at Kansas University with Walter Broadnax discussing Clinton’s State of the Union, then Q A, 7 p m at Adams Alumni Center Summerfield Room.
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Warm Hearts
Warren Rhodes
Rhodes
P.O. Box
Lawrence
Kansas University
Clinton
Walter Broadnax
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Summerfield
Adams Alumni Center
Burglary and crime reports dominate Lawrence police logs
A Lawrence man reports $3391 stolen from his 1994 jeep Cherokee in an alley on Louisiana with cash and items including a leather jacket and radar detector. Separate incidents include an arson arrest tied to a yard fire on Center Street, marijuana and paraphernalia charges at Naismith Hall, an alleged sexual battery near West 26th and Iowa, and a 4:20 p.m. Sixth and Vermont two vehicle crash. Additional notes cover medical emergencies, ambulance responses, fire calls, and several district court divorces.
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Louisiana
Lawrence
Douglas County
Center Street
Kansas University
Naismith Hall
Topeka
St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center
U.S. Highway 40
Big Springs
Kansas Highway Patrol
Don C. Palmer
Dismissals and Births Noted in Lawrence Today
Dismissals of Nathan Corwin Lassley of Lawrence and Lawrence Maxine Jane Lee were recorded. Births reported include Patti and Jim Taylor of Lawrence welcoming a boy today.
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Nathan Corwin Lassley
Lawrence
Maxine Jane Lee
Patti
Jim Taylor
Lawrence man denied parole in 1983 beating case
The Kansas Parole Board denied parole to James C. Fourhorn of Lawrence who is serving 15 years to life for second degree murder in the June 1983 beating death of 94 year old Harry Puckett during a break in. He faces December 1996 as his next eligibility date and also has a five to 20 year term for aggravated burglary and an unspecified term for property damage in Haskell County. Puckett's murder occurred during a break in at his East Lawrence home. Fourhorn had pleaded no contest to amended charges in 1984.
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Kansas Parole Board
Lawrence
James C. Fourhorn
Fourhorn
Nebraska
Harry Puckett
Puckett
Haskell County
East Lawrence
Lawrence datebook events list planning, wetlands meeting, and distributions
Schedule notes multiple public meetings at city hall and university venues. Included are the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission, Douglas County Commission, Coalition to Preserve the Wetlands at Haskell, Parenting Ideas Exchange at the library, Earth Day Planning Committee, and commodity distributions at Baldwin American Legion Hall and Edgewood Homes with times and locations.
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Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission
Sixth
Massachusetts
Douglas County Commission
11Th
Coalition To Preserve
Haskell Indian Nations University
Lawrence Public Library
Lawrence High School Parent Forum
Project Freedom of Lawrence
Earth Day Planning Committee
Hillcrest School
Hilltop Drive
Douglas County
American Legion Hall
Baldwin
City Hall
Eudora
Edgewood Homes Community Center
No. 204
Haskell
Public poll on city human relations ordinance voting options
A public access question asks if residents should vote on a proposed change to the city's human relations ordinance. Voters are instructed to call 865-5000 and choose category 3500 for yes or 3501 for no. Polls note voluntary participation and caution against scientific accuracy.
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Greg Crawford
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Kansas
Lawrence- Douglas County
Richard Gwin
Journal-World Photo
Mario Gray
New York School
Pena
John Wake
Giles Smith
Jeff Owen
Renee Coney
LAW Enforcement
Rick Nickell
Texas
26Th
Iowa
West 26Th
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Vermont
Bradley
Perice
1624
Penn
Kansas River
Sixth Street
Mark A. Kirby
Nortonville
Perico
Douglas County Ambulance Service
Oliver Hall
Lincoln
Darlene J. Ayers
Robert R. Ayers
William G. Collins
Tammy L
Collins
Lonnie Chaney
Kathy Chaney
Aurora
Colo
Callen L. Sharp
Brenda L. Sharp
Stephen M. Bigsby
Julie M. Bigsby
Samuel G. Hall
Karen A. Hall
Michael Kashkin
Freda Kashkin
Bruce H. Burton
Shelly L. Burton
West 27Th
Elm
Cedarwood
Lawrence Rman
Journal-World
National Endowment For the Arts
Tom Devlin
Bill Snead
John Taylor
Kurt Caywood
Ann Gardner
Chuck Woodling
Nancy Smith
Mason King
Nancy Price
Tom Fisher
Mark Chaney
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