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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1998
Page
7
The heat wave drives calls for reducing usage and warns of brown outs as demand tests utilities. Analysts urge faster expansion of generation, focusing on nuclear power despite high costs and public fear, while debating coal and solar roles and the timing for bringing new plants online.
On this day in history the Continental Congress endorsed independence for the United Colonies in 1776. Nostradamus died in 1566 in Salon. The U S Army Air Corps was created in 1926. Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan disappeared in 1937 during a round the world attempt. A 1947 Roswell incident sparked years of speculation about an alien craft.
Washington columnist Sandy Grady notes Clinton’s Beijing talks drew unprecedented live TV in China but scant coverage in the United States. He quips with students about human rights and trade, praising openness while critics label the trip a political washout amid the Monica Lewinsky saga and Starr leaks.
Leonard Pitts critiques how children's films like Mulan Anastasia and Pocahontas turn violent pasts into entertaining, marketable stories. He warns such films reshape collective memory, offering merchandising tie ins and cartoonish pop culture gloss that blurs real history.
A catalog of newspaper leadership and staff roles including editor Dolph C. Simons Jr and editors such as Roger Verdon, John Taylor, Ann Gardner, Tom Fisher, and Stree 107, along with publishing, circulation, and management personnel. It notes past dates for W.C. Simons (1871-1952) and standard post office and AP affiliations.
Readers discuss the NAFTA for Africa act aiding China and harming Africa and the American textile industry. They also debate plagiarism concerns in a Central Junior High writing contest and the handling of a student's letter, stressing learning from error and the impact of online sources.
In 1973 Lawrence and Kansas University officials rejected a citizens group assertion that a man linked to rapes of 26 local women was shielded by authorities. The piece notes a July 2 1898 comment in the Lawrence World criticizing its rival the Lawrence Journal for alleged extravagance. Courtesy Watkins Community Museum.
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