Highways on track in Kansas election issue
Editorial argues Kansas gains from a highway program funded with minimal tax increases. It notes Graves claims $305 million yearly for six years and Miller’s no new taxes pledge, while highlighting safety needs after recent crashes, including on Kansas Highway 20 and U.S. 59. It stresses road upgrades boost economy, tourism, and safety and predicts funding debates will continue.
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Kansas
David Miller
Bill Graves
Congress
Mike Hayden
Horton
Lawrence
U.S. 59
Ottawa
Franklin
Douglas
South Lawrence
Sixth Street
Wakarusa Drive
First Public Reading of Declaration in Independence Square
On July 8, 1776 Col John Nixon read the Declaration of Independence to a Philadelphia crowd at Independence Square. In 1889 The Wall Street Journal was first published.
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John Nixon
Independence Square
Philadelphia
Wall Street Journal
Clinton's dwindling second term faces a constrained agenda
The piece argues Bill Clinton enters a twilight phase with the Starr investigation looming, a hostile Congress, and limited domestic options. It compares his diminished power to Eisenhower Nixon and Reagan, noting modest gains in wages and birth trends amid a push for smaller federal initiatives and constrained political capital. David Shribman critiques the era’s shifting priorities and Clinton’s legacy.
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Washington
China
Bill Clinton
Kenneth W. Starr
Republican Congress
Congress
Clinton
Senate
Dwight Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Calvin Coolidge
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Nixon
Reagan
Starr
George C. Edwards
Center For Presidential Studies
Texas A&m University
White House
Charles 5S. Bullock
University of Georgia
David Shribman
Bort Lobe
Cool hunters and marketing riding the trend wave
A columnist critiques corporate cool hunters aged 14 to 30 who scout trends for firms like Iconoculture and Agent X. They guide major brands such as Coca Cola MTV and General Mills, prompting promotions including tattoos for phone-card signups. The piece questions the antithesis of cool and mocks industry insiders in advertising and Hollywood.
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New York Times
Partridge Family
Times
Iconoculture
Sputnik
Agent X
Youth Intelligence
Coca-Cola
MTV
General Mills
Marketing
Sales
Promotions
Sprint
Tru Pettigrew
Tru
Blu
the Times
Boston
America
Los Angeles
Adam Leff
Hollywood
Madison Avenue
Postmaster notice for address changes published
Journal-World asks readers to send address changes to P O Box 888 Lawrence Kansas 66044 0888 USPS 306 520 Periodicals postage paid at Lawrence Kan Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations and Associated Press
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Journal-World
P.O
Lawrence
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Gene noted as Mama keeps some from smoking habits
In a reader letter section, Velma A. Corel claims a gene she calls Mama kept her from smoking, praising mothers like her as deterrents. The page also includes letters urging school board plans, portable classrooms at Hillcrest and Quail Run, and a call for a movable expandable gym design.
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Mama
Catherine Roach
Velma A. Corel
John Esau
Hillcrest
Cille King
Quail Run
South Junior High
Broken Arrow
Esau
Vincent A. Muirhead
Park Hill
Ter
Kansas House size debate stalls with 125 members
In 1898 the Kansas House considered trimming its membership from 125 to 120 but the proposal was not adopted, leaving the House at 125. Rural residents warned of loss of local influence in a changed balance. The Watkins Community Museum note adds a Lawrence view on Quantrell era violence and a Sun report.
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Kansas House of Representatives
House
Lawrence World
New York Sun
Quantrell
Sun
Johnson County
Lawrence
Watkins Community Museum
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