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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 2004
Page
1
Lawrence city commissioners set phased road project priorities aiming to protect the state budget while planning major future improvements around town. The move signals funding and project timing decisions that could shape development in the coming years.
Religious leaders voiced shock after a young mother believed Jewish had her hair cut and swastikas drawn on her stomach while bystanders offered no help to her and her infant. Sylvain Zenouda of the ILRAD condemns the incident as part of rising anti Semitic hostility in France.
In the 18 and Under circuit Lawrence spends a year abroad gaining experience. The notice hints at a forthcoming matchup or event titled Coming Tuesday. Local coverage frames this as a cross cultural sports development with potential impact on standings.
Lawrence district faces sharp cuts after years of shrinking enrollment and flat state aid. District officials report a $5.1 million spending reduction between 2001-02 and 2003-04, with no local revenue authority left to raise funds. Superintendent Weseman says they are tapped out as spending tightens across programs, arts, and coaching.
In Calling it Quits the Journal-World examines Kansas education strain. Sunday covers statewide cuts consolidations and closures due to funding, costs and shrinking enrollment. Today focuses on Lawrence schools and how districts must sustain high expectations with fewer resources, a painful ongoing challenge.
Kansas University professor Bill Tuttle examines the 1921 Tulsa Oklahoma race riot, noting its death toll of about 300 over 16 hours and framing it as ethnic cleansing. He compares it to riots 1917 to 1923 and considers museum, memorial, and reparations ideas with Parks Service support and local Tulsa planning.
Insurgents ambushed two U.S. patrols north of Baghdad on Sunday, killing three American soldiers and an Iraqi civilian. Earlier, a roadside bomb attack in Beiji and an attack on a convoy near Samarra left additional casualties, with one soldier and a civilian dead and others wounded. Thick smoke rose as an oil tanker burned.
Lynne Cheney urged states to decide marriage status arguing for states rights while Vice President Cheney backs a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. The Senate began debating the amendment defining marriage as a man and a woman.
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