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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 2004
Page
2
Lawrence city commissioners set priorities for major road projects, aiming to balance development needs with the state’s finances and long term budgeting. The plan outlines which corridors and improvements will be pursued first, guiding funding decisions.
Religious leaders condemned a Sunday assault in France on a young mother misidentified as Jewish. Her hair was cut and swastikas drawn on her abdomen while bystanders offered no aid to her and her infant. Sylvain Zenouda of the International League Against Racism and Anti-Semitism commented on the incident.
An 18 and under feature follows a Lawrence teen who spent a year abroad, exploring cultural clashes and political dynamics between France and the United States. The piece frames personal growth amid international friction and civic perspectives gained abroad.
Lawrence school officials report a $5.1 million spending reduction between 2001-02 and 2003-04 as state aid stagnates and enrollment drops. Superintendent Randy Weseman says the district is tapped out and cannot raise funds, forcing cuts across programs, arts, and coaching.
Kansas University American studies professor Bill Tuttle reexamines the 1921 Tulsa race riot as ethnic cleansing and compares it to Rwanda Sudan and Bosnia while a Parks Service project and Tulsa talks consider a memorial and possible reparations with a proposed museum budget around 26 million dollars.
Insurgents ambushed two U.S. patrols north of Baghdad on Sunday killing three soldiers and an Iraqi civilian. A roadside bombing in Samarra wounded others as a convoy near Beiji faced an attack later in the day. Thick smoke rose after an oil tanker was set ablaze.
Vice President's wife Lynne Cheney says states should decide personal relationship status while President Cheney backs a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage now before the Senate. She told CNN that the amendment debate should preserve state authority.
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