Lawrence road work ends slowly amid growing needs
Editorial notes Lawrence, Kansas, road construction season with closed intersections and long traffic delays. Despite some projects nearing completion, unmet street maintenance tops city needs with an estimated 19.8 million dollars required. a further one million is proposed, but critics call it insufficient. The Seventh and Kentucky intersection gains a traffic light and safer mailbox access, while heat aids progress, patience remains essential as drivers endure slow zones and detours.
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Jeff Foxworthy
Old Home Town Delays Clinton Parkway Openings and Draft Registration Controversies
The Clinton Parkway opening is delayed for final inspections amid traffic tickets issued to violators. In 1980 Lawrence men born in 1960 and 1961 face selective service registration starting July 21, amid local opposition to draft obligations with no active system. The 1965 Kansas University Naismith Hall dormitory permit, built by Allen Bros. and O'Hara with Northwestern Mutual Life financing, stands as a major city permit.
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Standard
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Billboards and Bills on Viagra Style Drug Ads
Ellen Goodman argues Medicare and Medicaid should not cover erectile dysfunction drugs as lifestyle enhancements. She notes shifts in ad campaigns from disease treatment to pleasure, questions where life saving ends and lifestyle begins, and recalls Viagra’s early campaign with Bob Dole. She warns against rationing framed as desire, discusses costs of future cancer drugs, and calls for clear health care priorities.
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Art Caplan
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Judith Miller, Plame Case, and media watchdog role
Leonard Pitts Jr argues Miller’s imprisonment highlights press duties to protect sources and seek truth amid political retaliation. He defends civil disobedience while urging federal source protection laws and notes troubling White House conduct in the Plame affair and Rove emails. He concludes that despite flaws, press freedom remains essential to accountability.
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