City revises drainage and intersection plans to save trees
Lawrence officials unveiled two revised projects after citizen concerns. A 2.9 million flood plan will reroute pipes to streets avoiding yards, preserving 37 mature trees at no added cost by dropping smaller pipes. At 14th and Massachusetts, left turn lanes and signals replace a widened street, saving parking and residential yards with a 200k budget.
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Lawrence High School
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Lawrence
14Th
Massachusetts
Central Junior High School
Gingrich Faces Slippery Slope Amid House Revolts
Washington segment notes that GOP discord threatens a narrow 228 seat House majority. Gingrich battles backbench and lieutenant defections while calibrating to a conservative base, moderate voters, and the 2000 census reapportionment. Speaker relies on ally Armey amid suspicions of DeLay Boehner Paxon.
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Ohio
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Anonymity as Salvation After Versace Murder
Robert Steinback muses on the burden of fame after Gianni Versace is shot outside his Miami Beach mansion. The piece contrasts ordinary life’s simple joys with the dangers and delusions surrounding celebrity, noting protection, surveillance, and public obsession.
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Versace
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Selena
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Monica Seles
Madonna
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David Letterman
Robert Steinback
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Journal-World postal and circulation notice
Postmaster notice instructs readers to send address changes to Journal-World P O Box 888 Lawrence Kansas 66044 0888 US Periodicals postage paid at Lawrence Kansas. Member affiliations include Audit Bureau of Circulations and Associated Press.
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Lawrence, Kan
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Associated Press
Traffic safety concern over unmarked four way intersections
Elizabeth A. Romano from Atchison Circle voices alarm at Lawrence residential areas lacking traffic signs at most intersections. She cites a public works policy of waiting for complaints or accidents before installing signs, warns of risks to children and pedestrians, and calls for accountability when harm occurs.
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Lawrence
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Journal-World
City of Lawrence
Elizabeth A. Romano
Atchison Circle
Citizens Oppose Annexation With 3700 Names
An organized petition with 3700 signatures challenges the city’s annexation of about 1800 acres including the Kansas Power and Light plant, aiming to trigger a referendum. A July 22, 1897 Lawrence World letter by city councilman F W Read criticizes editorials and praises public works, citing a dispute over city water plans to Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Lawrence World
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