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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1998
Page
7
The Journal-World editorial urges readers to consider farmers when frustrated with lawn and garden care. It notes farmers battle weather, pests and soil challenges, relying on knowledge and perseverance to grow food and sustain communities, deeming farming a noble, demanding vocation.
Fifty years ago D W Griffith died in Los Angeles at 73. In 1886 Steve Brodie claimed a Brooklyn Bridge plunge. In 1952 Egyptian officers led by Nasser toppled King Farouk. In 1984 Vanessa Williams resigned Miss America over nude photos in Penthouse.
Washington Post columnist Jie Hoagland notes Asia's troubles push capital to American equities. He cites Daimler Chrysler’s expansion, Greenspan’s policies, and growing U S regulatory credibility as factors behind a summer rally. He warns the foreign factor brings both strength and vulnerability.
Leonard Pitts argues that conservatives push anti gay ads and claim cures for homosexuality, while portraying gays as a threat to society. He defends the right to live privately and urges tolerance, noting that Americans favor live and let live while questioning religious coercion.
Reader praises a Sunday Journal World photo of C E Sonny Scroggins and corrects the caption with Kansas ties to the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry. The letter notes Island Mound engagement in October 1862, the unit’s Black and former slave composition, and plans for a reenactment group and Capitol mural.
Joseph W. Murray longtime head of the Journal-World news and editorial department until his 1956 retirement suffered critical injuries in a one car accident about 12 miles northwest of Lawrence on Wellman Road.
On July 23 1898 the Lawrence World argues against a four year high school plan saying the proposed study by a committee without accountability would burden high schools while the state funded university deserves respect. It asserts the university would suffer if the new course is adopted and claims teachers push the plan against taxpayers.
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