Centennial Park Vision Guided Early Lawrence Growth
In the mid-1950s Lawrence planners eyed Centennial Park as a green refuge beyond the wilderness west of Sunset Hill. Public opposition blocked grand recreation plans, but donations and centennial funds helped acquire land around Lawrence’s 1954 celebration. By 1952 facilities opened, and the piece urges future leaders to preserve greenspace while valuing Centennial Park’s history and vision for continued growth.
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Sit
Fowasyas
Cietarre
Lawrence
Ninth Street
Ling Ram
Schwitze Road
Sunset Hill School
Focal Drcamers
Hyaf
Centennial Park
Haat
Notable historical firsts and disasters from selected years
A compact chronicle lists events such as the Andrea Doria sinking after collision in 1956 with five deaths off New England, Henry’s 1593 conversion to Catholicism, Grant named General of the Army in 1866, Wyoming Territory act in 1868, Bleriot’s 1909 Channel crossing, the 946 atomic test at Bikini Atoll, Louise Brown’s 1978 birth via IVF, and Savitskaya’s 1984 spacewalk.
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Andrea Doria
Stockholm
New England
France
Henry
Ulysses
Grant
Congress
Wyoming Territory
Louis Bleriot
English Channel
Washington ponders new ways to spend money in a surging deficit era
David Shribman reports that as deficits shrink and a potential surplus looms Washington policy makers debate new spending programs. infrastructure upgrades bridges and water systems loom large while health care education tax credits and targeted scholarships rise as key proposals. powerful think tanks and lawmakers weigh costs and benefits in a shift from tight controls to renewed public investment.
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Washington
Jere Faux
Liberal Oriented
Economic Policy Institute
Progressive Policy Institute
Heid State
George Bush
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
Capitol Hill
Edward M. Kennedy
National Institutes of Health
Princeton
Kennedy Center
Habitat For Humanity
Salvation Army
Jeffrey Eisenach
Progress and Freedom Foundation
General Accounting Office
Clinton
White House
Willian Galston
Medicare fraud scrutiny rises amid audit findings
Columnists Jack Anderson and Ian Moller note June Gibbs Brow's comprehensive Medicare audit confirming long standing fraud and abuse concerns. They argue political will blocks real recovery, citing a $23 billion annual loss, minimal recoupment chances, and cuts to safeguards despite rising program costs. Entities include Medicare, HHS, GAO, and lawmakers like Biden.
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June Gibbs Brow
Brown
Hill Thomas
Calif
Homtas
Biden
Congress
General Accounting Office
Medicare
HHS
GAO
Jack Anderson
Ian Moller
United Feature Syndicate
Journal-World masthead and staff roles 1871 1952
The document lists the Lawrence Journal-World personnel including Dolph C Simons Jr as editor and publisher Ralph Gage as general manager Julie Bechtel circulation manager Dolph Simons Hl and Dan Simons as operations manager Donna Wiley New Ventures Dallas Dolan controller and W C Simons as prostiction manager with dates 1871 to 1952. It notes postmaster address changes to Journal-World box 888 Lawrence Kansas 66044 0886 and that the paper is USPS 306 520. It also states membership in the Audit Bureau of Circulations and the Associated Press.
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Brown
Congress
Joseph Br, Widen Jr, O-Del
Nee Tens Dolph C. Simonsr
Ralph Gage
Julie Bechtel
Dolph Simons Hl
Dan Simons
New Ventures
Donna Wiley
Dallas Dolan
Journal-World
B.C
Lawrence
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Crosswalk safety plea to city officials in Lawrence
D Wayne Parkinson urges Lawrence city commissioners to use a $47 500 repaint budget to restore crosswalks at key intersections including New York Ninth and New Jersey Ninth and New York and 19th and Indiana near Lawrence High School. He cites missing sidewalks at Sixth and Iown and lingering white lines at Allied Signal entrance, demanding action before summer ends.
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Lawrence
New York
Ninth
New Jersey
19Th
Indiana
Lawrence High School
Sixth and
Iown
Sixth
Haskell
Kansas
D. Wayne Parkinson
Bryce CL
Lawrence considers 1778 acre annexation plan in special election
In 1972 the Lawrence City Commission leaned toward a special election on a proposed annexation of 1 780 acres northwest of the city. In 1987 Kansas University named R C Sapp Francis Prosser Jr and William R Weight as the new assistant professors of physics for the coming fall.
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Lawrence City Commission
R.C. Sapp
Francis Prosser Jr
William R. Weight
Kansas University
Read Defends Dumping Ground Location in Lawrence Letter
On July 25 1897 Lawrence World reprints a letter by E W Read a city councilman and chair of the city property committee. Read disputes the paper's claim of a depot front dump noting the actual chute to dump garbage into the river lies about 800 feet east and 600 feet north of the passenger depot near the sewer outlet and old railroad bridge calling such guessing harmful to Lawrence and other cities.
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Lawrence World
E W. Read
Read
Santa Fe
Lawrence
Watkins Community Museum
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Doughty County
Fetad Tage
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Karna City
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United States
Bill Snead
Roger Verdon
Murtaxing
John Taylor
Ann Gardner
Pye
Yom Fisher
Advereising Malayer
W.C. Simons
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