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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1996
Page
9
Organizers of the Sunflower State Games drew more than 7 600 athletes and an estimated 15 000 visitors to Lawrence over two weekends, injecting 1 ½ to 2 million dollars into the local economy and showcasing KU. Community support could help extend the event beyond 1998 and sustain Lawrence as the games grow.
In the wake of the TWaA Flight 800 disaster off Long Island, relatives demand quicker recovery of victims as divers work in a dangerous ocean search. The piece stresses the immense challenge of locating bodies, wreckage, and evidence across hundreds of miles of sea, urging appreciation for responders' efforts.
Brief chronology notes Truman helped dedicate Idlewild Field later JFK Airport in 1948. Also marks Loyola death in Rome 1556, Lafayette promoted to major general in 1777, Andrew Johnson death in 1875, Taft death in 1953, and Ranger 7 moon images in 1964.
Published daily by the World Company at Sixth and New Hampshire streets in Lawrence Kansas the notice lists subscription rates by carrier motor mail and area and provides staff roles including editor publisher and managers with a post office box for address changes and postal affiliations.
Joanne Jacobs notes a three year survey of 20,000 Wisconsin and California high school students showing a shift from academics to drug and social priorities. Disengagement rises as parents retreat, schools lower standards, and work hours correlate with lower grades, while peer culture and lack of effort undermine learning.
Rear Adm. James W. Nance left retirement to work for free for Sen. Jesse Helms but found Congress paid in salary. He rose from $1,530 yearly minimum to $204 weekly after pay hikes, then faced the new $5.10 federal minimum. Nance stayed as Helms’ trusted chief of staff, joking he would be “eating at McDonald’s” with the raise.
Kent Comfort urges creation of a teen oriented nighttime facility in Lawrence. He calls for cooperation between municipal agencies and private enterprise, youth input, and research to gauge community interest. He offers to help and notes the lack of such a space locally.
In 1971 the Governor's Committee on Criminal Administration backed Gov Robert Docking's request for 25000 in federal aid to aid Atty Gen Vern Miller's crackdown on drug traffic. Miller's Raiders had made hundreds of arrests after a Feb 26 kickoff in Lawrence. The Crime Alert number 843-8647 urged citizen help, but usage remained light. A 24 unit Virginia Inn Motel project rises on a four acre tract on Highway 40 with Robertson and Erickson as architects and Orville Edmonds as contractor. KU star Bill Nieder joins Provident Mutual Insurance as agent. A 1896 Lawrence World note quotes bankers on gold demand.
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