Vision 2000 could transform Haskell Junior College fate
Editorials discuss a long range plan by a task force to expand Haskell Indian Junior College beyond a junior college role. Vision 2000 aims to streamline vocational programs, support credits transfer, and initiate baccalaureate degrees in elementary and secondary education, expanding opportunities for Native students and educators.
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Haskell
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Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs
United States
Lawrence
Kennedy statue honors slain president at Massachusetts Statehouse
In Boston, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy unveiled an eight foot bronze statue of John F. Kennedy outside the Massachusetts Statehouse to mark the 73rd anniversary of the former president's birth. The event drew family members and remembered figures who recall Kennedy as a dynamic leader in public service.
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
U.S
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John F. Kennedy
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Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
George Bush
Walter Mondale
John Kennedy
Storms Recall Emergency Director After Heavy Rain
Travis Brann, former Douglas County emergency preparedness director, was recalled when a heavy storm dropped up to six inches of rain, felled trees, damaged power lines, and spawned at least one tornado near Eudora. Six people were injured in storm-related incidents, Brann filled in for acting director Kasberger who was out of town.
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Douglas County
Eudora
Brann
John Kasberger
Lawrence High
Future Farmers of America
Jeff Dillon
Kansas
Scott Schaake
FFA
Postmaster address for change of residence
Postal instruction directs readers to send address changes to the Journal-World in Lawrence Kansas with a P O Box postal address.
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George Melvin
Lawrence
Fred Ellsworth
Kansas University
Howard Engleman
Journal-World
P.O
Kan
Gorbachev Not The Man Of The Future In Moscow Analysis
The 1974 Moscow summit context frames Gorbachev's strategy as leveraging economic weakness and political fragility to bargain with the United States. Boris Yeltsin's rise shifts the landscape, suggesting the Kremlin may resist reform and maintain occupation, making perestroika’s success uncertain amid a battle between reform and entrenched power.
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Baker
Brent Scowcroft
Robert Gates
Baltics
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Russian
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Madison
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Mikhail Sergeyevich
Yeltsin
Jefferson Davis
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Russia
Gorbachev's Hoover visit canceled Stanford debate ends
The Wall Street Journal notes Mikhail Gorbachev canceled a planned Hoover Institution stop at Stanford. A 30 minute chat with scholars replaced the visit, prompting critique of academic politics and the campus stance toward the Hoover think tank and its anti socialist critique.
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Hoover Institution
Hoover
Judy Shelton
Milton Friedman
Gorbachev
Herbert Hoover
Karl Marx
Stanford
Manley
Socialism
Soviet Union
Public Forum Letters Call for More Election Candidates
Readers urge Lawrence voters to demand more candidates for six August primaries. They cite three Kansas House districts with only one or no candidate, warning uncontested elections threaten democracy and praising a Civic Council effort to recruit entrants.
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Lawrence
Soviet Union
Kansas
West Lawrence
Sandy Praeger
South Lawrence
Douglas County
John Solbach
Richard Rodewald
Martha Parker
East Lawrence
Betty Charlton
Topeka
Boris Yeltsins
Kansas Civic Council
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