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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1994
Page
1
The UN development report notes the United States leads in military spending and murders, rapes, and road accidents among industrialized nations. It cites 150000 reported rapes in 1993, 14 million crimes reported, and 6.5 million threatened with violence, with warnings on poverty and racial disparities.
Lawrence city commissioners move to hire a private consultant for a 35 million downtown redevelopment project bordered by Massachusetts and New Hampshire streets and 11th and 10th streets. The aim is to attract a private developer to inject 31 million and expand retail office and residential space, with decisions on cost, parking, and potential alternate blocks to be set in four to six weeks.
Lawrence suffers a loss of the annual pyrotechnic display as the Jaycees report funds are short for a 1994 show. Doy Merz notes debt from past costs and a lack of donors, with costs ranging 6000 to 12000 dollars. Fire marshal Rich Barr hopes a professional display is funded before permits and tests lapse.
Vice President Gore unveils plan to move millions of low income Americans to electronic benefits transfers by 1999. A national EBT network would deliver welfare, food stamps, Social Security and pensions via a single card, reducing waste and fraud while saving about 195 million annually once fully phased in. nationwide rollout hinges on Regulation E changes and shared liability with states and banks.
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