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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1992
Page
3
Rural residents resist moving to a grid based addressing system that begins at the county southwest corner, using numbered roads and directional letters like 200N to locate homes. Officials say the change improves safety by helping ambulances and police reach scenes quickly, even if it erodes some sense of belonging.
The Lawrence City Band opens summer concerts at South Park with Robert Foster directing KU bands while longtime conductor Bill Kelly sits out. Kelly, who played clarinet since the 1980s and directed the band for 21 years, is honored on a plaque in the park. His work linked to Plymouth Church handbell choirs and KU registrar duties.
A panel of three federal judges ordered a new plan to reapportion Kansas Congressional districts, moving Douglas County from the 3rd to the 2nd. Locally, disappointment arose over the break with the Johnson County Kansas City area and closer ties to Topeka and Manhattan, with many predicting defeat for U S Rep Jim Jeffries by Jim Slattery. On June 2, 1882, the Lawrence Journal noted it would open a clothing and nonperishable item room to aid Wellington and Harper after recent cyclone damage.
President Bush’s campaign contends a late push will follow the party convention after a slow start. He vows not to attack opponents, but faces Perot as a potential threat while juggling domestic recovery and the looming August counteroffensive.
Editor notes a Wall Street Journal commentary arguing population growth is not the driver of warming and that CO2 fears may be overstated. The piece cites studies downplaying climate risks, questions control efforts on third-world birth rates, and praises trade liberalization as a remedy, while criticizing environmental rhetoric.
A reader asks who is shorter Dan Quayle or Murphy Brown and learns Dan Quayle is shorter. The piece notes data loss during computer crashes as ozone damage and jokes about billions of words erased as computers proliferate.
A collage of satirical exchanges and sharp commentary from Art Buchwald touching on politics media and culture. The pieces mock LA riots media figures drug penalties political leaders and public figures while skewering public policy and opinion with brisk wit and provocative angles.
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