Editorial voices warn of few candidates in June filing window
Editorial notes only about a week remains until the June 11 filing deadline for November offices including the Douglas County Commission and Kansas House seats. With several incumbents unchallenged and one seat open after Jessie Branson’s retirement, local party leaders struggle to recruit viable candidates. The piece argues democracy needs diverse choices to boost voter participation and accountability.
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Douglas County Commission
Kansas House
County Commission
House
Jessie Branson
Lawrence
Eudora
David Miller
Miller
Retaliation on terrorism urged by presidential commission
A U S presidential commission on terrorism recommends a policy of retaliation against nations backing murder gangs, citing Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie and more than 1,000 deaths from attacks in six countries. The report urges escalating action from political to military against the League of Terror states.
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League of Terror
Lockerbie
Scotland
Syria
Libya
Iran
A.M. Rosenthal
New York Times
U.S. Commission
Rosenthal
United States
Storm damages rise as June 1 assessments loom
Old home town assessments continued for the June 1 storm that drenched the region and caused well over 3 million dollars in damage in the Lawrence and DeSoto areas. Crop loss estimates could push totals higher after rain hail and winds. It was the most severe storm since May 1977 tor nado damage in rural areas. Officials weigh rising costs of a joint telephone system as Douglas County buys a private system and Lawrence city plans to take over the shared system to improve the situation.
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Lawrence
DeSoto
Douglas County
Congress shows its best and worst in pre-vacation rush
Congress displayed skill in passing two major laws the Clean Air Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, renewing social progress for millions, while also indulging parochial politics by adding pork to a foreign aid bill. Lawmakers Dingell Waxman Hoyer Bartlett are highlighted for behind the scenes work, revealing both competence and fiscal failings.
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Congress
Bush
Gorbachev
Senate
House
Capitol
Oval Office
Julie Rovner
Congressional Quarterly
Rep
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Dmd
Education and Labor
Energy and Commerce
Public Works and Transportation
Judiciary
Hoyer
John D. Dingell
D-Mich
Henry A. Waxman
D-Calif
Energy and Commerce Committee
Panama
Nicaragua
Steve Bartlett
R-Tex
Greed Gang
Tiananmen tanks leave stubborn stain
A Beijing correspondent recalls Tiananmen Square a year after the crackdown with stark imagery of tank tracks and bullet holes marring the Avenue of Eternal Peace. The piece contrasts vanished protests with lingering fear as locals seek distractions while the memory of June’s events haunts the city.
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S. Note
Cox Newspapers
Asia
Bob Deans
Tiananmen Square
Beijing
Tiananmen ‘Square
China
Lufkin Man Explains Soviet Economy As Seen From Texas
A visiting New York newsman describes the Soviet system as a series of self sufficiency efforts with a thriving black market. He argues real value exists off the official ruble and compares a Texas town to the ideal of abundance in Russia. The piece ends noting twice as many McDonalds in Texas as in the USSR.
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Texas
New York City
Moscow
Soviet Union
Wall-Mart
Lufkin
Russia
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