Rural dispute over McKee Hixson spurs zoning debate
In Douglas County near Lawrence two neighbors Bruce McKee and Don Hixson clash over an agricultural zoned property. McKee runs a pool and landscaping business drawing trucks and noise while Hixson says zoning law compliance fails to protect his residential life. County officials cite lawful use yet acknowledge oversight. The case flags rural growth tensions and how water meter limits and development controls may shape life outside Lawrence city limits.
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Journal-World
Lawrence
Bruce McKee
Don Hixson
E. 1500 Road
Airport Road
McKee
Hixson
Douglas County
Today in History highlights from 1896 to 1985 events
A collage of dates marks Ford’s 1896 quadricycle test in Detroit, Charles I hostage in 1647, Missouri Territory name change in 1812, Cyprus ceded to Britain in 1878, Sierra Club formation in 1892, Dunkirk evacuation in 1940, Midway 1942, Rome entry 1944, Paris talks 1954, and a 1985 Supreme Court ruling on school prayer. It notes a Tony Awards recap from the prior year.
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Henry Ford
Detroit
Charles I
Louisiana Territory
Missouri
Turkey
Cyprus
Sierra Club
San Francisco
Dunkirk
France
Rome
Joseph Laniel
Bull Loc
Paris
Vietnam
U.S. Supreme Court
Alabama
Terrence McNally
Adopting Politics and the First Lady Card
Mone Charen analyzes Hillary Rodham Clinton's interview remarks on adoption and pregnancy, arguing she frames femininity for political gain. The piece critiques her advocacy, timing before elections, and the record on transracial adoption and the Madison Savings affair.
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John F. Kennedy
Time Magazine
Mrs. Clinton
Hillary Clinton
White House
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Congress
Rodham Clinton
Clinton
Election bitterness for Rabin widow as Netanyahu wins
Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Claude Lewis notes Leah Rabin’s heartbreak after Shimon Peres loses to Benjamin Netanyahu, saying the vote rejects her husband Yitzhak Rabin’s peace approach. The piece cites reactions in Israel, Emotions over Amir’s murder and Netanyahu’s election, and Leah Rabin’s plea amid a tense political climate.
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Leah Rabin
Yitzhak Rabin
Shimon Peres
Peres
Benjamin Netanyahu
Rabin
Israel
Clinton
Whitte House
Yasser Arafat
Netanyahu
Likud
Yigal Amir
Amir
Jerusalem
Loa G
Labor Party
Claude Lewis
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Republicans to rethink missile plan
Washington insiders report House Republicans plan a new push on the Defend America Act of 1996 led by Bob Dole. Sen. Jon Kyl explains missile defense amid a GOP generation gap as Speaker Gingrich urges defense buildup while Clinton counters with research. Estimates vary from 5 to 60 billion.
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Washington
Jon Kyl
R-Ariz
House
Republican Caucus
Newt Gingrich
Bob
Kyl
Gingrich
104Th Congress
Dole
Bob Dole
Clinton
U.S
Dale
Congressional Budget Office
City workers to gain 5 percent cost of living raise
In 1971 city employees were set to receive a five percent cost‑of‑living raise for the coming year. Joe Gutierrez, a Kansas City boy who had been blind for the past two years, was elected governor of the Boys State session at Kansas University.
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Joe Gutierrez
Kansas City
Kansas University
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