Gorbachev heads for home after San Francisco visit
Mikhail Gorbachev wrapped up a five day U.S. trip with a major San Francisco speech promising faster ruble dollar exchange and bureaucratic reform. He urged security alliances that unite rather than divide and called for joint nuclear disarmament efforts. Crowds cheered while protesters from Armenia to Eritrea pressed near police lines.
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Mayor eyes eastern parkway plan for Lawrence
Lawrence city and county leaders weigh criteria for an Eastern Parkway linking downtown to Highway 10 near East Hills Business Park. Mayor Shirley Martin-Smith pushes step by step approval and a corridor study while County Commissioners request city action first and withhold county inputs. City meeting adjourns to 6:35 p.m. at city hall as two criteria sets from Martin-Smith and Walters await review.
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Lawrence City Commission
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Eastern Parkway Task Force
Lawrence
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Mike Amyx
Bob Walters
City Hall
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Massachusetts
LMH staff survey shows morale concerns and wage worries
Lawrence Memorial Hospital staff survey yielded 294 responses from about 600 employees with a 46 percent return rate. Donna Brewer noted surprising positives about supervisor and administration questions but disappointment in department morale and wage competitiveness. Meetings planned to discuss results and potential improvements.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Donna Brewer
Brewer
Soviet to withdraw 1,500 warheads from Central Europe
The Soviet Union announced plans to pull back 1,500 nuclear warheads and other tactical short-range nuclear weapons from Central Europe by year end. Rain potential tonight with a steamy day ahead. Wednesday forecast partly cloudy with a high of 82.
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Soviet Union
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Agencies seek new 911 service upgrade in Douglas County
Douglas County and Lawrence city officials heard a joint plan to replace the basic 911 system with enhanced 911. The upgrade would auto display caller number and location at the dispatch center, speeding responses and extending service to Baldwin and surrounding areas.
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Lawrence
Lawrence-Douglas County
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Lawrence Police and Fire Departments
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Ron Olin
Olin
Baldwin
Court ruling unlikely to alter district policy on use of facilities
Lawrence school officials said Monday's Supreme Court decision likely will not affect district policy on allowing student religious clubs to use public school facilities. The court, by an 8-1 vote, held that a 1984 federal law enabling religious clubs in public schools does not violate church state separation, overruling an Omaha high school’s refusal to approve a Bible club on campus.
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Omaha
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Americans give charity up 10 percent in 1989
New York AP Americans donated $114.7 billion to charity in 1989, up 10.43 percent from 1988 after inflation. About 47.4 percent went to religious groups and social services. individual gifts reached $96.43 billion, foundations $6.7 billion, bequests $6.57 billion, and corporations $5 billion.
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Aafrc Trust For Philanthropy
American Association of Fund-Raising Counsel
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