Bob Snow Profile Highlights Neighborly Kindness
The Journal-World Monday Profile spotlights C. R. Snow for helping two elderly women stay in their home. He checks daily, mows, drives to groceries, assists with medications and banking, and shares garden produce with Babcock Place and Vermont Towers. He derives joy from making others happy and says a little kindness stretches hours of their day.
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C.R
Bob
Snow
Journal-World
Babcock Place
Vermont Towers
Arab summit stirs talk of mass weaponry and wary powers
The Baghdad gathering sparked warnings of weapons of mass destruction should Israel strike back, with Saddam Hussein hinting at Arab and allied groups possessing chemical and nuclear devices. The piece contrasts cautious American views on nuclear war with concerns over rogue actors, leaders, and the fragile balance among major powers.
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Israel
Baghdad
Saddam Hussein
New York Times
CBS News
United States
Soviet Union
Times
Moammar Ghadafy
Idi Amin
Japan
China
Great Britain
Germany
Acting chancellor speculated for Kansas University after Dykes resignation
The Kansas Board of Regents consider Del Shankel as acting chancellor following Ar die Dykes resignation to accept an insurance post in Topeka on Sept 1. Shankel, who left administrative duties last December, may delay sabbatical to serve if needed. Also notes drought and erratic weather hurting Douglas County wheat prospects and a June 5 1890 Lawrence item about a local healer Little.
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del Shankel
Kansas Board of Regents
Archie Dykes
Kansas University
Topeka
Shankel
Douglas County
Deal Six
Lawrence Journal-Tribune
Little
Postmaster instructions for address changes indicate Lawrence Journal-World
The notice directs senders to update addresses by mailing changes to the Journal-World at P O Box 888 Lawrence Kansas 66044 0888. It preserves the historic mailing protocol and specifies the newspaper as the contact point for address updates.
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Journal-World
P.O
Lawrence
Kan
Bush and Gorbachev push ahead after summit
The piece analyzes how Presidents Bush and Gorbachev, previously drawn to conservative critics, now face a shifting world climate. It credits Bush with measured diplomacy at the press conference and urges both leaders to move beyond old reflexes toward deeper Soviet reforms and Western cooperation, while noting internal pressures from Yeltsin and Lithuania and the need to sustain reform momentum.
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Washington
George Bush
Mikhail Gorbachev
United States
Moscow
Bush
Aleksandr Bovin
Izvestia
Gorbachev
Soviet Union
Europe
Germany
Boris Yeltsin
Russian
Yeltsin
Lithuania
Bovin
NATO
Khrushchev
America
Food cuts hit poor families and mothers nationwide
A controversial interview quotes Totie Button urging tighter controls on nutrition subsidies as food prices rise. She argues cuts are necessary due to budget limits and warns that many women and children will face malnutrition while defending the government's stance. The dialogue critiques welfare, fiscal priorities, and the political risks of funding for the poor.
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United States
Totie Button
Congress
Mother Hubbard
Gramm Rudman
Washington
Button
Budapest Memories and Tomatoes Across Texas Roads
A Texas writer recalls Budapest during the Cold War era and the superior flavor of home grown tomatoes. He visits Floyd Yancy of the county agricultural office to learn why fresh field ripened produce tastes distinct from hothouse varieties. The piece muses on chemicals in farming and the idea that nothing added and nothing taken away defines true flavor.
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Angelina County
Texas
Budapest
Floyd Yancy
Floyd
Hungary
Danube
America
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Dallas Dolan
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