Editorial on Beijing protests and Chinese government crisis
An editorial argues that the Saturday killings of protesters in Beijing mark a strategic error for the Communist Party. It notes rising sympathy for the protesters, military rifts, and public anger, suggesting the regime may need to concede to students' nonviolent demands to avoid further violence and international outrage.
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Beijing
Communist Party
China
Nazi Germany
Ayatollah Khomeini
Iran
New York City fights to include all in 1990 census
New York City wins an initial legal battle to force adjustments to the 1990 census to count residents missed in headcounts. The suit, backed by Lawrence and Manhattan, seeks federal funds and representation based on accurate figures, with trial expected later in summer.
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Kansas
Lawrence
Manhattan
New York City
New York
Federal District Court
Brooklyn
Commerce Department
Census Bureau
Retirement honor for Douglas County Democratic chair Frank McDonald
More than 175 residents gathered to honor Frank McDonald on his retirement as Douglas County Democratic chair. The article notes no set guidelines for selecting a successor to Harold Horn as Lawrence city manager. It also recounts a June 6 1889 report from the Lawrence Journal about University commencement, Fraser Hall, 9 30 a.m. chapel services and subsequent processions.
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Frank McDonald
Douglas County
Harold Horn
Lawrence
Lawrence Journal
University
Fraser Hall
Will for freedom fights totalitarians
An era of unprecedented upheaval unfolds from the Danube to the China Sea as great ideas clash and regimes are shaken. Orwell’s warning of eternal oppression echoes the contention, with stark choices shaping mankind’s future and the fate of liberty.
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Washington
Danube
China Sea
Orwell
Totalitarianism and Tiananmen compared across time
George Will argues that totalitarianism stems from historicism and state control of information. He traces Plato, Hannah Arendt, and 20th century events from Budapest to Tiananmen Square, noting leaders emerged in neither movement and praising unconstrained citizen will as decisive.
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Tiananmen Square
Hannah Arendt
Europe
Budapest
Arendt
Final salute honors Pepper patriotism
Claude Pepper, long vilified as a Communist sympathizer in McCarthy era politics, receives a majestic posthumous tribute in Tallahassee. He led lend-lease with Roosevelt, shaping World War II aid to Britain, and was later remembered for civil rights advocacy and support for seniors. A state funeral featured a 21-gun salute, a flyover, and taps as his casket was interred beside Mildred in Oakland Cemetery.
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Claude Pepper
Air Force
Sen. Pepper
Ralph McGill
Atlanta
Pepper
Mildred
Oakland Cemetery
U.S. Capitol
Europe
Nazi Germany
Franklin Roosevelt
Sen
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Great Britain
Pinko
Josef Stalin
Moscow
Washington
Miami
Deceptive Tale Explains Semiautomatic Guns for Deer Sport
A humorous fable depicts Bambi and woodland creatures clashing with hunters over gun rights and semiautomatic rifles. It suggests the president’s stance on assault weapons would keep deer hunters armed, altering forest danger and hunter confidence.
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Bambi
Bully
National Gun Lovers Society
Charlton Heston
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