Deacon Drums Sudan Atrocities To Local Audiences
Lawrence resident and First Presbyterian deacon Bobbie Frances McDonald tells how her July trip to Sudan exposed her to brutal civil war horrors. The retired nurse urges Americans to pressure leaders and watch investments to avoid fueling southern Sudanese suffering amid the two-decade conflict that has killed millions and fed slave trade and forced conscription.
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Lawrence
Bobbie Frances McDonald
First Presbyterian Church
McDonald
U.S
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Shoe cartoonist Jeff MacNelly dies at 52
Chicago Tribune editorial cartoonist Jeff MacNelly creator of Shoe dies of lymphoma at Johns Hopkins Hospital after a 30 year career. The renowned illustrator earned broad respect for his wit and vivid caricatures.
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Jeff MacNelly
The
Chicago Tribune
Sores “Shoe
Johns
Fragmentary line hints at health warning on women
A fragment from page 4A mentions breast cancer warning and timing of illness. The garbled text references a discussion on women and time bombs, suggesting a cautionary health advisory about cancer risk and early detection.
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Early wheat harvest disappoints county farmers
Pat Ross began cutting his 250 acres of wheat on Thursday and expressed frustration over expected losses from this year’s crop. Mank FAGAN DURNAL-WOrLD Business Epiron.
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Pat Ross
Mank Fagan
Durnal
World Business
Wheat harvest comes early as prices bite Douglas County
In Douglas County, Nunemaker-Ross Farms faces a tough wheat year as grain trades at 2.61 per bushel at North Lawrence elevator. Owner Pat Ross expects about 10,000 bushels from 250 acres, earning roughly 26,000 while breakeven requires about 50,000. He sees hardship from a mild winter and dry spring, plans to plant soybeans next.
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Journal-World Photo
Kent Nunemaker
Doug Geist
Lawrence Municipal
Nunemaker
Douglas County
Pat Ross
North Lawrence
Nunemaker-Ross Farms
Ross
Veris
Century forecast: hot humid world with rising seas
Washington AP reports a late 21st century climate assessment projecting rivers and wetlands vanish, alpine meadows fade, coasts erode, and cities endure heat and humidity. Sea levels rise, ecosystems shift north, and Great Lakes evaporation worsens. Some regions gain timber while health and infrastructure face adaptation needs.
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U.S
America
Congress
Associated Press
Barthwarming
Rocky Mountains
Great Lakes
Study points to AIDS origin in early 1930s Africa
A Science study traces HIV origin to a simian virus in southwest Africa between 1915 and 1941, most likely 1931, with HIV1 arising from chimpanzee SIV. Researchers say virus spread worldwide after Africa’s isolation ended and jet travel, urbanization, and sexual revolution accelerated transmission.
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Africa
Tanmoy Bhattachary
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos
Science
Bhattachary
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