Garden Tour Highlights Community's Creative Landscaping
The Mary Ann Dickinson Memorial Garden Tour showcased nine Lawrence area locations under guidance of the Douglas County Minister Gardeners. Visitors saw diverse, nontraditional layouts from Carol and Dan Abrahamson on Lawrence Avenue to the Sims, Taylor, Eck, Greene, Cummins, Medina, and Touhy homes, celebrating dedication, imagination, and community spirit. The event honored the late gardener Mrs. Dickinson and illustrated how residents brighten corners with love, labor, and ingenuity.
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Lepandiied
Mary Ann Dickinson
Douglas County
Dickinson
Lawrence Avenue
Carol
Dan Abrahamson
Schwarz Road
Sumset Hill School
Glazer Ward
Centennial Drive
Jennifer
Bill Sims
Mark Taylor
Rick Cummins
Broadview
Medinas
Touhys
Coormers
Lawrence
Notable milestone anniversaries from 1939 to 1994
June 12 1939 saw the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum dedication in Cooperstown New York marking the 100th anniversary of Abner Doubleday’s revered role. Medgar Evers was fatally shot in Jackson Mississippi in 1963. In 1967 the Supreme Court invalidated state bans on interracial marriage. Tricia Nixon and Edward Cox wed in 1971 at the White House Rose Garden. In 1979 Bryan Allen piloted the Gossamer Albatross across the English Channel. Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were killed outside her Los Angeles home in 1994. OJ Simpson was later found liable in a civil action.
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National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Cooperstown
N.Y
Abner Doubleday
Medgar Evers
Jackson
Miss
Supreme Court
Tricia Nixon
Edward F. Cox
White House
War would end the Great Sex Purge of 1997
Washington columnist Sandy Grady argues that war would silence the sexual purity crusade in the military by treating personnel as killers on the battlefield rather than saints. He cites the Ralston and Flinn cases, calls the era a sexual McCarthyism, and calls for amnesty for adulterers while urging limited punishment for abuses of power. Grady notes Gina Carter and Joe McCarthy’s echoes while urging Cohen panels to set clear rules.
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Washington
Dwight Eisenhower
Europe
Normandy Beach
Lst
U.S
Defense
William Cohen
Bedlam
Air Force
Joseph Ralston
Pentagon
Ralston
CIA
Cohen
Joe Ralston
Laos
Vietnam
Gen. Ralston
Kelly Flinn
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Flinn
Pago-Pago
Aberdeen
Senate
House
Jane Harmon
D-Calif
Gen
Capitol Hill
Bill Clinton
John Longhouser
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Gen. Blank
Hong Kong
Kenneth Bacon
Jimmy Carter
Joe McCarthy
McCarthy
Sandy Grady
Philadelphia Daily News
TV monitors forget their own childhoods
Robert Reno critiques lawmakers push for stricter TV ratings led by Sen. John McCain. He argues parental supervision is unrealistic in modern households and that banning content spurs kids to seek it elsewhere. The piece contends adults overstate the need to “protect” children, urging a broader view of how youth grow up today.
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America
John McCain
R-Ariz
Commerce Comittee
McCain
Commerce Committee
Amerca
Ozzie and
Harriet
Journal-World staff and mailing details list
The notice lists staff roles including Bill Snead Deputy Editor Roger Verdon News Editor John Taylor Editorial Page Editor Ann Gardner and Tor Fisher Advertising Manager as part of the Journal-World. It also provides Postmaster address for address changes, a P.O. Box in Lawrence Kansas, and notes USPS periodicals postage and AP and ABC membership.
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Bill Snead
Roger Verdon
John Taylor
Ann Gardner
Tor Fisher
Advertisine
Nmariuiger
Journal-World
P.O
Lawrence
Kan
Scare tactics in letters on free speech and reform
Paul Fairchild argues against George Will on campaign finance reform and Maine's Clean Election Act. He condemns soft money as corrupting democracy, urges adoption of Maine style limits, and invites Kansas and Congress to follow Maine's example, while outlining Journal-World letters submission guidelines.
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George Will
Will
Congress
Maine
Kansas
Paul Fairchild
Ohio
Brick scavengers disrupt downtown bricks project
Downtown streets are torn up for an improvement scheme, with blockades set to deter brick theft. Despite controls, bricks earmarked for new works are still being taken as talks of rain bring slight relief from the heat. Simon Hurwitz, former Lawrence leader, surprised attendees by offering ice cream bars for National Dairy Week during a city meeting.
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Simon Hurwitz
Lawrence
Commission
Hurwitz
Lawrence Sanitary Milk and Ice Cream Co
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Newspay
Dolph Simons Sr
the World Company
Sixth Ands
New Hampshire
Kansas City
United States
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Ralph Gage
Julie Bechtel
Dolph Simons III
Dan Simons
New Ventures
Donna Wiley
Dallas Dolan
W.C. Simons
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Ljworld.com
Lawrence Journal
Watkins Community Museum
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