Lawrenc e teacher salaries under negotiation and city road work ahead
Lawrence teachers seek 13.75 percent raise while the school board offers 4.7 percent as KU faculty expect about 5 percent. The piece argues for fair pay, notes the 8.4 percent rise for the new superintendent, and urges amicable talks. It also urges finishing Ninth Street work before fall KU crowds return and advises patience amid summer road projects.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Education Assn
Kansas University
al Azinger
Ninth Street
Maine
Iowa
Sixth Street
Letters to the editor clashes over crime blame and public trust
In a public forum letter, Robert J. Dunlap questions the Lawrence Police Department's link of a 9 percent crime rise to a single "crack house" and condemns the Journal-World for hog wash. Barbara Jacquez critiques a topic about Leslie Brett and marriage with sardonic notes about progress.
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Lawrence Police Department
The
Journal- World
Leslie Brett
George
Barbara Jacquez
Free
Slattery campaigns in Douglas County after district shift
Jim Slattery, a Topeka Democrat, campaigns in Douglas County for the Kansas 2nd District nomination amid five GOP challengers including Morris Kay. The Lawrence Journal notes the Lawrence Public Library reopening with 6,538 cataloged books, and more than 300 Alcove volumes donated by Gov. Charles Robinson and Amos Lawrence heirs.
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Jim Slattery
Topeka
Kansas
Douglas County
Morris Kay
Lawrence
GOP
The
Lawrence Journal
Lawrence Public Library
Lawrence Alcove
Charles Robinson
Amos Lawrence
Districts overrode winner take all in Florida debate
A column analyzes district by district electoral votes and the potential impact on party politics. It notes Florida could join Maine and Nebraska in awarding electoral votes by congressional district, the possible effects on campaigns, and the risk to the two party system.
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Washington
Maine
Nebraska
Florida
Ross Perot
Carter
Georgia
Marely
Clinton
New York
Nixon
Ford
Omaha
Perot
Bush
House of Representatives
Jesse Jackson
Gun lobby blamed for teen gun deaths and policy harms
In a pointed critique, the piece argues the gun lobby fuels teen gun deaths through cheap weapons and lax control. It cites African American youth fatalities, school incidents, and high firearm production while urging licensing, training, and bans on assault guns to curb violence.
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Heaven
Wall Street Journal
California
Raven
Jennings and
Davis
Miami
New Haven
Conn
Morehouse College
Atlanta
Boston
National Rifle Assn
Dual-use rethink prompts Pentagon funding shift
Washington weighs a shift of defense research to civilian use amid calls to repurpose the military industrial base. The piece argues dual-use technology could repurpose public investment into private gains, while stressing political resistance to changing defense budgets and the risk of unreaped economic security.
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Washington
Russia
Boris Yeltsin
George Bush
United States
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Yeltsin
America
U.S
Department of Energy
Bush Pentagon
Les Aspin
D-Wis
House Armed Services Committee
Bush White House
Pentagon
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