Regents Unite to Form New Kansas Board of Regents
The Kansas Legislature confirmed eight appointees to the revamped Kansas Board of Regents led by Gov. Bill Graves. The group includes five Republicans and four Democrats with a mix of educators and former legislators, aiming to unify supervision of state universities Washburn University community colleges and vocational schools under a single board. The board faces divided duties—three for universities three for community and vocational schools and three for coordination—while pursuing a cohesive higher education system that supports students and state industry.
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Tim Emert
Kansas Board of Regents
Emert
Washburn University
Regents
Kansas
Regents Board
Stephen Clark
Wichita
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Bill Graves
Graves
Bill Docking
Docking
Clay Blair
Harry Craig
Kansas University
Jack Wempe
Sylvia Robinson
Mission Hills
Dodge City
Fred Kerr
Jack Wemper
Berlin Airlift Began After 1948 Route Blockade
June 24 1948 marked the Communist blockade of West Germany and West Berlin prompting Western allies to mount the Berlin Airlift. Other historical notes include Bruce’s 1314 Scottish victory at Bannockburn, Cabot’s 1497 North American sighting, Henry VIII’s 1509 coronation, and Jackie Gleason’s 1987 death in Fort Lauderdale at 71.
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West Germany
West Berlin
Berlin
Scotland
Robert Bruce
Bannockburn
John Cabot
Canada
North America
Henry Will
England
Jackie Gleason
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Postmaster notice on address changes for Journal-World
The notice instructs readers to send address changes to the Journal-World at P O Box 888 Lawrence Kansas 66044 0888. It directs subscribers to update contact details with the newspaper for future mailings.
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Journal-World
P.O. Hox
Lawrence
Kan
Quayle challenges Bush in New Hampshire race
David Shribman argues that Quayle’s insurgent bid exposes a GOP split level race in New Hampshire. He notes Quayle appeals to religious conservatives and tax cutters while Bush dominates Establishment voters, signaling a broader shift in the modern Republican Party and the 2000 nomination dynamics.
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Concorp
N.H
Dan Quayle
U.S. House of Representatives
Indiana
Quayle
New Hampshire
Texas
George W. Bush
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Robert Frost
Bush
North Country
Barry Goldwater
Benjamin Champney
White Mountains
Red Cross
Elizabeth H. Dole
John McCain
Arizona
Lamar Alexander
Tennessee
John R. Kasich
Ohio
Steve Forbes
Bob Smith
Gary Bauer
Patrick J. Buchanan
Manchester
Ing
GOP
Gerald R. Ford
Ronald Reagan
House
Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Concord Law
Goldwater
Huntington High School
Gov. Bush
Richard Nixon
Ford
George Bush
Bob Dole
Centur
David Shribman
Boston Globe
Sprewell the bad boy image fuels a marketing surge
Latrell Sprewell drives the Knicks toward the Finals while transforming into a national sensation for And 1, whose ads valorize his thug persona. The piece notes sales soar to 120 million as marketers embrace the controversial star, likening the trend to a Dennis Rodman effect and critiquing a culture that monetizes defiance and street style.
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New York
New York Knicks
Latrell Sprewell
New York Press Corps
Sprewell
Andy
Sacramento
Carlesimo
Seth Berger
America
Horatio Alger
Dennis Rodman
Socie
Herbert London
John M. Olin
New York University
Hudson Institute
Rebuttal Letters Cite Care Quality and ABA History
A reader praises Cooper's Home Care and questions KDHE fines on a Lawrence facility, arguing smaller homes provide better care and noting discrepancies in state assessments. Another letter explains how behavior modification evolved into applied behavior analysis, urging data before funding or praise.
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KDHE
Lawrence Care
Cooper's
Lillian Cooper
Cooper
Paradise
Edward Morris
Correction to a Public Forum letter on evolution
A typing error truncated a sentence in John V. Watkins letter in Public Forum. The missing line should read that despite Darwin's hypothesis, hundreds of years later no one has observed replicated or measured upward species-mutation, which evolution purports to describe.
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John V. Watkins
Public Forum
Old Home Town Wins Top Spots at 1959 Lawrence Golf
Paul Carlson and John Hanna topped the Lawrence Jaycee Golf Tournament at Lawrence Country Club in 1959, two prolific local winners. The Lawrence Journal of June 24 1899 featured a column Would Help the Town with sections urging weed cutting, thrift, cleaner streets, improved conversation, painting and park upkeep, and civic pride. Courtesy Watkins Community Museum.
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Paul Carlson
John Hanna
Lawrence
Lawrence Journal
Watkins Community Museum
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Dolph C. Simons Jr
Ralph Gage
Dolph Simons Jii
Dan Simons
New Ventures
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H.R
Tom Hornbaker
Dallas Dolan
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Audit Bureau of Circulations
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