Presidential libraries and railroad retirement taxes traced
The piece traces the birth of presidential libraries starting with Rutherford B. Hayes Center in 1916 and Roosevelt Library opening in 1940, leading to the Presidential Libraries Act fifteen years later. It also explains the Rail Road Retirement Act and how railroad workers secured separate pension and retirement benefits coordinated with Social Security.
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Q. Richard Nixon
California
Rutherford B. Hayes
Fremont
Ohio
Hayes
Webb Cook Hayes
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N.Y
Roosevelt
Congress
Railroad Retirement Board
Journal-World Sound Off Contact Instructions
Residents are advised to call the Journal-World Access line at 865-5000 and choose category 7478 to leave a sound off question. A recording will request the caller to leave their inquiry after the prompt.
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Public hearing planned by Jayhawk aging agency
The Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging Inc will hold a public hearing Monday at 1 30 p m in the Buchanan Center Conference Room Topeka to hear comments on 1995 allocations for elderly service programs. The agency allocates federal funds for nutrition transportation in home legal and other services to seniors aged 60 and older in Jefferson Douglas and Shawnee counties.
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Jayhawk Area Agency On Aging, Inc
Buchanan Center
Buchanan
Topeka
Jayhawk Area Agency On Aging
Jefferson
Douglas
Shawnee
Nonprofit groups run Fourth of July food tent in North Lawrence
Two nonprofit groups raise funds at the Yellow House Fireworks Tent on North Third Street across from Teepee Junction. Community Church of God offers barbecued smoked rib dinners and Haskell Indian Nations University students sell Indian tacos hot dogs and drinks. Tent hours run 6 a.m. to midnight July 24, with entertainment 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. daily. Musicians are local. signups or calls to 842-2785 welcomed. A free fireworks family pack is offered for performers at least one hour. A prize drawing occurs at 6 p.m. July 4. Clinton State Park hosts free programs today including Camping Collisions.
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North Lawrence
Community Church of God
Haskell Indian Nations University
Yellow House
North Third Street
Kaw Motors
Teepee Junction
Summer Nature Programs Begin at Campground 3
Glasgow County Ambulance Service hosts a camping safety and first aid program at 9 a.m. at the playground shelter in Campground 3, followed by a Junior Naturalist session at 11 a.m. on skins and skulls. Tonight at 9, This is for the Birds features Park Naturalist Dena Podrebarac with slides and taxidermy bird specimens.
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Glas County
Dena Podrebarac
Camping Collusions and Local Events At Clinton State Park
Lawrence datebook lists a packed morning at Clinton State Park with Camping Collusions at Campground 3 and a 9 p.m. birds talk by a park naturalist. Other events include blood pressure checks at Baldwin’s Robert’s Drug Store and a Lawrence High School Class of 54 reunion at the Holidome. The Territorial Day Parade in Lecompton and workshops for kids in Old Jefferson Town, Oskaloosa are also scheduled, with a 5 p.m. St John’s Mexican Fiesta and a 9 p.m. mushroom talk at Clinton Lake.
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Robert's Drug Store
Eighth St
Baldwin
Lawrence High School
Lawrence Holidome
McDonald Dr
Ann Conley
Lecompton
Old Jefferson Town
Oskaloosa
St. John’s
St. John the Evangelist Church
Clinton Lake
Bloomington Park
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Lawrence school district vote on computer maintenance staff
Voters are asked if the Lawrence school district should add personnel to handle computer maintenance repair and coordination. To vote call the main J W Access number and enter category 3500 for yes or 3501 for no. Poll results are voluntary and not scientifically accurate.
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Lawrence
Electrical shock injures two workers on rooftop lift boom
Daniel P. Clark 22 of Overland Park and Christopher Koppers 18 of Leawood remained in serious condition at Kansas University Medical Center after the boom of a lift truck struck an overhead power line Thursday morning causing them to fall from the vehicle. Lawrence police and fire crews reported various calls including a false alarm at Chi Omega and a rescue from a roof. In district court, several cases proceeded or were diverted with probation terms or dismissals in aggravated burglary forgery and battery matters, and prosecutors noted diversion terms for multiple defendants.
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Daniel P. Clark
Overland Park
Christopher Koppers
Leawood
Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
Lawrence
Clark
Koppers
Chi Omega Sorority
West Campus Road
Stockade
Ala
N. Michigan
Madio D. Lee
Engel Rd
Lee
Ellsworth Hall
Midge M. Spencer
Harper
Record of Local Sentences and Arrests in Douglas County
Joseph C. Jones Jr. aged 27 of 813 Garfield received a three to five year term for an amended aggravated sexual battery after pleading no contest on May 20. A separate case saw a six month jail term for amended battery. both sentences run consecutively. Roger L. Davis, 22, of 1128 Conn. pled guilty to amended temporary deprivation of property and received 90 days plus two years probation. Pauline A. Ekpo, 38, of 718 W 25th waived a preliminary hearing and faces trial on a felony theft charge for unemployment benefits fraud totaling about 2158 between 1992 and 1993. Arraignment set for July 14 at 9:30 a.m.
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Robert L. Davis
N. Mich
Douglas County Community Corrections Program
Davis
George Court
Joseph C. Jones Jr
Garfield
Jones
Douglas County
Roger L. Davis
Pauline A. Ekpo
W. 25Th
Ekpo
Journal-World News Tip Hotline details
Managing Editor Bob Nordyke provides contact numbers for news tips. Call the Journal-World News Tip Hotline or J-W Access line to leave a story tip.
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Bob Nordyke
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