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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1993
Page
3
Editorial cautions East Lawrence Improvement Assn threats may be a form of blackmail as planners work on a land use plan for the Eastern Parkway linking Kansas Highway 10 to downtown. ELIA demands 18 criteria and threatens opposition before a formal plan review next month.
City officials fear further hazards after a north end Massachusetts Street bridge hole was discovered June 3. Only a 9 inch concrete layer protected motorists from a gaping void that could swallow a dozen trash trucks. The city approved 102000 dollars for outside contractor repairs and expects crews can progress, but lingering doubts remain about future infrastructure risks and cost containment.
Area health plans eye HMOs with Kansas University as major player in county rounds of approval. In other news, 94 year old Harry Puckett was found dead at 1100 Del in what investigators call a homicide. Territorial Days in Lecompton recall pro slavery abolitionist clashes, while James Logan urges troop withdrawal at a Hotel Eldridge dinner. Public pool funds of about 98000 looked likely to receive state backing, and Ruby Lee Biggs Hausherr with Bernard Hausherr gain Kansas Bar licensure as a husband wife team. Kansas University coach Bill Easton continues his summer youth camp at Ely Minnesota with Ada Easton.
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The piece argues immigration strengthens the nation despite fears and costs. It contrasts U S responses to Chinese and Haitian arrivals, noting Coast Guard returns of Haitians and a Supreme Court upheld policy. It cites 800,000 annual entrants, 3 million living illegally, 90,000 to 100,000 seeking asylum yearly, and calls for balancing compassion with policy.
In a Waco tale an unnamed writer claims a Clinton brother link after reading a Washington Post piece about a unknown Clinton brother. He traces possible family ties across Dallas Sherman and Madill Oklahoma and cites birth dates marriages and name changes to argue a sibling connection to President Clinton.
No, I am not being tortured by terrorists. I am adjusting to a new personal computer from the mid-80s to a powerful 903 model. The column humorously chronicles memory limits, jargon like RAM and DOS, and a stubborn machine that barks syntax error.
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