Kansas faculty losses show need for higher education funding
The article argues Kansas must raise faculty salaries as three top University of Kansas faculty exit for higher paying posts elsewhere. It warns that Senate debates over funding often treat higher education as a bargaining chip and predicts more defections at KU, KSU, Wichita, Fort Hays, Emporia, and Pittsburg unless grants rise in the 1997 Legislature.
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Lier
Kansas
Kansas Board of Regents
Board of
Regents
Kansas State University
Wichita
Fort Hays State
Emporia
Pittsburg
Notable World Events From 1945 to Recent Times
A timeline of major historical moments including the United Nations charter signing in San Francisco on June 26 1945 and the five language charter text. Also notes Eisenhower and Elizabeth II opening the St Lawrence Seaway in 1959 Kennedy’s West Berlin visit in 1963 and his Ich bin ein Berliner remark. It recalls Ireland’s 1990s divorce referendum result and Hosni Mubarak’s assassination attempt in Ethiopia a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
San Francisco
Atlantic City
Eisenhower
Britain
St. Lawrence Seaway
Kennedy
West Berlin
Ireland
Hosni Mubarak
Ethiopia
Mayors face shared burden as cities lose population
David Broder notes at the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting that cities are shrinking while suburbs gain. He highlights leaders like Cisneros urging metropolitan solutions, cites the urban suburban split, and details Omaha and Douglas County merger pushes amid tight budgets and devolution pressures.
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Cleveland
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Housing and Urban Development
Henry Cisneros
Joe Riley
Charleston
Victor Ashe
Knoxville
Deedee Corradini
Salt Lake City
Willie Brown
San Francisco
Mike White
Philadelphia
Ed Rendell
United States
Boondocks
Cisneros
David Rusk
Kenneth Jackson
Indianapolis
Steve Goldsmith
Republican Congress
Hal Daub
Congress
Omaha
Daub
Douglas County
Washington
David Broder
Washington Post Writers Group
Moral stance divide in Dole abortion plank debate
Mona Charen critiques the Republican abortion plank as a moral issue arguing that tolerance language should not be embedded in its core stance. She contrasts fixed moral principles with pragmatic political edits and warns against relativism in party platforms. The piece cites The Human Life Review and Rabbi Immanuel Jakobovits on conscience and moral judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Dole
Sen. Dole
Pat Buchanan
Ann Stone
Sen
Dale
Dole
Republican Party
The
Human Life Review
Immanuel Jakobovits
United Kingdom
Mona Charen
Creators Syndicate
Periodicals Postage Payment Note and Memberships
A standard masthead line states periodicals postage paid at Lawrence Kansas. It also notes membership in the Audit Bureau of Circulations and the Associated Press, indicating official affiliations for the publication.
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Lawrence
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Public Forum Letter Defends Haskell Views in SLT Debate
Jean Alice Dill of 3213 West 25th protests Dolph Simons Jr in a Public Forum letter about the South Lawrence Trafficway dispute. She argues for fair debate, notes criticisms of Simons, and urges upfront planning. Journal-World invites concise letters under 350 words with contact details.
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Dolph Simons, Jr
United States
South Lawrence
Haskell Indian Nations University
Simons
Haskell
Lawrence
Jean Alice Dill
Letters Polic
Journal-World
Ijworld.com
Reward Fund grows amid major crime cases in Douglas County
More than 5100 dollars have accumulated in the Douglas County Reward Fund for information leading to arrests and convictions in major crimes such as the Kansas Union fire and the Summerfield Hall bombing over the past year. No suspects have been named in either case. In Kansas City, the Kansas University Medical Center moved to a newer, superior facility. The Lawrence Journal from June 26, 1896, reports fire department drills and a training horse, with quick hitching times and praise for the young horse now in service.
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Douglas County Reward Fund
Kansas Union
Summerfield Hall
Lawrence Journal
Fire Department
Watkins Community Museum
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Kansas University
OS Rwetten
Dolph Simons Sr
the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire
Tetall
Kansas City
Journal-Workp
Bill Snead
Roger Verdon
John Taylor
Ann Gardner
Tom Fisher
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Ralph Gage
Julie Bechtel
Dolph Simons III
Dan Simons
New Ventures
Donna Wiley
Dallas Dolan
W.C. Simons
Ublic Forum
Cal
Kansas University Medical Center
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