Lawrence Firefighters Show Regional Cooperation in Big Downtown Blaze
Lawrence firefighters battled a major downtown fire for three hours with aid from Lenexa and Overland Park units. The incident demonstrated the value of modern equipment water pressure and cross‑city cooperation to contain the flames and limit damage. Appreciation was extended to all contributing departments and utility workers for maintaining water supply and supporting the response.
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Lins Lawrence Fire Department
Lawrence
Lenexa
Overland Park
Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping and Key Historical Dates
On March 1 1932 the infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh was kidnapped from the family home near Hopewell New Jersey. Remains later identified as the baby were found in May. The note lists historic milestones including the 1781 Continental Congress adopting the Articles of Confederation 1790 Congress authorized the first US Constitution under the new framework and 1867 Nebraska became the 37th state.
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Charles
Anne Lindbergh
Hopewell
N.J
Congress
Nebraska
Sleepover Scandal Deepens Clinton White House Portrait
Ellen Goodman notes in The Boston Globe that the Clinton White House hosted 938 guests in 1,460 days, including 35 relatives and 72 Chelsea friends. The column lampoons the nonstop social life, cost, ethics, and privacy issues of a presidency lived largely away from solitude.
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Boston
Chelsea
Lincoln
Abe
White House
Motel 1600
Nixon
Beltway
Orlando
Barbra Streisand
Gawd
Maine
Roosevelts
Fdr
Eleanor
Bill
Arkansas
Hollywood
Wall Street
Hillary
Clintons
Ellen Goodman
The
Boston Globe
Campaign finance reform hinges on full Senate probe
Mark Shields argues that both parties block a thorough investigation of campaign financing. He credits Sen. Fred Thompson with the drive to overhaul funding and insists leaders must fund and empower Thompson’s committee to expose federal support patterns for presidential and congressional campaigns.
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U.S. Senate
Senate
Trent Lott
Mississippi
Tom Daschle
South Dakota
Capitol Hill
Washington
Senate Rules Committee
Fred D. Thompson
Tennessee
Rick Santorum
R-Pa
Thompson Committee
The
Washington Post
Helen Dewar
Thad Cochran
Fred Thompson
Tennessee Republican
Thompson
Howard Baker
Mark Shields
Creators Syndicate
Journal-World Postal and Editorial Staff List
The notice lists personnel including Bill Snead deputy editor Roger Verdon managing editor John Taylor news editor Ann Gardner editorial page editor Tom Fisher and advertising manager with instructions to send address changes to the Journal-World P.O. Box 888 Lawrence Kansas 66044-0888. It notes USPS periodicals postage paid at Lawrence Kansas and membership in the Audit Bureau of Circulations and Associated Press.
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Bill Snead
Roger Verdon
John Taylor
Ann Gardner
Tom Fisher
Journal-World
P.O
Lawrence
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Public Forum letter on harassment of public educators and KU basketball vandalism
A reader condemns harassment of Lawrence public school administrators and staff, arguing for respect for salaries and continuing education. In a second letter, John Rosen recounts a KU vs UNC rivalry incident with a beer bottle shattering his car window after a KU win, noting personal cost and community tensions in Lawrence.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Public School
Lawrence Public Schools
Myrtle Beach
Bill Stype
UNC
Williams
John Rosen
Ark
Picketing Civil Service Workers Return After KU Settlement
On March 1 1897 Lawrence City Council minutes note a nine day walkout over no salary raises since 1970 ended with a settlement. World report lists 25 police court cases and arrests of burglars, rail line vandals, and confidence men as officers cleaned the city and nuisance abatement proceeded.
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Civil Service
Kansas University
Lawrence World
Wamego
Kansas City
Kas
Emporia
Douglas County
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Watkins Community Museum
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Atlanta Constitutions
Clinton
Dolph Simons Sr
the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire
Kansas Counties
United States
Journal Worth
Jer An Dolph C. Simons Jr
Ralph Gage
Julie Bechtel
Dolph Simons III
Dan Simons
New Ventures
Donna Wiley
Dallas Dolan
W.C. Simons
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