Shared fire and ambulance merger eyed for Douglas County
Douglas County considers a combined fire and ambulance service to improve response times and efficiency. The skeleton proposal by Lawrence Fire Chief Jim McSwain and DCAS Director Ted McFarlane would base ambulance personnel at city fire stations with cross training for EMS and firefighting. Detailed staffing, finances, and building plans require input from city and county officials, with no current employees to be displaced.
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Bess
Lawrence Fire Department
Douglas County Ambulance Service
Lawrence
Jim McSwain
DCAS
Ted McFarlane
Baldwin
McSwain
McFarlane
Ambulance Service
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EMS
Emts
21St
Iowa
Haskell
Stoneburner
22Nd
Harper
20Th
Wakarusa
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
19Th
Massachusetts
Landmark moments in history from Bell to King
On March 10, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell spoke to his assistant saying Mr. Watson, come here I want you in what resembled the first telephone call. Jefferson became minister to France in 1785 succeeding Franklin. Grant became Union commander in 1864. In 1969 James Earl Ray pleaded guilty in Memphis to King’s assassination, later repudiating the plea.
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Alexander Graham Bell
Boston
Bell
Mr. Watson
Thomas Jefferson
France
Benjamin Franklin
Ulysses S. Grant
James Earl Ray
Memphis
Tenn
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
Journal-World masthead personnel and post office info
The item lists staff positions including Bill Snead deputy editor Roger Verdon managing editor John Taylor news editor Ann Gardner editorial page editor Tom Fisher and notes USPS postmaster address changes to the Journal-World in Lawrence Kansas with standard circulation bureau and Associated Press membership language.
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Bill Snead
Roger Verdon
John Taylor
Ann Gardner
Tom Fisher
Journal-World
P.O
Lawrence
Kan
Clinton seeks doctrine edge as foreign policy shifts in 1992 race
The piece analyzes how the post cold war era eroded Republican foreign policy leverage. It describes Clinton's diplomacy, Haiti and Bosnia operations, and the emerging Clinton Doctrine framed by Anthony Lake as a restrained, risk mindful approach. It notes GOP hopes to exploit China and Russia issues while economy offers limited political traction.
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Washington
U.S
Clinton
Somalia
Haiti
Bosnia
China
Taiwan
Cuba
Yasser Arafat
Communist Party
Russia
Beijing
White House
Arafat
Hamas
Fidel Castro
Anthony Lake
John FE
Kennedy
America
Vietnam
Lake
Nam
Lebanon
Florida
Bush
Ex- Yugoslavia
The Curse of Overloaded Machines and Human Tasks
A personal reflection on how powerful computers shift work from machines to people. The author details learning curves, defective hardware, and rising psychological overhead from passwords, codes, and accounts. Two paths emerge: simplify life or hire out maintenance, as better software promises easier use and smarter machines.
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James Spader
Jim &Yammy Faye
Impact fees raise questions in Lawrence letters
Editor letters criticize impact fees as costly and elitist, arguing they inflate home prices and taxes, push working people out of Lawrence, and resist a Mission Hills style enclave. Readers Dwayne Peaslee Alan Fisher Skeet Smith defend downtown stability and responsible development.
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Lawrence
Mission Hills
Dwayne Peaslee
P.O
Skeet Smith
Schwarz Rd
Welfare Dept Tightens Welfare Rules After Budget Overruns
After two years of budget overruns tied to rising welfare spending, the Douglas County Welfare Department will scrutinize trends procedures and eligibility of applicants and recipients. Martha Peterson dean of women at Kansas University was hired for a similar post at Wisconsin University at Madison.
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Douglas County Welfare Department
Martha Peterson
Kansas University
Wisconsin University At Madison
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the World Company
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New Hampshire
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Kansas
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Mark Chaney
Dolph Simons III
Dan Simons
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Donna Wiley
Dallas Dolan
W.C. Simons
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
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Alan Fisher
Dorsey
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