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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1999
Page
7
Kansas University basketball teams enter the NCAA post season with strong histories and rising potential. The men open Friday in New Orleans and the women play Saturday in West Lafayette. Allen Fieldhouse hums with capacity crowds as the community backs the Jayhawks.
The piece argues federal and state agencies should enforce current emission laws more rigorously before drafting new rules. It cites Minnesota's proposed repeal of vehicle emission tests, notes tests reach about one million vehicles yearly, and reports minimal pollution impact from testing. It warns against overreach while urging monitoring and sensible standards.
In March 1942 General Douglas MacArthur evacuated the Philippines under Japanese advance and promised I shall return. He fulfilled the pledge about three years later. In 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev succeeded Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader, marking a new era in the USSR.
Bill Snead serves as deputy editor while Roger Verdon is managing editor and John Taylor leads as news editor. Ann Gardner handles editorial pages and Dolph C. Simons Jr. is editor and publisher, with Ralph Gage as general manager and Dolph Simons III as operations manager. Dan Simons oversees operations, Donna Wiley directs new ventures, Dallas Dolan is controller, and Chris Boarman is production manager. Circulation is managed, and the paper is a USPS periodical in Lawrence Kansas with ABAC and AP memberships.
The piece argues growing U.S. European rifts over trade, military presence, and leadership shape the 50th NATO anniversary in April. It centers on Marine Captain Richard Ashby’s trial after the gondola massacre in Italy, the banana and cashmere disputes, and the need for a shared path beyond Cold War legacies. It cautions leaders to address diverging worldviews and psychological shifts, not merely ceremonial diplomacy.
Leonard Pitts, Miami Herald columnist, muses on envy as his 16 year old son eats like a bottomless pit. The piece contrasts carefree teen indulgence with the parent’s newer cautious, cholesterol aware dining. Envy grows for the boy’s limitless appetite and youth.
James J. O Malley urges the Lawrence city commissioners to delay a quasi judicial hearing on the Carnegie Library plans and submit the issue to new commissioners to ensure fairness. He criticizes pre judgment by Mayor Kennedy and argues the current lame duck panel cannot be impartial. Letters policy details follow.
Three businesses were planned in Lawrence including a Dillon store at 27th and Iowa a Capitol Federal Savings and Loan at Iowa and Harvard and the Lawrence Racquet Club on West 23rd Kansas defeated Oklahoma State in Stillwater for the final Jayhawk game KU finished 8 6 in conference play not a contender for an NCAA field at that time Kansas State was the 1959 league champion March 11 1899 the Lawrence World recounted An Object Lesson about a man who believed you could not talk through a telephone and understand what was said He dialed and asked Is that you Mary Ann a lightning strike caused a dramatic explosion and the man quipped by gosh its her Courtesy Watkins Community Museum
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