Potential Prison Interest At Sunflower Ammunition Site
Reports indicate a private prison company has inquired about the former Sunflower Ammunition Plant near DeSoto Kansas. The Army declared the 10 000 acre site excess property and the GSA seeks disposal options while state officials weigh economic development uses and possible theme park plans to avert a prison. State authorities urge prioritizing development over confinement at the K 10 corridor site.
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DeSoto
Johnson County
U.S. Army
General Services Administration
Milestones and Misfortunes Across Centuries
A compact timeline notes diverse events from 1968 My Lai massacre linked to Lt. Calley, Magellan's 1521 voyage, James Madison's 1751 birth, West Point creation in 1802, Texas constitution in 1836, Hawthorne’s 1850 Scarlet Letter, 1915 FTC founding, 1935 Versailles treaty repeal by Hitler, 1945 Iwo Jima victory, 1978 Aldo Mord kidnapping and murder, 1984 Buckley kidnapping, 1985 Terry Anderson capture, and 1990 Iran-Contra indictments affecting Poindexter North Secord and Hakim.
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My Lai
U.S
William L. Calley Jr
Ferdinand Magellan
Philippines
James Madison
United States
Port Conway
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
N.Y
Republic of Texas
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Federal Trade Commission
Adolf Hitler
Iwo Jima
Aldo Mord
William Buckley
CIA
Beirut
Terry Anderson
Middle East
Associated Press
National Security
John M. Poindexter
White House
Oliver L. North
Air Force
Richard V. Secord
Secord
Albert Hakim
Americans shrug off judgment in Lewinsky era morality play
Ellen Goodman argues that middle class Americans adopt nonjudgmentalism about others, tolerating private misdeeds while praising overall leadership. The culture clash centers on privacy, ethics, and government, with readers labeled as more tolerant of others than themselves. A government view shifts to seeing presidents as just another person in a complex society.
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Monica Lewinsky
Alan Wolfe
Boston University
One Nation
Wolfe
Dan Quaine
Murphy Brown
Oval Office
Ken Starr
Bill
Ellen Goodman
The
Boston Globe
Kosovo crisis signals new phase in Yugoslavia breakup
Washington columnist Jin Hoagland argues that Kosovo’s rebellion against Belgrade exposes the fragility of territorial integrity in modern geopolitics. He urges the United States and allies to back Kosovars, press Belgrade toward negotiations, and reject brute-force maintien of artificial borders amid global forces steering toward autonomy and fresh alignments.
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Washington
Kosovo
Yugoslavia
Bosnia
United States
Serbia
Belgrade
Mitoševic
Macedona
Albania
Balkans
Dayton
Iraq
Indonesia
China
U.S
Milosevic
Kasavar
ex-Yugoslavia
Russia
Britain
France
Ming
Soviet Union
Jin Hoagland
Washington Past Writers Group
Journal-World personnel and contact details
The notice lists staff positions including Bill Snead Jepeery Editor Roger Verdon Mianying Sailor John Taylor News Editor Ann Gardner Eifuviul Page beditor Tom Fisher Advertising Mannager and directs postmaster address changes to the Journal World Lawrence Kan 66044 0888.
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Bill Snead
Roger Verdon
John Taylor
Ann Gardner
Eifuviul Page
Tom Fisher
Journal-World
P.O. Box
Lawrence, Kan
Landlord Tenant Act evictions for crimes near property proposed
Letter argues for a three day notice to vacate if a tenant commits a violent crime or possesses illegal drugs on or near rental property modeled after Arizona and New Mexico statutes. A court would determine lease violations by preponderance of evidence, allowing eviction without criminal conviction, to safeguard residents.
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Arizona
New Mexico
Landilord
Byron Endsley
Topeka
Connally to speak at Lawrence Chamber banquet tickets selling fast
The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce banquet will feature former Texas Governor John Connally as speaker as ticket sales surge. Also noted, Kansas teachers in two counties still legally require no college degrees, with Sedgwick listing 62 new teachers without formal credentials. The March 16 1898 World recalls a Kansas City folly mocking a self styled king of the dudes.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Sedgwick
Lawrence World
Kansas City
Watkins Community Museen
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the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Leaveence
Katt
Oneiter
Pladyghis Gaiety
Ghowbee
Forest
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Ralph Gage
Ener
Julie Bechtel
Dolph Simons UL
Dan Simons
New Vertes
Donna Wiley
Contador
Dallas Calan
Pradiction
Muanaier
W.C. Simons
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
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