Packwood funds may fuel future campaigns
Former Oregon senator Bob Packwood plans to keep 342000 in leftover campaign money and says he may run again someday for any office from a local school board to a park board. He left Congress amid ethics charges and expulsion threats, and would need to rehabilitate his image if he reenters politics.
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Bob Packwood
Congress
U.S
Oregon
Park Board
Packwood
Senate Ethics Committee
Colors of spring bloom in Lawrence City flower beds
The article notes spring flowers like daffodils, hyacinths and forsythia brightening Lawrence after rain. City flower beds lead the season alongside numerous private yards. Residents are praised for planting spring bulbs and bushes, making last fall's labors seem worthwhile.
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Lawrence
Notable 1979 Camp David Peace Treaty Signed at White House
March 26 1979 marked the Camp David accord signing with Israeli Prime Minister Begin and Egyptian President Sadat at the White House. The summary also notes historical milestones including the Louisiana Purchase split in 1804 and Beethoven's death in Vienna in 1827.
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Menachem Begin
Anwar Sadat
White House
Louisiana Purchase
Orleans
Louisiana
Ludwig van Beethoven
Vienna
Robert Frost
San Francisco
Walt Whitman
Camden
East Pakistan
Bangladesh
Washington, D.C
John Major
Gramm charts Medicare crisis and calls for reform
Washington columnist David Broder outlines Sen. Phil Gramm’s chart based critique of Medicare costs from 1965 to projected future surpluses and deficits. Gramm argues Clinton’s plan is insufficient and urges redesign with long term funding, warning of an internal financial crisis within a decade. Wyden backs reform while noting bipartisan potential.
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Phil Gramm
Texas
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White House
Medicare
Ross Perot
Perot
Capitol Hill
Lyndon Johnson
Vietnam
Clinton
Congress
Jim Wright
Senate
Ron Wyden
D-Ore
Phil
Wyden
Portland
Bruce Vladeck
Office of Management and Budget
Department of Health and Human Services
David Broder
Washington Post Writers Group
Chinese military profits rise with consumer goods push
Washington observes that Beijing seeks permanent Most Favored Nation trade status to bolster military business. The Chinese army runs commercial ventures from T shirts to torpedoes, boosting defense funding. analysts warn of risks to U.S. policy amid political scandal and cautious China relations.
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United States
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House
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Dale van Atta
Ing
Xian
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Heritage Foundation
Iran
Germany
Great Britain
Italy
Jack Anderson
Jan Moller
United Feature Syndicate
Periodicals postage paid at Lawrence Kansas
Periodicals postage paid at Lawrence Kansas. Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations. Member of the Associated Press.
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Lawrence
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Citizens Call For School Funding Overhaul As Legislators Propose Bigger Raises
A Lawrence reader urges change as 92 percent salary hikes and pension boosts for legislators collide with a 1 percent to schools per pupil funding rise. The letter argues inflation outpaced four years of funding, notes looming school budget crises, and pushes shifting focus from closures to funding levels.
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Journal- World
Lawrence
Kevin J. Brothers
Stockade St
Kansas Leader Seeks ERA Ratification in 1972
Governor Robert Docking said he would urge Kansas lawmakers to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. The 1957 NCAA title game in Kansas City saw top-ranked North Carolina beat Kansas 54 to 53 in three overtimes.
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Kansas
Robert Docking
U.S
North Carolina
Tar Heels
Kansas City
Letter on 1897 law electing city officers in Lawrence
A March 26 1897 Lawrence World letter signed by R criticizes a new state law for second class cities like Lawrence that made marshal street commissioner and clerk elective. It worries about a city council evenly divided and calls to elect good men who will pull together. Courtesy Watkins Community Museum.
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Lawrence World
Lawrence
Watkins Community Museum
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