Senate Bill Extends Full Social Security Benefits Nationwide
The Senate and House passed a bill to allow all Social Security recipients to collect full benefits regardless of earnings. Critics note many seniors may not need extra funds while welfare reform has left many children in need, with studies showing households facing hunger, eviction, and utilities cutoffs after welfare loss.
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Journal-World
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Landmark ceremonies mark Vietnam Veterans Memorial site
A historical roundup recounts events from March 26 1982 groundbreaking in Washington DC for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial 11804 to cultural milestones and notable deaths including Beethoven in Vienna Frost in San Francisco Whitman in Camden and Halston in San Francisco later decades.
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Louisiana Purchase
Orleans
District of
Louisiana
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ienna
Robert Frost
San Francisco
Walt Whitman
Camden
N.J
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Bangladesh
Camp David
Menachem Begin
Anwar Sadat
White House
Heaven's Gate
Rancho Santa Fe
Calif
Miss Daisy
Jessica Tandy
Daniel Day-Lewis
Halston
Journal-World Staff and Contacts Listing
Periodical staff and management roster for the Journal-World includes Richard Brack as Managing Editor Bill Snead as Senior Editor John Taylor as News Editor Ann Gardner as Editorial Page Editor Chris Boarman as Olientaton Manager Al Bonner and Ralph Gage as General Manager with Dolph Simons III Tom Hornbaker Dan Simons and Donna Wiley in other key roles. Address and postal details for subscriptions and post office box in Lawrence Kansas are noted.
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Bill Snead
John Taylor
Ann Gardner
Chris Boarman
al Bonner
Eied Ore
Dalph C. Simons Jr
Ralph Gage
Dolph Simons III
Dan Simons
New Ventures
Donna Wiley
Dirdler
H.R
Tom Hornbaker
Dallas
Dolan
Education Candidates Clash Over Federal Funds and Standards
Gore emphasizes injecting $115 billion over 10 years to expand federal programs, boost teacher pay, universal Head Start, and hold schools to merit-based standards. Bush seeks structural reform with block grants, national standards, school choice, and accountability, including charter expansion and Title I recalibration.
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al Gore
Texas
George W. Bush
Gore
Bush
America
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Education
David Broder
Washington Post Writers Group
Judicial appointments a key legacy
Washington The Supreme Court voted five to four to deny the FDA authority to regulate tobacco though nicotine is addictive. The piece traces past nominations by Reagan, including Bork and Kennedy, notes swing votes by OConnor and Kennedy, and discusses how future presidencies will shape the Court and policy.
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Supreme Court
Federal Drug Administration
FDA
Ronald Reagan
Robert Bork
Senate
Bork
Senate Judiciary Committee
Nixon White House
Watergate
Archibald Cox
Reagan
Douglas Ginsburg
Anthony Kennedy
Kennedy
Sandra Day O'Connor
Court
William Rehnquist
Antonin Scalia
Clarence Thomas
Scalia
Rehnquist
O'Connor
John Paul Stevens
Stevens
Public Forum Letter on Debating Evolution and Law
A reader proposes inviting experts in law science mathematics and literature to critique their fields from a public forum perspective. The letter notes expectations for civility, word limit, and that submissions should include name address and phone number for Journal-World editorial consideration.
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James Preston Girard
Lawrence
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Old Home Town Opens With Steel Arrival At Court Complex
The first structural steel for the new judicial and law enforcement complex arrived and was laid out to speed construction when conditions allow. The Lawrence school board will decide on April 14 whether to relocate Centennial School pupils to Cordley to use Centennial as an overflow site for Lawrence High School amid parent opposition. Kansas supermarket prices show mixed changes with bargains on whole hams tomatoes and beet sugar, but higher costs for ground beef bacon and red potatoes.
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Centennial School
Cordley
Lawrence High School
Centennial
Kansas
Voter Registration Surges for April 5 School Bond
About 804 residents signed up Friday to vote on the April 5 school bond issue. City Clerk Harold Fisher called it the heaviest one-day registration for this type of election.
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Harold Fisher
Lawrence
Manhattan
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