Poverty and violence signal trouble for local children
Nancy Jorn of the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department and Kevin Johnson of the county probation programs addressed rising child welfare needs at a Lawrence Public Library forum. They cited housing gaps, welfare limits, and a probation strain as drivers of risk, urging public involvement, school support, and welfare reform oversight.
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Nancy Jorn
Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department
Jorn
Kevin Johnson
John and
Johnson
Lawrence Public Library
Chilren
Kaw Valley
Older Women’s League
Barbara Ballard
D Lawrence
Ruby Johnson
Lawrence
Fist Step House
John
Dole pushes delay of 1995 base closure round
Washington reports a Clinton administration pause on base closings as costs rise. Senate debate cites environmental cleanup and community aid, with Bob Dole urging postponement to 1997 while warning of the heavy burden of closing depots, labs, and hospitals. Fort Riley, Kansas, targeted in 1995.
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Washington
Pentagon
Clinton
Defense
Robert Bayer
Senate
Bayer
Senate Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee
Congress
Department of Defense
Bob Dole
Bkan
Dole
Fort Riley
Kansas
Army
1St Infantry Division
Lawrence High School Names Governor's Scholars
Fourteen Lawrence High School seniors earned Governor's Scholars at a Sunday ceremony with Governor Joan Finney at Washburn University in Topeka. Other area honorees include Baldwin Chad Scoby Jennifer Walbridge and more, with the program funded by the Kansas Bankers Association and local businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence High School
Joan Finney
Kansas
Washburn University
Topeka
LHS
Ramin Ansari
Tariq Butt
Lori Dillehay
Robert Getz
Nilupa Gunaratna
Aya Kuribayashi
Kerry Lipsey
Aroop Pal
Ravi Shanmugam
Helen Shaw
Kerstina Stoner
Joy Stover
Heather Whitney
Hester Wong
Baldwin
Chad Scoby
Jennifer Walbridge
Eudora
Aaron Lana
McLouth
Scott Gaskell
Tonganoxie
Heather Malone
Michelle Rahija
Sara Sanders
Perry Lecompton
Matthew Means
DeSoto
Bradley Chapin
Allison Lawrence
Wellsville
Jennifer Beine
Oskaloosa
Cara Viner
Basehor-Linwood
Jeremy Eliott
Confidence In Kansas Public Education Task Force
Kansas Bankers Assn
Peltier Supporters Camp at Haskell in Lawrence Visit
About 70 walkers in the Walk for Justice 1994 pass through Topeka and Horton en route to Lawrence where they plan a Sunday camp at Haskell Indian Nations University. AIM leader Dennis Banks joins the group which seeks presidential clemency for Leonard Peltier, imprisoned since 1979 for the Pine Ridge shootout. The march, starting Feb. 11 in San Francisco, aims to deliver petitions to the Justice Department and raise funds for the nonprofit walk.
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Leonard Peltier
Lawrence
San Francisco
Washington, D.C
Walk For Justice
AIM
Dennis Banks
Topeka
Horton
Nortonville
Leavenworth
Peltier
Haskell Indian Nations University
Haskell
FBI
Pine Ridge
South Dakota
Robert Redford
Oglala
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Richard Gwin
Journal-Wosld
Sara Hazel
Cinderella
Sean Berkhart
Joey van Saun
Matt Collins
St. John School
Governor's Scholars
JourNal
Wori
Amelia Earhart
Air Capital
The
Kansas Humanities Council
Southwestern Bell Foundation
Kansas Arts Commission
Friands of
KTWU
Andrew E. Machison
Davidah Walker
Kansas City
Kan
Walker
Justice Department
Presine Clinton
Hedges
Niehoff Htg, & Air, Inc
Marina
Perry Lave
IlWy
Bat
Rock Creek
Aia
Iowa
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