Lawrence board approves junior high boundaries for 1995 96
Lawrence School Board adopts new junior high boundaries to open Southwest Junior High in 1995 96 and offers a shuttle for minority transfers The plan would raise Central High minority share to 28 6 percent from Southwest 9 8 percent Administrators say shuttle is informational not recruitment Critics say boundaries will harm Central morale and equity efforts A task force will review policies and report by November with three months set aside for policy development
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Central
Lawrence School Board
Southwest
Lawrence
Kathy von Ende
Murray
John Tacha
Peterson Road
Kasold
West Junior High School
Serial killer case in Illinois front pages detailed
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a serial killer, likely John Wayne Gacy, with partial mentions of Illinois and early timing. The readable text is too incomplete to confirm full events, dates, or charges.
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Willa’ Kunkle
Gacy
Minois
Horizon 2020 rural roads forum draws 400 in Douglas County
A standing room crowd at the Horizon 2020 public hearing in Building 21, Douglas County Fairgrounds, weighed in on the draft plan replacing Plan 95. Critics targeted rural development controls, including proposed scenic corridors and influence areas of 500 feet around county collector roads and 200 feet around local roads, amid urban sprawl concerns.
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Douglas County
Lawrence
Bhaskar
Delaware
United States
Walter Thome
Church members urge halt on temporary jail site plan
Trinity Lutheran Church leaders urge Douglas County commissioners to stop using a neighboring church sanctuary for a temporary jail. They cite safety, parking, and traffic concerns. Commissioner McElhaney opposed the chosen site yet aims to make it work. See Church, page 3A.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Douglas County
Assembly of God
Mass
Trinity Lutheran
Charles Gilmore
Gilmore
13Th
Massachusetts
Louie McElhaney
Mandela Sworn In as South Africa's First Black President
Nelson Mandela was inaugurated in Pretoria as South Africa's first black president, vowing to end apartheid and build a rainbow nation. He succeeded F W de Klerk with the ANC securing a landslide victory in the historic election.
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South Africa
Nelson Mandela
Africa
Mandela
Republic of South Africa
Liberation Struggle
F.W. de Klerk
National Party
African National Congress
de Klerk
ANC
Thabo Mbeki
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