Royals and baseball future loom as costs rise
The piece critiques the Kansas City Royals and baseball economics, noting the team’s poor start, heavy salaries, and rising costs for families to attend games. It questions ownership stability as Ewing Kauffman ages and considers how small markets struggle to sustain major league teams amid recurring losses and shrinking attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Royals
Royals
Kansas City
America
New York Yankees
Ewing Kauffman
Kauffman
Seattle
Milwaukee
Dallas
San Diego
Letters to the editor urge leadership to end racism and oppression
In a public forum letter Desmond Tutu and Michael Poage criticize national leadership for out of touch statements after the Simi Valley verdict. The piece links racism poverty and violence to a culture of fear, urging intelligent leadership at all levels and personal responsibility to remove societal chains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simi Valley
Calif
White House
Los Angeles
Desmond Tutu
Germany cannot yet be a European master
Bonn faces a huge burden as it leads Europe’s post cold war transition. Germany must fill a power vacuum left by the USSR and a shrinking United States, while balancing reunification costs and fragmented politics. Haens-Dietrich Genscher urges leadership in partnership with allies, but warns Western partners place heavy demands and German patience strains under rising immigration and right wing pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonn
Germany
Soviet Union
America
Europe
Western
Balkan
United States
Japan
West
Haens-Dietrich Genseher
Otto Bismarck
Centimaster
Genscher
Genecher
Vladivostok
Vancouver
Washington
Mitterrand
Croatia
Serbia
Turkey
A Genscher
Everyone Did It in L A Except the Butler
A caustic collage accuses many figures from politics media and society of blame in a Los Angeles murder mystery style rant. It name checks Lyndon Johnson George Bush Richard Nixon Daryl Gates and others while mocking scapegoating and public outrage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Butler
Los Angeles
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
George Bush
Lord Fauntleroy
Daryl Gates
Dukakis
Willie Horton
Atwater
Richard Nixon
Lawrence school board to bid for meals contract
The Lawrence school board authorized the district's food service to bid on a contract with the Douglas County Council on Aging to provide meals for seniors, amid dissent from Lorraine Michel and Charles Oldfather in a 4-2 vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence School Board
Food Service Department
Douglas County Council On Aging
Lorraine Michel
Charles Oldfather
Kansas University
Notable 19th and 20th Century Milestones Snapshot
A compact timeline noting Irving Berlin born 1889 as Israel Baline in Temun Russia later achieving 1500 songs including White Christmas and Easter Parade. Also marks 1947 Peter Stuyvesant arrival as New Amsterdam governor, 1858 Minnesota joining the Union, 1894 Martha Graham born in Pittsburgh, 1910 Glacier National Park established, 1943 Aleutian Islands landing, 1946 CARE start, 1947 tubeless tire by B F Goodrich, and 1949 Siam renamed Thailand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Berlin
Israel Baline
Temun
Russia
Berlin
Montana
Atte Island
Aleutians
Relief Agency
CARE
Europe
B.F. Goodrich Company
Akron
Ohio
Siam
Thailand
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Royals
Baseball
the Public Forum
Michael Poage
Jenny Wren
Do Dolph C. Simons Jr
Rolph Gage
Gane Armatrong
Robert Hardyke
Carullun
Journal-World
Simons
Adv
Lawrence
Kan
Adin
The
World Company
Stash
Hew
Kamapabire Trots
Lawrance
Kaw
Rymall
Douglas County
Earrier Serview
Ramaining Kun
Kanana City
Sy Mall Elamyhwre
Th United
Ancondchus Pon Pmranes
Aud Burne
Tamabay
Leslie H. Gelb
N.Y
Enor
L.A
Matro- Goldwyn-Mayer
Hardy
Dad
Andy Hardy
Bar of Justice
Clarence Thomas
Anita Hill
Bill Cosby
Leontyne Price
Darryl Strawberry
Hammer
Mike Tyson
New York
David Dinkins
Paul Robeson
Robeson
Lee Atwater
Nixon
Dan Quayle
Russell Baker
Old Home Town
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Chamber
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!