Kansas to Approve Indian Casino Compacts in Kansas
After the 1995 Kansas legislative session ends, compacts with the Prairie Band Potawatomi and the Iowa tribes allow casinos on tribal lands for card games dice games and similar to the Kansas Lottery with limits including a land location cap. The Sac and Fox compact was rejected for off reservation land while Kickapoo negotiations proceed.
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Kansas
Iowa
Kickapoo
Kickapoos
Lance Burr
Lawrence
Burr
Kansas City
Kan
Woodlands Race Track
Missouri River
Notable events on this date include wars and births
On May 13 1981 Pope John Paul II was shot in St Peter s Square by Mehmet Ali Agca. Other dates mark Jamestown settlement in 1607 Sullivan birth in 1842 and several historic moments including Fatima visions in 1917 and Churchill s 1940 speech. A MOVE confrontation in Philadelphia ten years ago ended with an explosive fire killing eleven.
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John Paul II
St. Peter’s Square
Mehmet Ali Agca
Jamestown
Arthur Sullivan
William Gilbert
London
United States
Mexico
Joe Louis
Lafayette
Ala
Fatima
Portugal
Mary
U.S
Britain
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Eisenhower
Nixon
Caracas
Venezuela
Alco More
Red Brigades
Philadelphia
MOVE
Postmaster notice for address changes sent to Journal-World
Address changes should be sent to the Journal-World P O Box 888 Lawrence Kansas 66044 0888 The notice also notes USPS postal details and membership in the Audit Bureau of Circulations and Associated Press.
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Journal-World
P.O
Lawrence
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Israelis pass judgment on American ideas unfriendly views on Mideast
A columnist laments Rabin government labeling Americans who back certain Middle East policies as unfriendly. He critiques Oslo fallout, U S troop debates on the Golan, and moving the embassy to Jerusalem. He argues Israel’s stance risks eroding trust with allies and fuels anti Semitism myths.
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Mideast
Israel
Middle East
Rabin
Palestine Liberation Organization
Syria
Oslo
PLO
Independence
Jerusalem
Palestinian
Laborniks
Congress
Yasser Arafat
Mideastern Commission
Paris
CIA
Hamas
Golan Heights
Clinton
U.S
Tel Aviv
Sens
Bob Dole
Jon Kyl
Daniel Inouye
Newt Gingrich
Labor
Washington
Primary calendar chaos reshapes 96 nominating race
The piece explains how many states have moved up primaries and caucuses, squeezing the nominating process into a compressed window. It highlights Iowa and New Hampshire as gatekeepers, the clash of states like Delaware and Louisiana, and the potential for a delayed National Convention decision amid regional influence and intra-party spats.
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Iowa
New Hampshire
Delaware
Granite State
Chris Furlow
Louisiana Gop
Louisiana
Furlow
GOP
Mike Francis
South
Phil Gramm
Flack
Steve Mertill
Merrill
Gramm
Lamar Alexander
Bob Dole
Republican National Committee
Names for Lawrence high school in public forum debate
Readers discuss naming the new high school with references to William Clarke Quantrill and local history. The letter by Leslie Reynard urges a name honoring area significance, while Ann Page Stoll argues for honoring tradition at Lawrence High School Lions. The Journal-World outlines letters policy for public forum submissions.
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Harriet Shaffer
Mary Loveland
William Clarke
Brouhaha
Kansas
Gtas
Republican Party
Abraham Lincoln
Lawrence High School
Lawrence
Ann Page Stoll
Carmel Ct
Augusta summer stock to feature three Lawrence performers
In 1955 Joanna March Mary Patton and Vera Stough of Lawrence were set to perform in summer stock at Augusta Michigan.
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Joanna March
Mary Patton
Vera Stough
Lawrence
Augusta, Mich
Cordley to write history of Lawrence and Quantrill Raid
The May 13 1895 Lawrence World notes Dr Richard Cordley preparing a book on Lawrence history and Quantrill's Raid. It laments the lack of a complete local history by an eyewitness and praises Lawrence as Kansas's most storied city in its early struggles. Courtesy Watkins Community Museum.
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Lawrence World
Richard Cordley
Lawrence
Quantrill
Kansas
Watkins Community Museum
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Dolph Simons III
Dan Simons
New Ventures
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