Eight-horse Budweiser Clydesdales parade sparks traffic worry
Downtown Lawrence faces gridlock with a planned eight-horse Budweiser Clydesdales parade on Massachusetts Street during Friday rush hour. Critics say the event would worsen traffic, draw large crowds, and send mixed messages about alcohol to students amid university and school efforts to curb drinking.
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Massachusetts Street Bridge
City Hall
Lawrence
Kansas University
South Iown Street
Joe Camel
Historic flights and key births and deaths across history
A snapshot of landmark moments includes Lindbergh's May 20 1927 solo flight from Roosevelt Field to France aboard the Spirit of St Louis. It notes Balzac born in Tours in 1799, Columbus dying in poverty in 1506, North Carolina's 1861 secession, and Earhart's 1932 solo crossing from Newfoundland to Ireland marking a first for women.
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Charles Lindbergh
Roosevelt Field
Long Island
N.Y
Ruling may alter Congress role in a delegation dispute
George Will argues a federal appeals court ruling on EPA air standards threatens Congress's power to legislate and signals a possible return of the nondelegation doctrine. The piece measures how executive agencies acquire dis quietly broad authority and the implications for self government amid international law.
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EPA
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Supreme Court
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Executive Branch Bureaucracies
Gerpeny Rabkin
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Rabkin
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Clinton
World Heritage Committee
Yellowstone National Park
al Gore
Developed Nations
United States
George Will
Washington Post Writers Group
Barak victory seen as unlikely to move peace process
Cal Thomas argues Barak’s election will not alter Israel’s surrender terms or methods. He warns of pressure from Clinton and U.N. allies, predicts hard bargaining with Palestinians, and questions U.S. willingness to intervene if war breaks out. He cites Oslo commitments, calls for vigilance against a two state outcome, and condemns perceived anti Israel forces.
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State Department
Benjamin Netanyahu
Barak
Yitzhak Rabin
Labor Party
Neville Chamberlain
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Europe
Yossi Berlin
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Jerusalem Post
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Hebron
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Bush
U.S
Kosovo
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United Nations
Berlin
Shimon Peres
Golan Heights
Sea of Galilee
Likud
U.N
Palestine
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasser Arafat
Cal Thomas
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Public Forum: community thanks after fire and KDHE critique
A reader thanks Lecompton firemen and the Lawrence community after a fire разруш in May while another letter questions Gov. Graves delay in naming a new KDHE secretary. The missive urges action to fill the KDHE vacancy, citing water and air health concerns and urging public accountability.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Department of Health and Environment
KDHE
Graves
Karl Brooks
Rock Fence
Streakers Interrupt KU Graduation Ceremony in 1974
A pair of streakers who wore mortar beards and unhooked black robes ran the length of the Kansas University football field during the 1974 commencement exercises, briefly disrupting the event.
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Kansas University
Editorial on newspaper use and personal interests in 1899
May 20 1899 Lawrence World editorial argues editors should honor obligations to friends and enemies, asserting a newspaper loses value if it serves personal interests. Courtesy Watkins Community Museum.
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Lawrence World
Watkins Community Museum
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