End to 5 acre exemption urged near Lawrence
County planners recommend scrapping the 5 acre exemption for land near Lawrence to curb low density growth and avoid future utility costs. The move would curb 5 acre subdivision schemes that bypass roads sewers and water lines, prompting annexation costs and unequal development. Supporters of smart growth back the change to prevent sprawling pockets lacking city services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cavasias
Planning Commission
Lawrence
Western Hills
15Th Street
Monterey Way
Arbun
Everest Conquered By Hillary And Norgay In 1953
Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay of Nepal reached the summit of Mount Everest on May 29 1953 marking the first confirmed ascent. The note recalls historical claims including Patrick Jet's 1765 denouncement of the Stamp Act and John F Kennedy s birth in Brookline Massachusetts in 1917.
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Mount Everest
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand
Sherpa
Tenzing Norgay
Nepal
Patrick Jet
Virginia
House of Burgesses
United States
John F. Kennedy
Brookline
Mass
End of All-Volunteer Military Sparks National Debate
The United States effectively freezes Air Force retirements and blocks voluntary departures for about 120000 personnel to sustain NATO air operations over Yugoslavia, signaling a de facto end to the all-volunteer military. The move shifts debate to who should be drafted, while critics urge clear national leadership and transparent justification for the Kosovo war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
United States
The
Washington Post
Pentagon
Yugoslavia
U.S. Air Force
U.S
Washington
Merlot
Hillary
Rudy
Clinton
Republican Congress
Milosevic
NATO
Kosovo
Dick Strout
Warren Harding
Ronald Reagan
Christian Science Monitor
New Republic
Strout
Mark Shields
Creators Syndicate
Missile gap debate and China nuclear theft questioned
In a Cold War era exchange Kennedy accused Republicans of a missile gap while later General Maxwell Taylor called it rhetoric. The Cox panel on China theft admits uncertainty about espionage and warns the report may reflect worst-case assumptions amid broader high tech risks and national security tensions.
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Washington
Jack Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Jfk
Maxwell Taylor
Kennedy
White House
China
U.S
Cox
Norman Dicks
D-Wash
CIA
Spook
Berger and Clinton warned on China nuclear spying fallout
Washington columnist Sandy Grady analyzes the China nuclear thefts scandal. He argues Berger's resignation is likely, critiques Clinton's handling, and forecasts fallout in 2000 campaign debates and Star Wars missile defense momentum. He notes Carter, Bush, and Reagan eras allegedly mirrored spying and suggests politics will weaponize fear.
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Wen Ho Lee
Aldrich Ames
Washington
China
Sandy Berger
White House
Berger
Bill Clinton
George McGovern
Clinton
Bill
Sandy
Janet Reno
Mehitabel the Cat
Carter
Bush
Reagan
U.S
Dick Armey
R-Tex
Energy Department
Madeleine Albright
Balkan
Russia
United States
George W. Bush
JFK
Sandy Grady
Philadelphia Daily News
Journal-World staff and historic masthead details
The text lists the Lawrence Journal-World personnel including editors, managers, and administrators such as Richard Brack Bill Snead John Taylor Ann Gardner Chris Boarman Dolph Simons Jr Ralph Gage Dolph Simons III Dan Simons Donna Wiley Tom Hornbaker Dallas Dolan and W C Simons, notes age 1871 1952 and 1891 1944 for key figures, and provides postal and affiliation data with AP and ABC memberships.
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Richard Brack
Bill Snead
John Taylor
Ann Gardner
Chris Boarman
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Ralph Gage
Dolph Simons III
Dan Simons
New Ventures
Donna Wiley
H.R
Tom Hornbaker
Dallas Dolan
Public forum on property appraisals and tax law changes
Mary Ann Kieffer criticizes county appraisal methods and calls for a law to require evaluations once every 10 years like the census. She cites 44 percent hearing requests, 6 percent valuation changes, and many homeowners not responding, urging readers to contact representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. Blackwood
Small Claims Court
Feds
Mary Ann Kieffer
Santa Fe Lane
Kansas Gov Aid Joined KU Faculty In 1974
Marvin A. Harder, administrative assistant to Gov. Robert Docking, planned to join Kansas University as political science professor and director of a new public management program for state employees. The Lawrence World editorial of 1899 urged a perpetual celebration society to recognize patriot events amid growing social calls. Baker University hosted a three day Alumni Day with hundreds expected.
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Marvin A. Harder
Kansas
Robert Docking
Kansas University
Lawrence
James Hazlett
Kansas City
Baker University
Lawrence World
Watkins Community Museum
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Osu
Pal
Dolph Simons Sr
the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Kaw
Douglas County
W.C. Simons
Journal-World
P.O. Box
Lawrence, Kan
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Ljworld.com
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