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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 2024
Page
4
Lawrence City Commission list includes Bart Littlejohn mayor and Mike Dever vice mayor with phone numbers and emails. Brad Finkelder Lisa Larsen Amber Sellers are listed with direct lines and domain addresses. Douglas County participants Shannon Reid Karen Willey Patrick Kelly are shown with contact numbers and Douglas County addresses.
Fragments from Lawrence newspapers chronicle Memorial Day observances in 1899 with flowers placed at 701 Massachusetts Street and services at the cemetery or opera house, plus notes on a Lake View picnic drawing townsfolk away from business. Other items report strawberry delivery, university chemistry building work, and a horse accident. In 1924 KU awarded its first PhD to a woman, Cora Downs, in bacteriology.
The piece surveys Hispanics and African-Americans in U S politics, noting polls showing growing support for Trump among Latinos and Black voters. It argues that treating minorities as a monolithic “people of color” coalition oversimplifies views and could shift the electoral balance, with race and class divisions affecting voting.
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker drew a controversial response with a May 11 commencement address at Benedictine College. He attacked birth control and abortion, urged masculine fortitude, and urged graduates to embrace traditional Catholic views. Benedictine Sisters and the NFL distanced themselves, while Page notes the speech deepened culture wars and highlighted Butker's ties to Sen. Josh Hawley.
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