Competition Between Wichita and Kansas City Spurs State Growth
Editorial notes unequal EDIF grant distribution with five of six grants going to Johnson, Wyandotte and Douglas counties totaling 340000 dollars while Wichita received 30000 for Henry Engine Inc to develop automotive heat recovery. It urges Wichita to boost projects and infrastructure while acknowledging mutual metro growth.
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Wildcats
Jayhawks
Wichita
Wichita Eagle
Kansas Technology Enterprise Corp
Johnson
Wyandotte
Douglas
Economic Development Initiatives Fund
EDIF
Henry Engine Inc
Olathe
Eudora
Fairway
Lenexa
Kansas City
Sedgwick
Johnson County
Vanguard Airlines
Wichita Air
Kansas City International
Washington deadlock shown by 1996 2000 election percentages
The piece lists rounded popular vote shares for 1996 and 2000 plus House results of 1996 1998 and 2000, highlighting three-election-cycle gridlock. It cites Michael Barone for the figures and discusses Jeffords' defection affecting power balance amid Bush, Clinton, and Reagan eras. It notes Republican and Democratic patterns and framing of 2002 2004 elections.
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Washington
Bill Clinton
House of Representatives
House
George W. Bush
al Gore
Michael Barone
James Jeffords
Senate
Bush
Minnesota
District of Columbia
Dwight Eisenhower
Reagan
Carter
Washington Post
Mondale
Robert Redford
Walter Cronkite
Walter Mondale
Jeffords
Dent Clinton
George Will
Washington Post Writers Group
Plan exceptions to Horizon 2020 oversight in local planning
Letter to the editor arguing planning commission appointments create conflicts of interest and that Horizon 2020 guiding plan should be followed. The author urges that exceptions be rare, approved by the planning director and staff, and that Lawrence Association of Neighborhoods be granted three planning slots.
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Planning Commission
City Commission
Lawrence
Planning Commissione
Lawrence Association of Neighborhoods
Una Cinta de Color
Gelbe Markierung Fur
Afghanistan
Ursula Hamburg
Public Forum on Horizon 2020 and downtown planning concerns
A reader criticizes Horizon 2020 for raising personal property taxes and urban sprawl in Lawrence, referencing Plan 95 and CBD preservation. The letter urges government action, fair planning, and civic engagement to curb car dependence and protect downtown vitality. It includes broader remarks on historic lessons and minority protections.
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Planning Commission
Richard Heckler
Beth Anne Mansur
Lawrence
National Trust For Historic Preservation
Central Business District
Cbd
Douglas County
10Th U.S. District Court of Appeals
America
Lester C. Marsh
Old hometown events and sports notes from Lawrence Kansas
Tickets went on sale for the annual Jaycee Fourth of July Fireworks Festival at Memorial Stadium drawing 10 000 plus. Rain soaked Memorial Day with over an inch. Bobby Goad resigned as KU assistant football coach to move to Tulsa to enter insurance. Lawrence honors Ralph Houk, former Stull and Lawrence star, as Yankee manager with ceremonies at Kansas City Municipal Stadium June 29. An editorial from May 31 1901 condemns playing baseball on Decoration Day and urges stopping the practice as a special holiday caveat.
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Kansas University
Memorial Stadium
Bobby Goad
Jack Mitchell
Tulsa
Goad
Mitchell
Oklahoma
Lawrence
Douglas County
Ralph Houk
Kansas City
Municipal Stadium
Houk
Stull
Lawrence High
New York Yankees
Lawrence World
Col. Moore
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Ann Gardner
al Bonner
Joe Lewis
Dolph Simons III
Dan Simons
New Ventures
Donna Wiley
H.R
Tom Hornbaker
Dallas Dolan
Ed Clambrone
the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire
Kan
Kansas
U.S
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P.O
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
George Miller
Ted Kennedy
Bernie Sanders
Virginia
Virgil Goode
Congress
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Liworid
Watkins Community Museum
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