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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1997
Page
5
KU Police caution that passing moving buses on Jayhawk Boulevard is risky due to high pedestrian activity. State and city rules require left side visibility and safe conditions, with exceptions for hills or within 100 feet of intersections. Pedestrian movement remains the key factor for safe passing.
Readers are invited to call the Journal-World Access line at 865-5000 and enter category 7478 to leave questions for Sound Off. A recorded message guides callers through the process.
An 84 year old Lawrence resident remained in guarded condition after being hit by a 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass in a West Lake Hardware parking lot. Edwin Ryan sustained broken ribs and multiple cuts and bruises when the driver, 82 year old George Mole, backed up and allegedly pressed the gas. Mole was not cited. The incident occurred around 2 pm Tuesday at 711 W. 23rd Street.
Lawrence man Galloway faces first degree murder charges in the shooting death of Floyd White Jr whose body was found along a county road west of Lawrence. The trial, originally set for Monday, was delayed after White’s attorney sought a continuation this week. The unrelated note mentions a photo credit error in a Phoenix Award feature and credits Lawrence photographer Rick Mitchell for a sculpture image of Stephanie and Mike Wagner and a girl.
Monday schedule lists events at Lawrence Public Library including storytime in Paretsky room at 7 p.m. and 7 p.m. family storytime, plus a Lawrence Board of Zoning Appeals session at city hall. Civic meetings include Douglas County Commission at the county courthouse and Wakarusa Township meeting with warrants noted. No classes in Lawrence public schools due to conferences.
An 18 year old high school senior Darren Rapp died when his Chevrolet Blazer left Douglas County Road 1061 and struck a culvert just south of Eudora. Autopsy complete but results pending as authorities investigate the Tuesday crash that was the county’s third auto death this year.
KU associate professor Bitel will be honored November 20 at the Hall Center awards dinner in the KU Alumni Center. Thirty six KU faculty were nominated for the Byron Caldwell Smith Award named for Kate Stephens, KU’s first female professor. Stephens helped establish the prize to recognize Smith, who taught her Greek language and literature in 1872.
A quoted statement argues that a decision infringes constitutional rights for equal opportunity, expressing disagreement with what is described as reverse racism and asserting the decision undermines fairness for all. The speaker frames the issue as a matter of equal protection and opportunity.
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