An Honor to Vote Editorial Calls for Turning Out
Editorial reminds readers that voting matters beyond president choices noting early 20th century Kansas women won suffrage and urging turnout for local races. It reflects on historical progress, calls for honoring founders and global peers while stressing duty to vote in today’s elections.
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Douglas County Commission
Kansas Legislature
Kansas State Board of Education
Lawrence
Journal-World
Kansas
West
A.D. Weaver
J. Gordon Gibb
United States
McGovern
Douglas County
China’s looming party congress tests leadership and reform
Washington Post columnist David Ignatius notes a rare power transition in China as Hu Jintao passes authority to Xi Jinping. The November congress will reshape the Politburo standing committee and the Central Military Commission, with calls for legal underpinnings, anti corruption pressures, and factional balance between Hu loyalists and Jiang princelings. The piece argues China’s opaque system makes U.S. democracy seem straightforward by contrast.
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Washington
China
America
Hu Jintao
Xi Jinping
Communist Party Congress
United States
Congress
Central Military Commission
U.S
Beijing
Politburo
Cheng Li
Brookings Institution
Jiang Zemin
Military Commission
South China Sea
Bo Xilai
Chongqing
Communist Youth League
Jiang
Mao Zedong
Bloomberg News
New York Times
Wen Jiabao
David Ignatius
Washington Post Writers Group
LINK to serve free Thanksgiving dinners at First Christian Church
LINK announced plans to host a free Thanksgiving dinner from 1 to 3 p.m. on November 26 at First Christian Church in Lawrence. Volunteers from across the city will donate, prepare, and serve meals for about 200 to 250 guests.
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Lawrence Interdenominational Nutrition Kitchen
LINK
First Christian Church
10Th
Kentucky
Jane Kleinberg
Runaway Granddaughter Reunited After Social Media Push
A grandmother describes a missing teen, with a companion whose mother initially hid details. The family alerted police, shared a Facebook post, and a Journal-World article with photos helped spread the notice. Social media shares prompted the other girl's mother to locate her daughter and arrange a reunion. The family stresses the power of rapid online outreach.
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Journal-World
Shaun Hittle
Journal- World
Public Forum letter highlights journal support and suffrage history
The Public Forum thanks the Journal-World for aiding a missing child search and praises community response. A historian from Lawrence, Tom Mach, adds corrections about Kansas suffrage history, noting key steps from 1867 to 1912 and urging precise reporting.
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Lawrence Journal-World
Journal-World
Kansas
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Journal- World
Lawrence
Ljworld.com
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Dan C. Simons
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Cait McKnelly
Chattanooga, Tenn
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National American Women Suffrage Association
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Kansas Equal Suffrage Association
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