Transitioning Office Holders Should Follow Calm Path
A Douglas County editorial questions the claim that an orderly transition after election results signals disaster. It argues staff protections and staff choices by the new district attorney can keep offices functioning, while new leadership may bring improvements and requires cooperation with outgoing offices and the county commission to ensure a smooth transfer.
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Douglas County
Chris Miller
Miller
Douglas County Commission
Bush Seeks to Build Legacy After Victory
The president begins a second term with a sense of renewal and promise. He faces a skeptical opposition and a wary world as he aims to translate simple intuition into effective policy. He seeks to calm rivals and redefine American politics in a complex era.
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Ronald Reagan
Bush
Republican Party
Bush's second term path lifted by a redefined conservatism
David Shribman notes Bush walks a liberated trajectory from first term limits, wielding a new conservatism to shape economy and foreign policy. The piece weighs risks from Al Qaida, Iraq, and the deficit, while acknowledging Bush will court Democrats and press legacy building amid GOP tensions between small and big government factions.
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Reagan
Bill Clinton
Al-Qaida
Iraq
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Bush
Ohio
Dom
GOP
Daniel Burnham
George Walker Bush
United States
David Shribman
Universal Press Syndicate
Letter from Bonnie Lowe on DA office turnover and civility
Lawrence resident Bonnie Lowe urges continued stability in the district attorney's office amid upcoming murder trials and cautions Charles Branson against political turnover. She praises current staff, urges nonpartisan campaigns, and signs off as a Vietnam veteran noting bumper sticker displays around Lawrence.
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Journal-World
Charles Branson
Branson
Bonnie Lowe
Lawrence
Public Forum voices on war and justice in letters
Readers debate Bush era policy, troop welfare, and moral perspectives. The letters discuss war responsibility, VA support, tort reform, and values politics, urging concrete aid to troops and veterans and noting Journal-World letter policies for submission.
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Journal-World
Eran
Bush
Optruth.org
Gil Zemansky
Lawrence
Brian Clements
Bank robbery cited as lone gunman targets South Iowa branch
Old hometown notes recall a lone gunman robbing the University State Bank branch on South Iowa while staff were held at gunpoint. No arrests were reported. In 1964 about 6,000 attended a three day state teachers convention in Lawrence hosted by Kansas University.
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Sixth and
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kansas
U.S
University State Bank
South Iowa
Kansas University
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