County treasurer investment oversight urged after audit
Douglas County commissioners form an investment oversight committee to guide Treasurer Pat Wells on deposits after an audit found undersecured funds and other errors. The panel includes Wells, the administrator, and an external investment expert, highlighting power lines between elected offices and the need to protect about 30 million idle dollars. Wells criticized the move but the commission stresses careful handling of county funds to safeguard taxpayers.
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Douglas County
Pat Wells
Wells
County Commission
Commission
Journal World Periodicals Auditor AP Association
The Journal World declares USPS periodical status with Missouri Kansas mailing and AP affiliation. The paper notes circulation audit membership and Associated Press association.
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Lawrence
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Nuclear security and funding gap risk terror threat
Washington pundit David Broder warns that the Nunn-Lugar program securing Russia’s weaponizable material faces cuts that could leave the United States vulnerable. He cites Baker, Lugar, Edwards, and Bush budget tensions, noting the urgency to defuse material and prevent terror use. The piece stresses bipartisan support and the need for funding.
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Washington
Sam Rayburn
Congress
Bush Administration
Russia
Richard Lugar
Indiana Republican
Sam Nunn
Georgia
Energy Department
United States
Osama bin Laden
Howard H. Baker Jr
Senate
Reagan White House
Japan
Lloyd Cutler
White House
Carter
Clinton
Bush
Nunn
National Press Club
America
Harvard
Graham Allison
Clinton Defense Department
Economist
Administration
Nunn-Sugar
Chet Edwards
Texas
House Appropriations Committee
Bill Young
Florida
Nunn-Lugar
Young
Letter from J D Bowersack on Lawrence Commercial Club
A 1901 letter from Congressman J D Bowersack, first president of the Lawrence Commercial Club, discusses discouragements, united action, local prejudices, and the value of maintaining a practical active business body to drive town improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence World
Lawrence U.S
J.D. Bowersack
Lawrence Commercial Club
Bowersack
United Action
Nuclear opposition to the Nebraska waste dump
In a letter to the editor Robert V Bye argues Greenpeace and other environmental groups have long backed anti nuclear efforts. He praises Boyd County Nebraska residents for home grown opposition to a proposed radioactive waste dump and notes their self reliance as a model for others facing environmental battles.
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Nebraska
Greenpeace
Boyd County
Neb
Robert V. Bye
Lawrence
Price of freedom critique and pledge debate letters
Readers argue that freedom has a costly price, condemning war harms in Afghanistan and Kuwait and urging renewed aid to needy nations. They challenge selective justice, urge rebuilding efforts, and defend reciting the Pledge of Allegiance while defending core American values.
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Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
bin Laden
Congress
Afghanistan
Germany
Michael Campbell
Eudora
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Journal-World
W.C. Simons
Dolph Simons Sr
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Ralph Gage
Richard Brack
Bill Snead
John Taylor
Ivews
Ann Gardner
al Bonner
Joe Lewis
Clcalation
Dolph Simons II
the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire
Kansas
U.S
P.O
Lawrence, Kan
David Broader
Washington Post Writers Group
David Broder
Courtesy
Watkins Community Museum
Price of Freedom
Austin Turney
Journal- World
Turney
David Reynolds
Lworld.com
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