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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 2008
Page
6
The piece cites Dave Barry on 1960s voting culture, praising adults who argued passionately yet remained friends. It contrasts teardown of decency in 2008 with earlier respect for opposing views, urging grown up debate, harmony, and dedication to the country in trying times. It calls for less nastiness and more constructive engagement.
Washington watchers marked Mitch McConnell as the Senate’s linchpin after Kentucky voters awarded him a fifth term. The piece notes his restrained style masks ambition, his durability amid Dem challenges, and his role in steering GOP strategy on speech rights, spending rules, and bipartisan groundwork for Obama’s early agenda.
A letter to the editor urges Lawrence to embrace a mid-2009 integration of city and EU transit systems and supports a Sales Tax Oversight Committee. It calls for full public representation on the committee and asks the City Commission to include community groups and a Campaign to Save the T representative in a transparent, accountable process.
Public Forum excerpts address the composition of a citizen committee to hear concerns, teacher influence on student votes in Kids Voting, and opinions on panhandling in Lawrence. Readers discuss education, fear versus compassion, and city commission focus, followed by Journal-World letters policy and submission details.
Lawrence residents recount a man named William R. Hutton of Overland Park who saved 21yearold Lisa Pulliam from an oncoming car at 23rd and Iowa, though he was struck and in critical condition. Meanwhile 60 layoffs hit Cooperative Farm Chemicals Assn fertilizer plant, with officials urging calm and hopes of a rebound. An autopsy on a Kansas University student in a dormitory fight shows head injury. no charges yet. The 1908 note mentions electric line prospects and a KU football rally with coach Bert Kennedy predicting victory over Nebraska.
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