Dow Drops 120 Points Herald Fearful Market Outlook
The 120 point plunge in the Dow Jones Industrial Average signals deepening pessimism over the economy and concerns about congressional meddling. The Friday swing, the fifth largest on record, followed fears of credit card rate caps and biotech losses, with President Bush promising calm as markets reopen.
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Elderly residents clash with city over crosswalk on Massachusetts
Lawrence residents of the Babcock Place apartments urge a crosswalk at 17th and Massachusetts to ease dangerous pedestrian crossings. City officials, citing heavy traffic and limited gaps, declined the proposal, noting safer routes at 14th and 19th streets but acknowledging distance and risk for walkers. Neighbors from Oread also voiced concerns at a city commission meeting, supported by a 40-signature petition.
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Ruth Morris
Babcock Tenants Assn
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Salvation Army
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Brown
Oread
Ben Bigler
Babcock Tenants’ Assn
Massachussetts Streets
Animal owner seeks new fraternity policy
Pam Bowen, angered by the theft of her goat last weekend found at a Kansas University fraternity, seeks stronger IFC action after a past attempted theft of her birds by Phi Delta Theta. Bowen reported the goat stolen to police on November 7. she recalls a 1990 incident and a letter from then IFC president Tom Cartmell warning that thefts would trigger removal from the IFC.
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Kansas University
KU Interfraternity Council
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Tom Cartmell
Interfraternity Council
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Lawrence High Roars Past SM West in 41-14 Semifinal Victory
Lawrence High's football team dominated SM West 41-14 in Friday's Class 6A semifinal at Haskell Stadium. The Lions advance to the state finals to meet Garden City at 2 p.m. next Saturday at KSU Stadium in Manhattan.
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Libyan Role in Pan Am 103 Bomb Denied by Group
A previously unknown group claimed responsibility for planting the bomb on Pan Am Flight 103 nearly three years after the crash and rejected U.S. assertions of Libyan involvement. The statement shifts blame away from Libya while the investigation continues.
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Libya
Mobile home park ordinance praised in early review
A three page draft set for public comment would regulate roads water pressure lot licensing and inspections in Lawrence. About 25 to 30 tenants advocates and owners voiced support while several sections will be refined before the final draft to be shown to the city commission.
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Logan Kennard
Publc
City Hall
Rod Bremby
Bremby
Bush Signs Extension of Jobless Benefits Bill
President Bush signed a $5.3 billion jobless benefits bill aimed to speed checks to unemployed Americans by Thanksgiving. The Senate approved it 91-2, extending benefits by six to twenty weeks for about 2.8 million workers beyond the standard 26 weeks.
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Kansas Claims Build Up Amid States Rate Ties
Kansas prepares for benefits as page 11A notes peat package hinges on each state's jobless rate. Senators worry some states face short shrift in the benefit allocation formula, delaying final congressional enactment and threatening the compromise agreement between the administration and Democrats.
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