Proposed Lawrence recreation center raises pool debate
Editorial questions the $13.3 million Centennial Park recreation center and its impact on neighborhoods while proposing moving a planned pool to Free State High School. It notes a possible $800,000 budget gap, questions total costs totaling perhaps $14.3 million, and queries claimed revenues and oversight.
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Lawrence Recreation Center
Lawrence
Centennial Park
Lawrence Free State High School
Lawrence High School
Free State
Free State High School
John Nalbandian
Today in history highlights from 1783 to 1990
Key events include the British evacuation of New York in 1783, Fort Duquesne captured in 1758, Pope John XXIII born in 1881, first football play-by-play on WTAW in 1920, Kennedy burial in 1963, Papadopoulos ousted in 1973, U Thant’s death in 1974, the Jarvik-7 heart implant in 1984, and Poland's 1990 presidential election leading to Lech Walesa's rise.
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New York
United States
Fort Duquesne
Pittsburgh
Pope John XXIII
Angelo Roncalli
Bergamo
Italy
WTAW
College Station
Tex
University of Texas
Texas A&m
Kennedy
Arlington National Cemetery
George Papadopoulos
U.N
U Thant
William Schroeder
Jasper
Ind
Humana Hospital
Audubon
Kentucky
Poland
Solidarity
Lech Walesa
Postmaster notice for address changes
The Journal-World requests readers to send address changes to P O box 888 Lawrence Kansas 66044 0888 for periodical mail. This service is affiliated with USPS and the Audit Bureau of Circulations and the Associated Press.
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Journal-World
P.O
Lawrence
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Lebed Vision for Russia as Future Leader
Georgie Anne Geyer profiles Gen Alexander Lebed on his first U S visit, detailing his blend of tough military mien and intellectual pragmatism. He argues for a stable, cooperative Russia with strong predictable authority and cautions against past ideologies while describing personal family war losses and a longing to build a heritage for future generations.
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Washington
Alexander Lebed
Russia
America
Lebed
Gen. Lebed
Dwight Eisenhower
Charles de Gaulle
Kemal Ataturk
Council On Foreign Relations
Nixon Center For Peace and Freedom
Hitler
Stalin
Finland
Cossack South
Georgie Anne Geyer
Universal Syndicate
McCaffrey: Drug War Metaphor and Border Busts Highlight Fight
Retired Gen Barry McCaffrey leads the ONDCP and rejects the label war, calling drugs a cancer instead. He notes the Mexico border as a key entry, citing 45 percent of drugs coming through El Paso and a broader border shift. A Justice Department sting, Operations Motorcross and Broken Border, involved a bribery scheme with immigration officers, leading to arrests, seized cocaine, and $3.7 million in illicit funds.
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Washington
Barry McCaffrey
Office of National Drug Control Policy
McCaffrey
America
California
Mexico
Florida
Texas
el Paso
Tex
Aaron Karp
Sammy Linebaugh
Justice Department
Hollywood
U.S
Jes
Son
United States
Justice
Drug Enforcement Administration
DEA
Jack Anderson
Ian Moller
United Feature Syndicate
District elections for city commission proposed by league
In 1991 the League of Women Voters of Lawrence-Douglas County urged authoring a district based city commission plan. Nominated from each district in primaries, then one at large district representative elected by all voters. The editorial letters policy outlines submission rules for public forum letters to The Journal-World.
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the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kan
Douglas County
Kansas Counties
Kansas City
United States
League of Women Voters
Lawrence-Douglas County
League
Milton Scott
Journal-World
Ijworld.com
Lawrence OKs stricter fireworks limits for July 2 3 4
The Lawrence City Commission voted 4 to 1 to limit fireworks use from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on July 2 3 and 4 in response to citizen complaints from the prior summer. Overnight fires caused about 36000 in losses, and a major blaze on Ninth Street west of Massachusetts accounted for roughly 30000. The United Fund reached 150143 to meet its goal. A Haskell Indian Junior College student group staged a campus march seeking greater student participation in decisions affecting them.
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Lawrence
Chuck Fisher
Douglas County
Ninth Street
Massachusetts
United Fund
Haskell Indian
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Paraboloid home by KU professor at 934 W 21st
In 1956 Prof Donald Dean and his wife settled into their unique hyperbolic paraboloid residence at 934 West 21st. Dean, civil engineering associate professor, designed the dwelling that remains at the site. The Lawrence World on Nov 25 1896 reported No Tuition policy from State Superintendent Stanley ending a languages in high school tuition controversy.
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Donald Dean
W. 21St
Lawrence World
Stanley
Board of Education
Watkins Community Museum
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Dolph Simons Sr
Bill Snead
Roger Verdon
John Taylor
Ann Gardner
Tom Fisher
WRT
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Ralph Gage
Julie Bechtel
Dolph Simons III
Dan Simons
New Ventures
Donna Wiley
Carztrailer
Dallas Dolan
W.C. Simons
Kelien
Ari
CNCA
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