County agendas in Journal-World differ from city and school board
Douglas County agendas are sent to the Journal-World in advance but are shorter due to two weekly meetings. City and school board items appear in local briefs or separate news stories. Readers question why the county fills fewer agenda boxes and where to find county business coverage.
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E County Commission
Journal-World
Lawrence City Commission
Lawrence School Board
Douglas County
County Commission
City Commission
School Board
Douglas
AlliedSignal gift supports KU engineering programs
A $15,000 gift from the AlliedSignal Foundation of Morristown New Jersey will aid three KU engineering programs at the School of Engineering. Each program electrical engineering and computer science minority engineering and mechanical engineering receives $5,000. The Endowment Association administers the gift. Police report covering several vandalism and theft incidents in Lawrence with total losses listed.
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AlliedSignal Foundation
Morristown
N.J
Kansas University
KU Endowment Association
AlliedSignal Aerospace Co
AlliedSignal Inc
Ambulance and Fire Calls Report From Tuesday Actions
Douglas County Ambulance Service logged multiple incidents including patient assist at 3:35 a.m. and several auto and medical emergencies on the Kansas Turnpike and local streets. Lawrence firefighters logged false alarms, gas and carbon monoxide checks, a sprinkler activation salvage, and a valve shutoff with water cleanup.
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Douglas County Ambulance Service
West 27Th Terrace
Kansas Turnpike
Clinton Parkway
West 25Th
Church Streets
Eudora
Wakarusa Township
Clinton Parkway Place
Lake Street
Lawrence
Alumni PI
W.ltd
Westland PL
Funes
Kansas Public Service
Sed Pam
Mass
Edgehill Rd
Births Report in Lawrence and McLouth Families
Lawrence couple David G. Housworth and Debra L. Housworth welcome a boy Tuesday. Mike and Jennifer Courtney of McLouth also have a son born Tuesday. Dr. C O Nauman, longtime Lawrence dentist, underwent open heart surgery Monday at St Luke's Heart Institute in Kansas City. His wife LaVonne says he is improving and expected home by the end of the week, though he remains in ICU with plans to return home by Saturday.
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David G. Housworth
Debra L. Housworth
Lawrence
Mike
Jennifer Courtney
McLouth
C.O. Nauman
Ninth
Iowa
Heart Institute of America
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kansas City
LaVonne Nauman
U.S
Nancy Kassebaum
Kansas
U.S. Capitol
Washington, D.C
Senate
Kassebaum
Capitol
Kansas University Alumni Association
Tour stop seeks activist's pardon in Kansas
A Bring Peltier Home tour will stop December 13 at the Kansas Union to press for a pardon for Leonard Peltier. Dennis Banks and Floyd Westerman will urge supporters to write to the White House. Peltier serves two life terms for the 1975 Oglala shootout.
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Leonard Peltier
Lawrence
Peltier
White House
U.S
Thanksgiving Day Community Schedule in Lawrence
Canceled Douglas County Commission meeting and school fall recess noted. Health screen for 60 plus, public housing applications, Thanksgiving dinner by Inter-Denominational Kitchen, toddler and Spanish storytimes, college basketball Kansas versus San Diego, Festival of Trees viewing and Mass Auction to benefit The Shelter Inc. Public events at Liberty Hall, Lawrence Public Library, and Lawrence High School Cafeteria.
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Douglas County Commission
Babcock Place
Mass
Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department
Lawrence Housing Authority
Haskell Ave
Lawrence
Lawrence Inter-Denominational
First Christian Church
Lawrence Public Library Children’s Department
Douglas County
Massachusetts
Liberty Hall
Lawrence High School
19Th
Louisiana
Lawrence Schools Area Council
Alliance For Social Awareness
LHS
The
Shelter Inc
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Susan Wolfe-Shirk
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Kansas Agriculture Statistics
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