Editorial on alcohol related traffic deaths and policy failings
The piece compares the 2000 US alcohol related highway toll of 16,653 to the 6,500 lives lost in East Coast terrorist attacks, arguing for stronger actions. It criticizes teen drinking, parental complicity, and courts for not curbing drunken driving, urging decisive policy and personal accountability to reduce fatalities.
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New York City
Washington
United States
U.S
World Trade Center
Pentagon
Journal-World Mission Statement and Publisher Credits
The Journal-World pledges accurate and fair news reporting with no editorial mixing, safeguarding citizen rights, and exposing dishonesty in public affairs. Dolph Simons Sr. guided the paper from 1944 to 1962 as publisher and until 1979 as editor, with AP and ABC memberships noted.
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The
Journal-World
Dolph Simons Sr
America Finds Strength Amid Grief and Unity
Geneva Overholser reflects on national resilience after tragedy, noting renewed meaning in life, rekindled connections, and appreciation for everyday workers. She highlights bipartisan unity, public service over profit, and a matured foreign policy as the country seeks hopeful growth while honoring lost lives.
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Washington
World Trade Center Towers
Washington Post
Sen
John Breaux
Louisiana
U.S
United Nations
U.N
Catholic University
Geneva Overholser
Washington Post Writers Group
Public Forum Letters on War Memory and Baltic Boundaries
A reader urges reflection on hate and teaching children amid protests. Citations discuss the 1939 Soviet Polish border shifts and the September 1939 invasion of Poland, noting how the Baltic states fell under Soviet influence and the Warsaw siege context in WWII debates.
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Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Baltic States
Poland
Anna M. Cienciala
Lawrence
Warsaw
Germany
Soviet Union
Journal-World
Britain
France
Red Army
Ussr
Stalin
Hitler
Belorussia
Ukraine
Freedom of expression cartoon sparks letters to editor
In a Sept 21 Journal-World Public Forum letter Mariette the cartoonist is urged to display a flag symbolizing freedom of expression. The writer mocks a cartoon depicting Pat Robertson Jerry Falwell and Osama Bin Laden with a religious tune and warns of potential reprisals in Taliban-led areas. The letter outlines submission guidelines and editorial policy.
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Journal-World
Mariette
Pat Robertson
Jerry Falwell
Osama bin Laden
Taliban
Roger Sprecher
Lawrence
Ijworld.com
Thurmond backs Ford over Carter at Kansas Union
U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond told a Kansas Union audience southerners likely back Ford in November. He said Carter would raise federal spending and deficits, cut the military, and favor labor unions.
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Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Kansas Union
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
South
Carter
Thurmond
Douglas County
ASCS
State Emergency Board
Kansas Asc
Lawrence
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Bill Snead
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al Bonner
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Dolph Simons III
Dan Simons
New Ventures
Donna Wiley
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Tom Hornbaker
Dallas Dolan
Ed Ciambrone
the World Company
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Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
America
Washington Times
Janeane Garofalo
Public Service
New York
Indiana
Geneva
Overholser
WTC
Fred Phelps
Catherine Bolton
Kansas University
Wyoming
Bob Devaney
Nebraska
Jack Mitchell
Colorado
Mitchell
TCU
Lawrence Journal
McKinley
Philippines
McKinley Islands
Watkins Community Museum
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