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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1994
Page
13
The Lawrence school board is commended for prohibiting smoking or a smoking area at the high school. The writer argues endorsing smoking would harm student health, increase property damage, and threaten safety near Veteran's Park. The piece urges students to quit or control the habit and supports a strict campus ban.
A concise chronology lists events across centuries: John Andre hanged in 1780 Tappan New York. 1835 Texas Revolution battle near Guadalupe River. Gandhi born 1869 Porbandar. Groucho Marx born 1890 New York. Wilson stroke 1919. Benny Goodman Flying Home 1939. Typhoon Moscow drive 1941. Peanuts first published 1950. Guinea independence 1958. Twilight Zone debut 1959. Thurgood Marshall sworn 1967. Ford hosts Hirohito 1975. Miller espionage case 1984. Rock Hudson dies 1985. Leipzig protest 1989. Souter confirmation 1990. Yeltsin clashes 1993.
The piece argues universal health care failed under Clinton due to private drafting, fear-mongering, and GOP opposition. It notes decades of proposals by Truman Nixon and Clinton, $100 million in lobbies against reform, and predicts higher costs, fewer employer plans, and rising policy pushback unless revived next year.
Former Mideast hostage Terry Anderson sues 11 U S government agencies to obtain records from seven years of captivity. He argues privacy laws block release without notarized consent from his abductors while also criticizing bureaucratic delays and past administrations for inaction. State Department shifts labeling of Eastern Europe to Central Europe, sparking debate on historical naming.
Dean and Martha Nieder of 977 E 850 argue against a 26 million plus second high school in the northwest, urging a cheaper standalone building, citing costs, equity and district unity. They praise LHS and urge voters to reject the bond on November 8, citing favorable faculty input for one high school.
Kansas University Chancellor Laurence Chalmers urged all elements in Kansas to cooperate to end college disruption trends seen elsewhere. He warned against harming the university system and academic freedom while calling for careful action. The Lawrence Centennial Board Contest honored Paul Harnar, Michael Barnhart, Chuck Hubbard, Charles Lindell, and Earlin Burgert in 1954. Also noted is a 1894 Lawrence World quote from jurist James Emery defining a promoter as one who sells what does not belong to him to someone who does not want to buy.
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