Parking Friction Spurs KU Neighborhood Permit Proposal
In Lawrence, the Oread Neighborhood Association weighs a weekday permit scheme to limit street parking to residents in a district near Kansas University. The plan would charge 10 for annual permits with rules for residents and tenants, aiming to curb student and employee parking on 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays.
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Ashli Reitz
13Th Street
Adams
Mt. Oread
Kansas University
University of Colorado
Reitz
University
Oread
Assn
Tennessee
Ninth
14Th
Maine
ONA
Kyle Thompson
Thompson
Jonena Hearst
Ohio
Ciass
Richard Gwin
U S crime rate hits lowest level since 1987
FBI data show total crimes reported fell 2.9 percent to 14.438 million last year while violent crimes edged up due to more aggravated assaults and rapes. The overall rate dropped 4 percent to 5660 per 100000, the lowest since 1987, amid concerns over rising youth violence and underreporting.
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Washington
FBI
Louis J. Freeh
U.S
Geoffrey P. Alpert
University of South Carolina
Columbia
Violence in schools worries Lawrence area officials
Lawrence public schools report less violence than national levels yet rising incidents in Lawrence and nearby districts trigger safety concerns. September incidents include a Junction City High student shooting another, a Leawood teacher struck in the eye, and a Lawrence teacher threatened with scissors. A separate August shooting at Wood Creek Townhomes led to a teen’s commitment to the Kansas Youth Center.
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Lawrence
Junction City Senior High School
Leawood
Grandview High School
Grandview
Lynn Harrod
West
Harrod
Takisha Clark
Wood Creek
N. Mich
Danny Casey
Kansas Youth Center
Takisha
KU merger lesson proves engaging and romantic
Jennifer Herbst's business associations class at Kansas University became the scene for a surprise marriage proposal engineered by her boyfriend Mike Hammond. Professor Edwin W. Hecker Jr. approved the plan after coordinating with Herbst's friends. Herbst accepted the proposal in front of 60 to 80 students.
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Jennifer Herbst
Business Associations
Kansas University
Edwin W. Hecker Jr
Herbst
Mike Hammond
Hammond
Hecker
Kansas City
Preston shines in first college start for Kansas
Asheiki Preston led Kansas to a 24-6 victory over Colorado State at Memorial Stadium completing 12 of 14 passes for 164 yards. The Jayhawks debuted a five linebacker defense bottling Rams to 65 rushing yards.
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Asheiki Preston
Kansas
Colorado State
Memorial Stadium
Preston
Jayhawks
Rams
State Woman's Letters Detail Shooting
An 10A exhibit outlines the shooting case involving a woman named State. The item highlights letters that document the events and sequence of actions surrounding the incident, with emphasis on personal accounts and potential motive.
Notable Quote Ties Koresh Rhetoric to Waco Plot
A report cites David Koresh saying you cannot die for God unless you can kill for God, asserting he planned for his heavily armed sect to attack and kill citizens in Waco Texas. The quote appears in a Page 2A feature.
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David Koresh
Waco
Tex
Moscow clashes as hard-liners and police clash over siege
In Moscow hundreds of Yeltsin opponents clashed with police using stones and pipes, injuring officers and protesters amid a 12 day political crisis. Parliament lawmakers inside the White House resisted surrender, while negotiators signed an agreement for wider talks to ease the standoff.
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Moscow
Boris Yeltsin
Russia
Yeltsin
Parliament
White House
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Variet
Baby Jay
SRS
Oregon
Kremlin
Alexander Rutskoi
Soviet Union
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