Open Kansas police reports show politics in access
Editorial argues Missouri style openness in police records for Kansas, noting the 1998 raid report on Rep. Paul Davis and the county attorney's political timing. It praises discretionary release, cites tight state rules, and calls for broader access beyond costly lawsuits.
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Kansas
Paul Davis
Montgomery
Journal-World
Sam Brownback
Mike Kautsch
Kansas University Law
Kautsch
Kansas Press Association
Coffeyville Sheriffs
Letters Policy and Journal-World License Terms
A garbled draft discusses letters policy, granting the Journal-World a nonexclusive license to reproduce and publish letters. The fragment mentions names such as O’Neal and Reese, and a request to include or reveal authorship, with references to consent and attribution in a terse newsroom context.
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Journal-World
Rete Auorel
Government competence in decline crisis in Washington says experts
Doyle McManus of the Los Angeles Times argues that U S federal management is failing across agencies from the Secret Service to VA hospitals. He cites antiquated civil service rules, inadequate top pay, and a culture of political blame as key obstacles to reform.
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White House
Iraq
Washington
Linda Bilmes
Harvard
Kennedy School
Clinton
George W. Bush
Congress
Bilmes
Elaine Kamarck
Brookings Institution
Obama
Kamarck
Bush
Ed Bush
Florida
Chris Christie
New Jersey
Jimmy Carter
Doyle McManus
Los Angeles Times
Doyle Memarus
Latimes.com
First Aeroplane Flight In Lawrence Accomplished
From the Lawrence Daily Journal World October 8 1914 the first aeroplane flight in Lawrence is described as a white winged machine rising to six hundred feet in a steady spiral. The aviator Joseph Pendhayn barely escaped serious injury when his ascent caused him to strike a tree and bring down branches but the biplane pinions remained uninjured.
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Fromawrence Daily Journal-World
Lawrence
Joseph Pendhayn
Public forum calls for clearer advance ballot form
Howard Duncan of Lecompton criticizes the new mail ballot form as unreadable and print too small to read. He argues accessibility matters for the elderly and disabled and urges lower fares and improved bus service to reduce car traffic around Lawrence. He urges leaders to consider broader transit goals and voter access.
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Lawrence
Shocking past scandal at a Saigon bar revealed
Everett Hickam recalls tumultuous years in 1968 during the Tet Offensive. In Saigon he mentions a nightclub named Frankie’s House described as a bar and brothel. He references a Davis involved with an unmarried attorney at a Kansas city nightspot and a claim of reefer sales.
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Clinton
Kansas
Frankie
Saigon
Everett Hickam
Lawrence
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