UNC archives attract Burns papers with Civil War focus
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received Ken Burns documentary working papers and footage from eight projects including The Civil War, highlighting how universities can become strong repositories for historic film and research. The editorial urges other institutions like Kansas University to pursue similar archival acquisitions to enrich regional history and public access.
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University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Ken Burns
UNC
David Moltke-Hansen
Budig
Princeton
John Chancellor
Lawrence
Burns
North Carolina
Kansas University
On This Day In History Highlights
Key events span 1813 Verdi's birth in Le Roncole and 1845 the U S Naval Academy opening in Annapolis. Also noted are Agnew resigning in 1973 amid tax evasion charges, Verdi's birth, and many other world events across politics and culture.
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Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Nixon
Michigan
Gerald R. Ford
Giuseppe Verdi
le Roncole
Italy
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Tuxedo Park
N.Y
Sun Yat-sen
China
Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans
Panama Canal
U.S
Gamboa Dam
Porgy and Bess
George Gershwin
DuBose Hayward
Ira Gershwin
Broadway
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
Chiang Kai-shek
Tokyo
Quebec
Pierre Laporte
Quebec Liberation Front
Laporte
Fiji
Carter
Susan B. Anthony
Cairo
Anwar Sadat
George Bush
Geraldine Ferrara
F.W. de Klerk
African National Congress
Walter Sisulu
Nelson Mandela
Mogadishu
Mohamed Farrah Aidid
Robert Oakley
Greece
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Andreas Papandreou
Journal-World postal and membership notice
Postmaster send address changes to the Journal-World in Lawrence Kansas P Q Box 888 66044 0888 USPS 306 520 Second Class postage paid at Lawrence Kansas Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations Member of the Associated Press
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Journal-World
P.Q
Lawrence
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Clinton should craft careful response to Saddam bluff
A Washington column argues Saddam Hussein tests U.S. resolve with a stick and carrot plan. It urges Clinton to threaten finish-the-war action if Kuwait is invaded, and to tighten sanctions or bomb sites if inspectors are expelled, framing a baptism of fire as possible catalyst for change.
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Washington
Bill Clinton
Saddam Hussein
Tom Friedman
New York Times
U.N
Bush
Baghdad
Saddam
Clinton
Rolf Ekens
Iraq
Tariq Aziz
Republican Guard
Security Council
Yevgeny Primakov
Russia
Moscow
France
Alain Juppe
Kuwait
Hammurabi
Oval Office
Bosnia
Haiti
North Korea
State Department
Jimmy Carter
U.S
Paris
Kurdistan
North aims to recast hostage scandal as noble effort
Oliver North seeks to rewrite his role in the Iran Contra hostages affair, arguing for a liberating motive while Terry Anderson, a former AP reporter held in Beirut for 2,454 days, says North’s covert arms sales prolonged captivity and that paying kidnappers incentivized more hostage taking. Anderson criticizes North as an ideologue willing to break laws for perceived aims.
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Washington
Senate
Oliver North
Terry Anderson
North
Anderson
Col. North
Reagan
Middle East
Iran
Congress
Associated Press
Beirut
Islamic Jihad
Virginia
Ollie North
Sen
Lawrence City Manager Ray Wells Resigns for County Role
Lawrence City Manager Ray Wells announced his resignation to accept a county administrator position in Muskegon County Michigan with an annual salary around 25000 dollars. The surrounding area population is about 200000. Clifford Ketzel joins as a new assistant professor in political science at Kansas University, a UCLA and Cal Berkeley graduate who previously worked with the Bureau of International Relations at Berkeley.
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the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kaw
Douglas County
Kansas Counties
Kansas City
United States
Ray Wells
Muskegon County
Mich
Clifford Ketzel
Kansas University
UCLA
Cal-Berkeley
Bureau of International Relations
Berkeley
Residents press for new high school in Lawrence area
A Lawrence parent and educator advocate for a second high school and other improvements on the November ballot citing benefits of smaller schools. They contrast Lawrence with Blue Valley area schools, noting higher student engagement, stronger athletic traditions, and a desire to adapt to changing student attitudes since the 1960s.
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Lawrence
Blue Valley
Stanley, Kan
Blue Valley North
North
Northwest High
Overland Park
Marion Roberts
Woodlawn PI
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Carolina Initiative
Dolph Simons Sr
Bill Snead
John Taylor
Ann Gardner
Tom Fisher
Dolph Simons Ill
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Ralph Gage
Dan Simons
New Ventures
Donna Wiley
Dallas Dolan
William Sutcliffe
W.C. Simons
Som Rowe
Ine
Charles Robb
D-Va
Bier
Kansas University Athletic Department
N.C
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