Native debate over Wyandotte casino on burial ground in Kansas City
Native advocates split over the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma proposal to build a 4 to 5 million casino and bingo hall on an Indian burial ground in Kansas City Kansas. Four tribes state and local authorities seek a federal restraining order as litigation to control cemetery land continues.
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Wyandotte Tribe of
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Kan
Wyandot Nation of
Kansas
Seehnes
Burial Ground
Woodlands Racetrack
Notable 18th Century Death and 1984 Space Walk
On October 11 1779 Polish noble Casimir Pulaski was killed at Savannah while fighting for American independence. In 1984 Kathy Sullivan became the first U.S. woman to walk in space aboard the space shuttle Challenger.
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Casimir Pulaski
Savannah
Kathy Sullivan
U.S
Thompson’s hearings a turkey in the 1996 campaign money saga
Washington columnist Sandy Grady critiques Fred Thompson's campaign money hearings as unfocused and stale. He notes the panel failed to prove a Chinese contribution link, the spectacle fizzled with Ickes and Clinton, and calls to end the inquiry to spare money and time.
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Washington
Fred Thompson
Big Fred
Mr. Cool
Sen. Thompson
Stallone
Schwarzenegger
Thompson
Bill Clinton
Rep
Dan Burton
House
Sam Ervin
Fred
Sam
Clinton
Harold Ickes
CNN
White House
Kervorkian
Prez
Crow
Ickes
FDR
New York
Don Nickles
R-Okla
Pete Domenici
R-N. Mex
Lincoln
Iokes
Lee Atwater
Lyn Nofziger
James Baker
Domenici
Trent Lott
John Glenn
Sandy Grady
Philadelphia Daily News
Soft money scandal in 1996 election fund-raising
Mark Shields argues the true scandal is both major parties evading federal limits via soft money and phony independent expenditures. Clinton raised at least 22 million in soft money for primaries and the Dole campaign spent millions on party ads, with both campaigns using the legal fiction to sidestep limits.
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United States
Bil Clinton
Bob Dole
Political
Clinton and
Dole
Clinton
Common Cause
Republican
Democratic National Committees
Dick Morris
National Committee
Oval Office
Morris
DNC
RNC
Congress
Department of Justice
Mark Shields
Creators Syndicate
Postmaster notice on address changes and credits
The text informs readers to send address changes to the Journal-World at FO Box 888 Lawrence Kansas 66144 0888 and notes periodicals postage paid in Lawrence Kansas. It also lists memberships in the Audit Bureau of Circulations and the Associated Press.
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Journal-World
Lawrence
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Letter to the Editor on violent crime and bonds in Lawrence
Jeff Morrow of 3108 Sherwood criticizes law enforcement and the justice system for lenient bonds after an Oct 3 altercation involving four out-of-town suspects including Phaly Sok. He links youth violence, drug problems, and gang activity to ongoing safety concerns and asks if Lawrence remains safe to raise children.
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Phaly Sok
Kansas City
Sok
Lawrence
Magic Wok
Mr. Sok
Jeff Morrow
Sherwood
KU Enrollment Figures Corrected After 1972 Fall Total
New figures show Kansas University Lawrence campus enrollment rose by 28 from the prior fall, not a 272 decline as first reported. The 1972 fall total stands at 18,544, ending an earlier belief that a long upswing had stalled since 1952.
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Kansas University
Lawence
Lawrence Journal editorial on Kansas public order 1897
The 1897 Lawrence Journal cites widespread gambling and disorder in fair towns but says Lawrence remained free of pockets picked joints and disorderly houses. It contrasts Topeka’s saloon and bawdy-house push with Lawrence’s calmer public sentiment, praising Moore order and morality prevailing.
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Lawrence Journal
Lawrence
Topeka
Kansas
Watkins Community Museum
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Douglas County
Journal- World
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Roger Verdan
John Taylor
Amy Gardner
Tom Fisher
Dolph C. Simons R
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