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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1998
Page
8
McLouth residents form the Community Character Construction Crew to reward good behavior with virtues such as honesty respect responsibility and cooperation. The effort includes Honesty Week starts Monday posters in stores school assemblies and sermons. Community response is positive with many volunteers hoping others adopt the program nationwide.
On October 15 1917 Mata Hari the Dutch dancer accused of spying for Germany was executed by a French firing squad outside Paris Her trial and execution marked a dramatic end to her espionage activities during World War I and she remains a controversial figure in intelligence history.
George Will argues against expanding federal hate crimes for sexual orientation or other identities. He notes murder in Wyoming of Matthew Shepard and questions whether statutes should assign harsher penalties based on motive. He cites FBI data and warns of overreach and identity politics.
Leonard Pitts critiques the Child Online Protection Act and the difficulties of regulating cyberspace. He notes how easy it is to access explicit material, questions site liability, and compares online restrictions to broader tech regulation while affirming parental control at home.
The filing snippet lists Journal-World as a periodical in Lawrence Kansas with USPS postage paid, noting its membership in the Audit Bureau of Circulations and the Associated Press. It identifies common press affiliations rather than a news event or article content.
Grace P. Cooper writes to the Journal-World public forum reflecting on a university art history class where only three of about 60 students, including one grandmother age female, admitted being feminists. She defines feminism as support for gender fairness and education, economic self sufficiency, equality, and reproductive rights, urging voting on meaningful issues in the 1999 election cycle.
The Sonny and Cher Show at Kansas University homecoming ran about an hour in Allen Fieldhouse and left Lawrence with a $45,330 share from guarantees and ticket sales. Spectators felt gypped as the program offered the same TV fare seen for free. Ninteen Lawrence High seniors were nominated for Summerfield and Watkins scholarships, a school record per Principal Neal Wherry.
An 1898 Lawrence Journal advertisement touts Port Arthur as the area’s top maker with over 25 brands and a call to support home grown industry. The factory is noted to be at the southwest corner of Pinckney and Massachusetts Streets.
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