City to fund public Internet site duplicating private web page
Lawrence officials plan to ask commissioners to fund a city Internet site about Lawrence, a project critics say duplicates a privately funded page already run by The World Company. Four library staffers would work on it, with costs likely rising. Critics urge avoiding taxpayer-funded competition with private enterprise.
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Lawrence
Rod Bremby
Lawrence Public Library
Bruce Flanders
Bremby
Flanders
the World Company
Journal-World
Ljworld
The
World Company
Turning points in world history from 1777 to 1989
A compact section recalling key events: Burgoyne’s 1777 Saratoga surrender in the Revolution. 1919 RCA creation. Capone’s 1931 tax-evasion conviction. Einstein’s 1933 arrival in the U S. 1941 Kearney torpedoed with 11 fatalities. Peron’s 1945 coup. Camus’ 1957 Nobel. 1965 Broadway opening of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever. 1973 Arab oil embargo. 1978 Davis citizenship restoration. 1989 7.1 quake in Northern California with 67 deaths and $7 billion damage.
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John Burgoyne
Saratoga
N.Y
Radio Corporation of America
al Capone
Albert Einstein
United States
Nazi Germany
U.S
Kearney
Iceland
Col
Juan Peron
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Albert Camus
Burton Lane
Alan Jay Lerner
Japan
Carter
Jefferson Davis
California
Journal-World staff and postal information note
Journal-World credits staff including Snead Taylor Gardner Fisher Chaney Simons Gage and Simons III in addition to Wiley and Dolan. It lists post office box for address changes and notes USPS rates and AP and ABC memberships.
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Bill Snead
John Taylor
Ann Gardner
Tom Fisher
Mark Chaney
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Ralph Gage
Dolph Simons III
Dan Simons
New Ventures
Donna Wiley
Dallas Dolan
Journal-World
P.O
Lawrence
Kan
France asserts nuclear influence amid tests in Pacific
The piece argues France shows restraint with two detonations and a planned cap at eight, criticizes world critics, and links French nuclear doctrine du fort au faible to Gaullist power. It notes Chirac's Helios satellite launch, Bosnia stance, and push to keep Europe independent from U S satellite data. The piece laments American cultural dominance and France's quest for prestige amid domestic reforms.
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Paris
France
South Pacific
French
Atomic Agency
Mururoa Atoll
Mururoa
U.N
Security Council
Jacques Chirac
United Nations
Chirac
Europe
United States
Bosnia
Keeping the thrill in education in a changing world
A parent reflects on her children Oniel and Marlon adapting to school, the waning spark of curiosity, and the balance between discipline and incentive. She recalls paying for grades, wonders why learning wanes, and ends with Oniel’s first day triumph as she says she is learning with bright, eager eyes.
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B.B. King
Oniel
Onjel
Marlon
Abcs
Mtvs
Danny DeVito
Readers plea for news in 18 and Under section at Journal-World
A Lawrence reader criticizes the 18 and Under page for featuring mainly toys and downtown scenes, urging more school news. The letter argues for reporting on high school topics and supports Oread Clinical Supplies tax abatement, citing potential city benefits and job creation.
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Lawrence High School
Lawrence
Kenny Connor
E. 19Th
Journal- World
Oread, Inc
Oread Clinical Supplies, Inc
Commission
Oread
Susan Pogany
Cherry Hills Dr
Kansas highway reopening and university enrollment figures
Officials said a renovated stretch of Kansas Highway 10 east of Haskell Avenue will soon open to city traffic. Fall enrollments listed for Kansas University and Kansas State were 17 497 and 13 847 for board of regents review.
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Haskell Avenue
Kansas University
Kansas State
Board of Regents
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Dolph Simons Sr
Sixth and
New Hampshire
Douglas County
Kansas
Kansas City
W.C. Simons
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Lawrence World
World Office
Will White
Vernie Kellogg
White
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