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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 2003
Page
1
An Overland Park based broker will open a shop in downtown Lawrence despite concerns raised by the Kansas University athletic department. The report notes tension between local business development and university safety and policy considerations.
Quote attributes the Knee Defender to Ira Goldman who says the device prevents the seat in front from reclining. The beeper sized plastic block is described as jetting longlimbed air line passengers. The note appears on page 7A.
Douglas County Sheriff Rick Trapp ordered an immediate review of jail security after an inmate in the maximum-security pod took a nurse hostage during medication rounds. The 31-year-old nurse from the Visiting Nurses Assn was released after a sergeant spoke with the inmate. The incident occurred just before 8:45 p.m. in the 196-bed jail, which houses up to 28 inmates.
Washington Anne Hare and her husband chose not to have children citing lifestyle and activities they enjoy. Census data from a June 2002 survey shows 26.7 million women ages 15 to 44 are childless, a near ten percent rise since 1990 as more pursue college and work, delaying or forgoing motherhood.
Joe Harkins of the Kansas Water Office tells a Kansas University conference that three of the last five governors valued water highly, while two did not. He notes 14 years of slow progress followed by 12 years of backsliding in state water policies, surprising local officials and leaders in attendance.
The Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department announced the cryptosporidium outbreak is over three months after the first case and two months after public notice. Eighty-nine cases were diagnosed in Douglas County since late July, with no hospitalizations reported locally.
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