Offensive greeting card sparks hunger strike protest
Muhammad Saeed of Lawrence says a recycled greetings card depicting a veiled woman mocks Muslims and women. He began a hunger strike while CAIR urges Muslims nationwide to protest stores selling the card. Saeed seeks removal and apology. CAIR contemplates further action including protests and possible legal steps.
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Lawrence
Fiers
Lawrence Musim
Muhammad Saeed
Greetings
Chicago
Millicent
Yazmine
Tehran
Mecca
Saeed
Ibrahim Hooper
Council On American-Islamic Relations
Hooper
Washington, D.C
Mike Yoorr
Journal
Woren
Johnson County Leads Kansas in Census Rankings
Johnson County tops Kansas in the Census Bureau 1994 County and City Data Book with high education, income, and work-force metrics. It reports 92.9 percent adults with high school diplomas, 40.5 percent with bachelor’s degrees, $20,592 per capita income, 66.8 percent women in the civilian labor force, and 86.5 percent driving alone to work, plus leading in new private building permits and other national rankings.
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Johnson County
Kansas
Census Bureau
Sedgwick
Wichita
Douglas County by the Numbers 1994 Data Book figures
The Census Bureau data show Douglas County grew from 67,898 in 1980 to 84,538 in 1992, with 16,640 new residents. Among adults 38.4 percent held bachelor’s degrees, 88.8 percent had high school diplomas, 20.6 percent lived in poverty, per cap income was 12003 dollars, and 18.4 percent of workers commuted outside the county.
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Kansas
Greeley County
Colorado
Elk County
Seward County
Riley County
Fort Riley
Geary County
Atchison County
Pawnee County
Chautauqua County
Oand
Linn County
Republic County
Sedgwick
Census Bureau
Douglas County
Haskell study awaited on trafficway impact near campus
A legislative panel awaits a Haskell Indian Nations University report on the proposed South Lawrence Trafficway and its effects on students and culture. Two 20 acre tracts once bought by the state may be sold back to Haskell with wetlands land near the planned roadway.
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Haskell
Lawrence
Julian Efird
Legislative Research Department
Kansas University
Department of Wildlife and Parks
Legislative Coordinating Council
Kansas panel focuses on teen pregnancy prevention funding
State Sen. Sandy Praeger praised Kansas for increasing funds to reduce teen pregnancies. She noted South Carolina studies show long term effectiveness hinges on sustained community interest. The Joint Committee on Children and Families met in Topeka to hear from state funded programs and KU professor Stephen Fawcett about South Carolina’s efforts.
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Sandy Praeger
Kansas
South Carolina
Praeger
Joint Committee On Children and Families
Topeka
Kansas Health Foundation
Wichita
Stephen Fawcett
Kansas University
State funds cut teen pregnancy in Topeka
A state funded YWCA program in Topeka reduced teen pregnancy by 24 percent in the city. Four similar programs are funded in other cities and three through the Kansas Health Foundation. The state has appropriated 150000 dollars in matching grants to help more communities start such programs. Community support across churches schools and civic groups is required to address teen pregnancy as a broad social issue.
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Topeka
YWCA
Kansas Health Foundation
Meyers invites academy applicants for 1995 entrants
Congresswoman Jan Meyers announces5 nominations for US Air Force Merchant Marine Military Naval academies for the summer 1995 classes. Coast Guard Academy in New London Conn requires no congressional nomination. Applicants must be KS third district residents US citizens 17 to 21 by July 1 1995 and unmarried with no dependents. Nomination based on SAT or ACT results.
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Jan Meyers
United States Air Force
Merchant Marine
Military
Naval Academies
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
New London
Conn
3Rd Congressional District
Kansas
United States
Meyers
Services for Charles Oliver Filed with Rumsey Funeral Home
Charles Oliver age 78 of Kansas City Missouri died September 6 1994 at Glennon Place. Funeral services are pending with Rumsey Funeral Home. Also noted was Torexa Sandra Hastings Lechner 49 of Topeka who died September 6 1994 at St Francis Hospital. Cremation planned with no services scheduled. Lechner born June 20 1945 survived by mother Esther Lindblad Omaha a companion Martin Ivaci Topeka daughter Keri Collins Lawrence and a grandson.
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Charles Oliver
Kansas City
Rumsey Funeral Home
Oliver
Glennon Place
Torexa — Sandra Hastings Lechner
Topeka
St. Francis Hospital
Lechner
Esther Lindblad
Omaha
Neb
Martin Ivaci
Keri Collins
Lawrence
Senator urges closing Guantanamo refugee camp plan
U S Senator Nancy Kassebaum calls to shut the Guantanamo Bay camp for Cuban refugees and to start processing evacuees back to Havana in phases. She urges lifting sanctions on Cuba and easing parts of the embargo to allow humanitarian aid and remittances, noting thousands detained and thousands intercepted since August. Panama agreed to accept 10,000 Cubans temporarily to ease crowding.
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Washington
United States
Havana
Nancy Kassebaum
Navy Base
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Kansas Republican
U.S. Coast Guard
Panama
Kassebaum
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Finney County
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Niehoff Htg. & Air, Inc
Lawrence Ated
Academy
Mer Frank
Sasha
Awrence Humane Soc
Ei Ion An
Massachusetts
Sandra Lechner
West 13Th
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