Editorial: Juan in a million and the Sydney Games
An opinion piece slams IOC head Juan Antonio Samaranch for luxury and hypocrisy as Sydney hosts the Summer Olympics. It recalls Phog Allen’s 1930s struggle with Olympic elites, accusing officials of excess while athletes suffer, and questions Samaranch’s legacy and tenure.
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Australia
Juan Antonio Samaranch
Samaranch
International Olympic Committee
Juan
Sydney
Regent
Olympic
Franco
Spain
Kansas University
Phog Allen
Berlin
Phog
Avery Brundage
Allen
Soong
Bush campaign on the run in Washington pundit column
Washington columnist Sandy Grady argues George W. Bush faces downhill momentum as gaffes and missteps erode his campaign. He cites the Adams Clymer remark, internal chaos, debate strategy errors, and fatigue from Gore’s lead and a buoyant convention bounce. Barbour replacement talk adds pressure.
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Washington
George W. Bush
Dubya
Murphy
Bush
al Gore
Adam Clymer
New York Times
Dick Cheney
Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Pappa
Geraldine Ferraro
Clymer
Haley Barbour
Austin
Tex
Gore
Bush & Co
Newsweek
New York Mets
Bipartisan
Presidential Commission
CNN
Larry King
NBC
Tim Russert
Weather Channel
Home Shopping Network
Bill Clinton
Monica
Texas
Ann Richards
John McCain
McCain
South Carolina
Lee Atwater
Willie Horton
Jewish Scholars Propose New Jewish Christian Dialogue
Four scholars from non Jewish institutions announce a National Jewish Scholars Project statement to spark public debate on Judaism’s relation to Christianity. They urge a dialogue that respects differences, acknowledges past harms, and explores shared values without coercion. The project includes essays a study guide and outreach through the Institute for Christian and Jewish Studies in Baltimore.
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National
Jewish Scholars Project
David Novak
Novak
University of Toronto
Tikva Frymer- Kensky
University of Chicago
Peter Ochs
University of Virginia
Michael Signer
Notre Dame
Baltimore
Institute For Christian & Jewish Studies
Institute
David Fox Sandmel
Enc
Pius IX
Vatican
Jane R. Eisner
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Jeisner
Phillynews.com
Public Forum on Quantrill Society visit and housing limits
A Quantrill Society member recalls a Lawrence raid anniversary visit to Eldridge Hotel and Watkins Museum, urging balanced history. A Wichita reader questions Lawrence’s proposed two-person dwelling limit for students, asking how enforcement would work and suggesting better use of existing ordinances.
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Quantrill Society
George W. Noland
Quantrill
Lawrence
Eldridge Hotel
Rob Phillips
Missouri
Kansas
Marsha Noland Bergman
Independence
Wichita Eagle
Tom
Stephanie Pulliam
Wichita
Public meeting notes for Douglas County Centennial plans
Old hometown notice recalls a public meeting planned for October 3 to discuss local participation in the 1960 1961 Kansas Centennial. It mentions Jim Clark leading the Douglas County Centennial Committee and notes YMCA relocation to a new brick home at 1022 and 1026 Ohio Street funded by George Davies with space for twenty boys and a planned tennis court nearby.
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the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kaw
Douglas County
Kansas
U.S
Jim Clark
Lawrence World
University Y.M.C.A
Ohio Street
George Davies
Kentucky
North House
Watkins
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Camissen
Journal-World
WC. Simons
Dolph Simons Sr
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Ralph Gage
Richard Brack
Bill Snead
Don Taylor
Ann Gardner
al Bonner
Joe Lewis
Dolph Simons III
Dan Simons
New Ventures
Donna Wiley
HRV
Tom Hornbaker
Dallas Dolan
Ed Clambrone
P.O
Lawrence, Kan
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Sandy Grady
Philadelphia Daily News
EPA
USS
Ena
Ijworld.com
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