Old church opens doors to help solve legal battle
About 50 people including Kansas City Attorney General Robert Stephan and five Lawrence city commissioners toured the 120 year old Old English Lutheran Church amid a two year demolition dispute. They signed waivers, toured the structure, and heard arguments about the wall’s instability and potential collapse.
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Vance Kelley
Kansas State Historical Society
N.H
Lawrence Preservation Alliance
Lawrence City Commission
Japan Considers $2 Billion Gulf Aid Amid Iraq Embargo
Japan said it is considering providing $2 billion in aid to Egypt Jordan and Turkey to bolster nations hit by the U N embargo on trade with Iraq The move followed Saddam Husseins offer of free oil to developing nations The White House called it an act of desperation The first responders Philippines and Namibia rejected the aid Cuba and Romania have oil deals with Iraq and some Eastern European nations seek to maintain military sales The U N Security Council imposed the embargo after Iraqs invasion of Kuwait and about 100 000 U S troops are in the Persian Gulf The secretary of state met in Moscow with the Soviet foreign minister after a Helsinki summit statement.
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Romania
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U.N. Security Council
Kuwait
Bush to address joint session on troop withdrawal plan
President Bush, fresh from a one day Helsinki summit with Mikhail Gorbachev, will speak to a joint session of Congress at 8 p.m. CDT. The address will be broadcast by all major networks as aides say he seeks public support for sending more than 100000 troops to the gulf region.
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Senate
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Trade deficit dips in first half of year
Washington reports the broad trade deficit fell to 21.84 billion dollars from April through June, marking the lowest six month deficit in six years. First half totaled 43.5 billion dollars, with analysts predicting a deterioration in the current quarter due to higher oil prices amid the Persian Gulf crisis.
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U.S
America
Commerce Department
United States
Officials tentatively identify odor chemical at KU campus
Kansas University evacuated Malott Haworth and the Computer Center after a strong onion smell. Officials traced a non corrosive chemical to the drain system, pumped a settling pit, and concluded the odor subsided though the source remains uncertain. The chemical may be 1 Methyl 1 Propanethiol used in jet fuel additives and perfumes.
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Malott
Haworth
Steve Cater
Malott Hall
Kansas reforms spark cautious praise for mental health efforts
Washington AP Kansas is praised by the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill and the Public Citizen Health Research Group for reform legislation this year though the 1990 consumer guide still rates Kansas services as deplorable. The groups note 30 states rank higher and say it is too early to judge outcomes.
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Kansas
National Alliance For the
Public Citizen Health Research Group
Weather outlook: cooler than Wednesday with rain chances
A brief weather note reports not as warm conditions for the next day with a 20 percent chance of rain. High temperatures reach around 91 degrees before another cooling trend.
Soviets Edge Priest Injury Sidelines Kansas Player
Kansas football junior free safety Jason Priest will miss three to six weeks with a dislocated elbow after a game against the Soviets. The injury creates a setback for the team's defensive backfield as the outlook for Priest's return tightens the schedule.
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Jason Priest
Kansas
Gorbachev Rejects Moderate Plan in Parliament Endorses Radical Reform
Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev told Parliament today he rejects the moderate economic plan from his prime minister and backs a more radical reform. Barbara Bush offers a quotable remark urging wives to support their husbands during the Persian Gulf crisis.
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Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Barbara Bush
Lawrence school board cuts bond proposal to 31 million
The Lawrence school board reduced the planned bond for a new high school and facility upgrades by 800000 to about 31 million. The final resolution sets the figure, with adviser noting the total still equals 31.8 million in planned improvements and savings from reduced debt could lower mill levy increases.
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Lawrence
Roger Edgar
George K
Dan Neuenswander
George K. Baum
Index Area Report Pushes Through Busy Classifieds
A compact index area report outlines sections such as 9A Classifieds 78-108 Comics 1B Crossword 0A Deaths 0A Editorials 4A Hospitals 11A Markets 6B Sports 1B-5B and Weather 62. The page signals a busy layout across multiple sections including sence seeeeeees and variety.
Lawrence man dies in one vehicle crash near Lawrence
Larry D Hood 35 of Lawrence died in a Monday evening one vehicle crash on Douglas County Road 458 two tenths of a mile east of County Road 1450E about three miles south of Lawrence. Hood swerved left of center to avoid a deer, rolled and was thrown from the 1975 Pontiac LeMans. A deputy and trooper attempted CPR at the scene. Hood was pronounced dead by Dr. Carol Moddrell. A blood sample was taken for alcohol testing. The sixth traffic fatality in Douglas County this year.
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Larry D. Hood
Douglas County
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Kansas Highway Patrol
Carol Moddrell
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