Slattery Faces Scrutiny as He Drops Re Election Bid
Saturday column analyzes Kansas congressman Jim Slattery stepping away from re election amid Democratic and Republican critiques. It questions motives, potential gubernatorial run, and the guiding influence of Bill Clinton on his record and public image. The piece notes the career advantages and the backlash from peers and the public.
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Bill Clinton
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Topeka
Marvin Barkis
Congress
Joan Wagnon
Wagnon
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Washington
Tom Foley
Jim Wright
Tip O’neill
Senate
Joan Finney
Finney
Sam Brownback
Payless Cashways eyes 70,000‑sq ft lumber store in Lawrence
Payless Cashways Inc a Kansas City based lumber hardware retailer has begun city paperwork to build a 70 000 square foot store on about 10 acres along east Iowa Street just north of 35th Street at 35th and Iowa The plan includes rezoning 7688 acres to planned commercial development and annexation of about three acres east of the site The planning commission and city commission have debated a moratorium and a Southern Development Plan while Wal Mart and Target developments proceed with zoning and development steps
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Payless Cashways Inc
Kansas City
35Th
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Armstrong Road
Robin Lehman
Wint Winter Jr
South Lawrence
Winter
Lehman
Payless Cashways
United States
Lawrence-Douglas County
City Commission
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Wal-Mart
33Rd
Iowa
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Target Department
Target
KU honors former prof for bolstering Slavic library
Oswald P. Backus III, KU history and Slavic studies professor, was honored with a plaque in Watson Library. He taught from 1950 to 1972 and is credited with elevating KU's Slavic and Eastern European program to national prominence, growing the library from 2,000 to over 72,000 Slavic volumes.
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Oswald P. Backus III
Watson Library
Backus
Barbara Backus McCorkle
Oswald Backus
Francis Heller
United States
Mississippi
Maria Carlson
New Haven
Conn
Lawrence Alliance to hold 9 am press briefing on vandalism
Lawrence Alliance plans a 9 a.m. press conference at City Hall in the city commission room. The group will respond to the recent anti-Semitic vandalism at the Jewish Community Center and advocate for cultural diversity.
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KU alums donate 25,000 to finance business faculty research
Don G. Powell and Nancy Hertzler Powell of Houston gave 25000 to the KU School of Business Endowment, creating the Don G. and Nancy Hertzler Powell Fund for Faculty Research and Development in Finance. The expendable fund funds faculty grants doctoral assistantships and the department database.
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Houston
Kansas University School of Business
KU Endowment Association
School of Business
U.S
Don Powell
American Capital Management & Research Inc
American Capital
Kansas City
Powells
Campaign Kansas
KU School of Business
Chancellors
Business School
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