Private prisons gain ground in Virginia policy debate
Editorial argues private prisons could ease tax burdens and improve rehabilitation if properly regulated. Notes Corrections Partners Inc. seeks Virginia contract, part of Corrections Corporation of America network. Warns of corruption risk, urges close scrutiny of the CCA venture and potential benefits for inmates and states.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Company
Corrections Partners Inc
Corrections Corporation of America
CCA
Virginia
Notable historical events and milestones on select dates
A timeline of key events from 1789 to recent years spans Hamilton becoming first US secretary, Washington’s defeat at Brandywine, 1814 Lake Champlain victory, Jenny Lind’s US debut, Boulder Dam dedication, Lindberghs speech charges, Miss America 1954, Beatles first EMI recordings, Khrushchev’s death, Allende’s coup, East German refugee exodus, Pete Rose’s hit record, comet sampling, Bush Gulf crisis speech, Jessica Tandy’s death, Emmy winners, and Agassi’s 1998 Sar Open title progress.
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Alexander Hamilton
U.S
George Washington
Franklin Roosevelt
Boulder Dam
Hoover Dam
Washington
Nevada
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
ABC
Lee Ann Meriwether
EMI
London
Nikita Khrushchev
Salvador Allende
Hungary
West Germany
Austria
Egan
Pete Rose
Cincinnati Reds
Eric Show
San Diego Padres
T Cobb
Giacobini-Zinner
Bush
Congress
Saddam Hussein
Kuwait
Jessica Tandy
Easton
Conn
Andre Agassi
Michael Tich
Address Changes for Journal-World Postmaster
The notice instructs send address changes to Journal-World Lawrence Kansas P O Box 888 66044 0888 US mail second class postage paid in Lawrence and lists USPS and circulation bureau associations with Associated Press membership.
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the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kaw
Douglas County
Kansas Counties
Kansas City
United States
Journal-World
P.O. Box
Lawrence, Kan
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Milwaukee voucher fight tests school choice and politics
The Milwaukee voucher program, expanding to allow religious schools, provokes a clash among unions, the ACLU, and the courts. Supporters argue it offers low income families real choice, while opponents warn of church establishment and impact on public schools. The dispute centers on 3 percent of students and the harmony of democracy, religion, and education policy.
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Washington
Milwaukee
Bradley Foundation
Wisconsin
Teachers Union
ACLU
NAACP
The
Milwaukee Community Journal
State Supreme Court
Inner City
Choice
Russia at a crossroads says Yavlinsky in Washington visit
Russian economist Grigory Yavlinsky, likely to lead after Yeltsin, warns democracy hinges on countering oligarchy and a powerful bureaucracy. He favors open markets and civil rights while noting reform will bring short term pain, with December parliament and next year’s presidential elections to decide.
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Grigory Yavlinsky
Yeltsin
Kremlin
Yavlinsky
Mikhail Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Himself
Russia
Communist Bloc
Public Forum warns against river dredging near Eudora
A Kansas River dredging dispute warns that Kaw Sand Company seeks a Corps permit to mine near Eudora. Head-cutting erosion could widen the river, erode floodplains, and endanger the Eudora bridge and communities from Bonner Springs to Kansas City. Letters urge governor action to keep dredging off the river.
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Kansas River
Eudora
Kaw Sand Company
Lawrence
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Kansas
Bonner Springs
Kansas City
Kaw Sand
Linwood
Tonganoxie
Lawrence-to-Eudora
Joe Hyde
Old Home Town in 1970
Announcement of a watershed for interdisciplinary environment studies by Irvin Youngberg of KU Endowment Association and Ronald McGregor of Biological Sciences. Endowment land would host a natural history reservation and related facilities. The Lawrence World in 1895 headlined A Home for Young Ladies describing YWCA lodging on European plan to support women students.
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Irvin Youngberg
Kansas University Endowment Association
Ronald McGregor
Division of Biological Sciences
Lawrence
YWCA
Mass
Watkins Community Museum
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Dolph Simons Sr
Journal- World
Bill Snead
John Taylor
Ann Gardner
Tom Fisher
Mark Chaney
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Ralph Gage
Dolph Simons III
Dan Simons
New Ventures
Donna Wiley
Dallas Dolan
W.C. Simons
Ens
Moscow
Boris Yeltsin
White House
Soviet Union
China
India
Indonesia
Brazil
Bosnia
Old Home Town
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