Editorial: Lawrence Faces Split in Redrawing House Districts
The piece condemns plans to divide Lawrence by drawing an Iowa Street line, placing parts of KU in different districts. It questions Republican motives, notes the clash between keeping Lawrence intact and county considerations, and urges Lawrence officials to oppose the split strongly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
U.S
Wyandotte
Johnson
Iowa Street
Kansas City
GOP
Kansas University
David Adkins
Robert Hemenway
Dennis Moore
Iowa
Congress
Gardner
Journal-World Motto and Legacy in Local News
The Journal-World proclaims accurate fair reporting and opposition to editorial mixing with news. It pledges rights protection for all citizens, sympathy for the disadvantaged, exposure of public dishonesty, and support for community improvement projects under Dolph Simons Sr. and editorial leadership spanning 1944 to 1979.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World
Race as a factor in university admissions debated in Georgia
The piece argues race remains a factor in life and education, recounting personal integration milestones at Rockdale High and University of Georgia, and critiques a 11th Circuit ruling that race may not be the sole or primary criterion. It urges balanced diversity factors including background, talent, and future public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conyers
Rockdale High School
University of Georgia
Rockdale High
Charlayne Hunter
Hamilton Holmes
U.S. Court of Appeals
1Lth
Georgia
New York City
Old Hometown Reflects University Priorities in 1901
The Lawrence World notes that many at the university focus on non football business and scholars on the hill care little whether Tucker returns or if the team is the best ever. The remark highlights a divided view of football’s prominence among faculty and students.
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Lawrence World
Lawrence
Tucker
Watkins Community Museum
Letter to the Editor on travel time and science debates
Lawrence readers debate a 23rd and Haskell to 23rd and Iowa transit claim. Chris Spiegel disputes Keller’s 12 minute trip and 1.9 mile distance, calculating 9.5 mph and noting potential fuel and time savings. Adrian Melott is urged to two public debates on science definition and evolution versus gravity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Keller
Lawrence
Haskell
Iowa
Keller
Chris Spiegel
Adrian Melott
Dr. Melott
Public Forum letters discuss science debates and local land issues
The writer critiques Dr. Melott and public debates on gravity and entropy, cites historical land injustices around Baker University wetlands, and questions road expansion near the Baker Woodlands. He urges memorializing Native American history, condemns past land seizures, and notes Journal-World letter guidelines and submission details.
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Melott
David Penny
Lawrence
Fairgrounds
Baker University
Dan Lambert
Baker
Roche de Boeuf
Ottawa
University
Indian Territory
Indian Claims Commission
Tony Jones
Wetlands
Lambert
Baldwin
Boyd
KDOT
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W.C. Simons
Dolph Simons Sr
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Ralph Gage
Richard Brack
Bill Snead
John Taylor
Ann Gardner
al Bonner
Joe Lewis
Dolph Simons III
Dan Simons
New Ventures
Donna Wiley
H.R
Tom Hornbaker
Dallas Dolan
Ed Ciambrone
the World Company
Sixth and
New Hampshire
Kan
Douglas County
Kansas
P.O
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
E.R. Shipp
America
New York Daily News
Nike Luckovich Atlachiou Ase.coma
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