Dole to lead $150 million drive for Eisenhower Memorial
Editorial notes former Sen. Bob Dole as the likely fundraiser to advance the Eisenhower Memorial in Washington. Dole vows private funding after years of design controversy, with commitments from Tom Brokaw Tom Hanks and ex-presidents Bush. He plans letters and calls, joining Nancy Kassebaum Baker at the Kansas State Fair to boost support.
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Kansas State Fair
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Faith based unit reforms Ohio inmates in Cleveland prison
George Will surveys an Ohio prison’s faith based unit housing 619 women. Inmates like Jessica Torok describe changes, military style routines, and vows to reform. Volunteers engage in silent choir sign language hymn translation. Mohr notes Ohio’s surge to 51,000 inmates and advocates life reform through patient, faith oriented programs.
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Washington Post Writers Group
Police accountability urged after misidentification assault
Leonard Pitts Jr. argues police must be held to account after NYPD officer James Frascatore tackled retired tennis star James Blake outside a Manhattan hotel amid a credit card fraud tip. Blake alleges no police identification and calls for Frascatore’s firing, while reforms, training, oversight, and ending the stop snitching code are needed.
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Texas
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Lawrence birthday honors sesquicentennial and Walk through Time
The Journal-World public forum celebrates Lawrence 161st birthday and Kansas University’s sesquicentennial. It invites residents to add Walk through Time stones marking events since 2004, with details at lprd.org and a future amphitheater and time capsule planned for 2054.
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Chuck Mead
Sara Paretsky
Lawrence Clenece Hills
Lawrence Sesquicentennial Commission
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