Haskell museum plan gains momentum in Lawrence
Editorial lauds a planned Haskell Indian Nations University museum and cultural center in Lawrence. Officials aim to complete construction next year, with former Gov. Joan Finney raising 1.3 million and the Log Homes Council donating pre cut logs. The center would display art and artifacts, serve as a visitors center, include an outdoor amphitheater and veterans memorial.
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Haskell Indian Nations University
Haskell
Barker and
Indian Avenues
Joan Finney
Log Homes Council
National Association of Home Builders
Native American Higher Education Consortium
WE. Kellogg Foundation
Lawrence
Oil price spike tests Europe and world energy politics
Europe protests fuel taxes amid OPEC price surge drawing in Paris London Brussels and Berlin. Oil costs rise above 30 dollars a barrel while heating and transport taxes shape politics. Hoagland argues for cooperative dialogue and long term price safeguards with OPEC and energy producers.
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Washington
Europe
London
Brussels
Paris
OPEC
England
France
Germany
Bill Richardson
Saudi Arabia
Dubai
America
Japan
Jim Hoagland
Washington Post Writers Group
When opinion turns to sanctions against the Boy Scouts
Philip Terzian argues that civil libertarians should resist efforts to punish or sanction the Boy Scouts for their exclusion of homosexuals. He warns of a slippery slope where intolerance targets Dr. Laura Schlessinger, corporations, and political opponents, risking freedom as laws evolve to police thought. The piece notes federal scrutiny and harnessed charity rolls, while praising the Scouts' enrollment gains and warning of broader societal risk.
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Boy Scouts
U.S. Supreme Court
Groucho Marx
Groucho
Andrew Jackson
John Marshall
Clinton
Interior Department
Bruce Babbitt
America
United Way
National Rifle Assn
Phtase
Laura Schlessinger
Dr. Laura
James Byrd
Matthew Shepard
Laura
Philip Terzian
The
Providence Journal
Public Forum on high school football venue costs
Lawrence letters criticize renting KU and Haskell Stadiums for football games. Fees of 1250 and 3000 per game cited, with profits misused. Writer urges safer fields and better returns on tax dollars spent, urging district stadium development.
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Journal-World
Free State High School
Kansas University
Memorial Stadium
Lawrence High School
Free State
Haskell Indian Nations University
Haskell
Lawrence High
Board of Education
Loften
Haskell Stadium
Frank Smyser
Lawrence
Old Home Town Ago in 1975 Inflation Outlook and KU News
The piece recalls 1975 inflation of two tenths of a percent in August and KU economists predicting a 2.4 percent yearly pace. It notes Dr. W. Clarke Wescoe becoming KU chancellor, succeeding Franklin Murphy. Also cites a 1900 Lawrence World item about paving Massachusetts Street and city finances, mayor Gould criticizing funds and urging economic management.
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Kansas University
W. Clarke Wescoe
Hoch
Wescoe
KU Medical School
Franklin Murphy
UCLA
Murphy
The
Lawrence World
Massachusetts Street
Gould
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Dolph Simons III
Dan Simons
New Ventures
Donna Wiley
H.R
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Ed Clambrone
the World Company
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