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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 2016
Page
1
Readers on Massachusetts Street pose candidate questions for tonight's presidential debate. Xavier Allen Jones from New Orleans asks how candidates relate to nine to five workers feeding children and how they would help. Amber Barcel from Omaha asks about abortion stance and presidency impact.
SELINA JACKSON a 1984 Lawrence High School graduate and MIKE AMYX LHS 1971 graduate greet each other after induction. Jackson held roles at the White House Reagan Los Angeles staff Transatlantic Business Dialogue and UPS. Amyx serves his sixth term as Lawrence mayor. Ruby Peaslee widow of Dwayne Peaslee accepts the award for her husband, a KU alumnus and Army veteran who spent 60 years as a pipefitter and was business manager for the Lawrence Plumbers and Pipefitters Union chapter 1987 1993.
Federal BEA findings place Lawrence as the 342nd largest U S metro economy, barely ahead of Grand Island Nebraska with a GDP near 4 06 billion in 2015. The report notes Lawrence GDP remains flat while larger peers like Joplin Missouri exceed it by nearly three billion.
Kansas City Missouri Kansas ranks at 29 with $125.6 billion while Wichita totals $31.4 billion at 81. Boulder Colorado reports $23.4 billion at 105, Topeka $9.8 billion at 200, Iowa City $9.4 billion at 204, Columbia Missouri $8.3 billion at 218, Joplin Missouri $6.7 billion and St Joseph Missouri $5.7 billion as listed totals.
Lawrence Douglas County Fire Medical Engineer Robert Smith died in 2011 after a 24 hour shift from a dissecting aneurysm. Officials say federal law at the time limited line of duty recognition to heart attack related causes, but reclassification was approved in 2015. Smith will be honored October 9 at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service in Emmitsburg Maryland, providing financial support for his two sons and recognizing his 20 years of service and Air Force service.
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