Community urge grows for Red Cross aid after Hugo
Executive Director Jo Byers reports donations to the Lawrence Red Cross lag behind the disaster scale. She notes Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and South Carolina require heavy support and a national appeal may follow. Mary Thomas aids Puerto Rico relief amid damaged facilities and power restoration. Blood drives and volunteer deployment also underway as the chapter coordinates help. Proceeds from a local Friends of the Library book sale at Lawrence Public Library will fund library improvements.
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Seaboard
Caribbean
American Red Cross
Lawrence
Jo Byers
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
South Carolina
National Red Cross
Friends of the Library
Lawrence Public Library
Mary Schweppe
Braniff bankruptcy hits Kansas City travel agencies hard
Braniff Inc canceled flights and filed for bankruptcy protection, leaving local travel agencies like Sunflower Travel Service flooded with refund questions. Anne Walters notes heavy impact, with refunds to be handled case by case as Braniff plans new routes to Orlando and Dallas. Customers with future trips may be protected if paid by credit card. cash or check buyers face delays.
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Braniff Inc
Kansas City
Anne Walters
Sunflower Travel Service
704
Mass
Walters
Braniff
Orlando
Dallas
Lawrence planners approve two of three western development rezones
LawrenceDouglas County Planning Commission approved two of three commercial rezoning proposals at the Sixth Street Wakarusa intersection under the Western Development Plan. One request to rezone 12.3 acres for an extended stay hotel complex near the Dread West Research Park was approved conditionally. The third proposal for 20 acres at the northwest corner including Rock Chalk Ranch was deferred to October 25.
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Sixth Street
Wakarusa Drive
Lawrence City Commission
Dread West Research Park
Landplan Engineering
Brian Kubota
Mabel Stoneback
Betty Brink
Jarvis Brink
Westgate Properties
Wakarusa
Douglas County
Lawrence
Tim Fritzel
Jay Stewart
David Evans
Evans
Mark Buhler
Steve Glass
Buhler
Dan Rockhill
Commission
Rock Chalk Ranch
Edward G. Collister Jr
Record
Max and
Claudine Stankard
Isla M. Richards
Officials seek draft of new ID law after court ruling
Douglas County officials and state legislators discuss a bill to require identification in licensed drinking establishments. A judge ruled patrons need not respond to ID requests, prompting calls to tighten liquor control while appeals proceed.
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Douglas County
Douglas County Dist. Atty
Jim Flory
Wint Winter Jr
R Lawrence
Flory
Kansas County and District Attorneys Assn
Wichita
Winter
Jean Shepherd
Woman trades baby for crack in Kansas City bar
A 3 month old boy was traded for $20 worth of crack cocaine by his 23 year old mother in a Kansas City bar. The baby was recovered by a bystander and is in the care of the Missouri Department of Family Services. The mother remains jailed on child abandonment charges. Police note this is the first such drug related baby trade in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Missouri Department of Family Services
Child
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Misty
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Duane Retzlaff
Westgate
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Jayhawks
Mt. Hope Ct
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Journal-World
Legislative Research Department
Abbie J. Bernstein
Free State Brewing Co
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Ron Olin
Kansas Court of Appeals
Southern Hills Mall
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