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- Lawrence Briefs
- October 27, 2000
- Hidden Valley elects board of directors KU sets final exams Halloween party for youths
- Protest of Israel met calmly at KU
- October 27, 2000
- By Erwin Seba About 20 Kansas University students on Thursday held signs and passed out fliers criticizing Israeli treatment of Palestinians. But the protesters drew little reaction from fellow students walking to and from class.
- Gunshots precede wreck
- Details few in Clinton Parkway accident late Thursday
- October 27, 2000
- By Amber Stuever A shooting either at or from a car traveling west on Clinton Parkway caused a two car-collision late Thursday night, Lawrence Police said.
- On the record
- October 27, 2000
- Republicans orchestrate partisan battle
- Veto showdown likely over legislation on taxes, immigration
- October 27, 2000
- Less than two weeks from Election Day, Republicans Thursday pushed a tax-cut package and a spending bill through the House, setting up a double-barreled veto showdown with President Clinton.
- ‘Blair Witch’ phenomenon returns to haunt Burkittsville
- October 27, 2000
- The Blair Witch is scaring up trouble in Burkittsville again. The tiny western Maryland town is bracing for a second onslaught of “Blair Witch” fanatics with today’s release of a sequel to last year’s surprising box-office hit. The town’s road signs stolen last year have been replaced. The number of witch-seekers stalking through the cemetery has slowed to a trickle.
- Violinist pulls the devil’s strings
- Gil Shaham fiddles around with music for Halloween
- October 27, 2000
- For Halloween, Gil Shaham will be the violinist from hell. In time for the holiday, he’s put out a CD titled “Devil’s Dance.” “We’re trying to go for the satanic cult audience with this one,” he joked. While the Stradivarius and Satan don’t quite go together like soup and sandwich, the 29-year-old classical music star feels the combination isn’t such a stretch.
- Selecting judges grabs legislators’ attention
- Former governor pushes for elections; judge weighs in favor of appointments
- October 27, 2000
- Lawyers, judges and a former governor weighed in on the different ways of selecting district judges, an issue that will be on the ballot in three counties next month. The Special Committee on Judiciary had a hearing on the matter Thursday, continuing a decades-old debate about how to keep the judiciary independent but accountable.
- Woods back on top
- Tiger shoots 63 at Disney World
- October 27, 2000
- Six weeks later, not much has changed. Those watching Tiger Woods wondered whether he would shoot 59, and those trying to beat him wondered whether this tournament would end like so many others.
- Keenan gets first victory with Boston, 4-1 over Caps
- October 27, 2000
- Mike Keenan won his first game as coach of the Boston Bruins and Jason Allison scored twice in a 4-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Thursday night. Keenan replaced Pat Burns, who was fired by the Bruins Wednesday, just eight games into his fourth season with the team.
- Kursk services
- October 27, 2000
- Wanda Putthoff
- October 27, 2000
- Margaret John
- October 27, 2000
- County commission candidates disagree on growth, wage issues
- Viewpoints aired at public forum
- October 27, 2000
- By Amber Stuever Growth issues that have dominated the campaign for county commission office so far surfaced again at a forum Thursday night, as did issues of vocational training in the county, mandated minimum wages, property tax and more.
- Political race heats up
- Moore, Kline trade barbs about tactics
- October 27, 2000
- By Mike Belt The war of words, news releases and television commercials continues to heat up in Kansas’ 3rd Congressional district race. Incumbent Democrat Dennis Moore on Thursday lashed out at Republican opponent Phill Kline for misleading voters on his record in handling sex crime cases in court.
- Kansas football lands two new commitments
- October 27, 2000
- Kansas University’s football team picked up its second and third oral commitments in two days with pledges from an in-state prep linebacker and a junior college offensive lineman.
- March against violence draws more than 200
- Take Back the Night rallies women downtown
- October 27, 2000
- By Nadia Mustafa Cries of solidarity echoed through downtown Thursday night as more than 200 women united for the 13th annual Womyn Take Back the Night march along Massachusetts Street. In a five-block walk aimed primarily at protesting violence against women and children, a diverse group of women including all ages, ethnicities and sexualities bellowed chants of empowerment.
- Mayor: Business links may follow some day
- For now, sister city program tries to foster cultural understanding between communities
- October 27, 2000
- By Kendrick Blackwood To the best of anyone’s knowledge, Lawrence’s sister city relationships have not developed into any business relationships, yet. But they will come, supporters of the program predict. “It is important to know each other as a human first, rather than develop a business relationship first,” said Itsuo Yoshino, mayor of Hiratsuka, Japan, through an interpreter.
- Tonganoxie season ends with victory
- October 27, 2000
- By Steve Rottinghaus It seemed fitting Tonganoxie High had to work overtime against Lansing in its football season finale on Thursday night.
- Baseball
- October 27, 2000
- Mariners offer Piniella contract Series headed for lowest ratings ever Hall of Famer Ryan out of the hospital
- Winning run comes in surprise situation
- Yankees score via walk, back-to-back singles
- October 27, 2000
- Down to their last out in the ninth inning of a tie game, facing a pitcher who seemed to be growing stronger the longer he stayed in, the New York Yankees weaved their World Series winning magic out of the slimmest of threads.
- Jeter grabs MVP honors
- Game-tying homer in Game 5 seals deal
- October 27, 2000
- Just 26 years old, Derek Jeter has more awards than most major leaguers win in a lifetime. Capping what for him was a subpar season, the New York Yankees shortstop hit a game-tying homer in Thursday night’s 4-2 win over the Mets and was voted the World Series Most Valuable Player award.
- Valentine puts season in Leiter’s hands
- October 27, 2000
- Bobby Valentine put the New York Mets’ season in Al Leiter’s hands. And for 26 outs and 141 pitches, Leiter did his best to prolong it. But Valentine’s workhorse finally wore down in the ninth inning, giving up two runs as the Mets lost 4-2 to the Yankees on Thursday night and were beaten in the World Series in five games.
- International relations Cities carve new friendships
- Japanese Garden dedicated
- October 27, 2000
- By Amber Stuever Lawrence and Hiratsuka, Japan, mayors unveiled gifts and ceremoniously sipped tea together Thursday at the dedication of Lawrence’s Japanese Friendship Garden. Cultures from opposite faces of the globe united to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Lawrence-Hiratsuka city sisterhood and to dedicate the park, located at 11th and Massachusetts streets adjacent to the Watkins Community Museum of History.
- Glass in running for Tour honor
- October 27, 2000
- Now that the PBA Senior Tour season is officially over, the speculation begins over who will win Player of the Year honors.
- Grbac says his elbow is fine
- October 27, 2000
- Kansas City quarterback Elvis Grbac pronounced himself “100 percent” Thursday after going through a full practice for the first time since injuring his right elbow.
- Firebirds ‘playing for pride’ tonight at Leavenworth
- October 27, 2000
- By Robert Sinclair Free State High and Leavenworth aren’t playing in a Class 6A district championship football game and a state playoff berth isn’t on the line. Heck, even some of the Firebird coaching staff’s own co-workers are skipping tonight’s game, opting for the battle of unbeatens between Olathe North and Olathe South instead.
- Britain promises mad cow compensation
- October 27, 2000
- The government promised millions of dollars in compensation for families stricken by the human version of mad cow disease, as it released an independent report Thursday showing officials were slow to respond to evidence of its threat to human health.
- Ivory Coast unrest continues
- October 27, 2000
- Longtime opposition leader Laurent Gbagbo was sworn in as president Thursday at the heavily guarded presidential palace, as political officials appealed for an end to the violence that has racked Abidjan and other cities in this West African nation.
- Lions, Topeka High to meet with playoff berth on line
- October 27, 2000
- By Steve Rottinghaus When Lawrence High’s current football seniors were sophomores, it seemed Senior Night 2000 would be a bust. Just nine sophomores went out for football in 1998 and LHS was unable to fill a sophomore schedule. In fact, the sophs played just one game that season.
- Sect cooks up protest
- Scores arrested on day of Falun Gong infamy
- October 27, 2000
- The 11 Falun Gong followers eating stewed pork and spicy peppers in a private room at a Beijing restaurant knew it could be their last supper before a long detention in prison.
- Jayhawks’ lineup in question
- Williams ponders various methods of picking Kansas’ starting five this season
- October 27, 2000
- By Gary Bedore Kansas basketball coach Roy Williams may have a hard time settling on a starting lineup this season. “Flipping coins,” Williams quipped at Big 12 Basketball Media Day, asked how he’ll choose his opening five. Seriously, folks …
- Doomed sailor kept promise to wife
- October 27, 2000
- Dmitry Kolesnikov, 27, upheld his vows to his country and to his wife in his final hours. He married last summer. His wife, Olga, told a Norwegian TV crew after the disaster that Kolesnikov seemed to have a premonition of his death.
- NASA announces plans for Mars exploration
- October 27, 2000
- In a program of Mars exploration described as bold and flexible, NASA officials said six missions will be sent to the red planet this decade, and a mission to bring back rock samples could come as early as 2011.
- Serial killer sentenced to 408 years
- October 27, 2000
- A man who confessed to killing 13 people and one attempted murder tearfully apologized Thursday and asked God to right his wrongs as he was sentenced to 408 years in prison. But Robert L. Yates Jr., who pleaded guilty to avoid the death penalty, offered no explanation for the killings.
- Drop reported in school crime
- October 27, 2000
- School violence fell steadily over the last eight years and schoolhouse murders remain rare, the Clinton administration said Thursday in a report extolling its efforts to get guns off campuses and crack down on youth crime.
- Bomb threat made against U.S. investigators
- October 27, 2000
- Machine-gun mounted military vehicles surrounded a port-side hotel and civilian traffic was kept away Thursday after a bomb threat targeted Americans investigating the attack on the USS Cole.
- Mideast violence hits new level
- Suicide bombing raises fears of more attacks
- October 27, 2000
- A Palestinian with a backpack of explosives blew himself up Thursday as his bicycle reached the concrete barrier of an Israeli army outpost, heightening fears that Israel could face a renewed wave of bombings.
- Players escape charges
- D.A.’s decision upsets KU athlete who filed sexual assault report
- October 27, 2000
- By Joel Mathis Citing a lack of evidence, prosecutors said Thursday no charges would be filed against two Kansas University football players accused of sexually assaulting a female soccer player. Things might have been different, said Douglas County Dist. Atty. Christine Kenney Tonkovich, if the assault had been reported immediately.
- Heart-wrenching play addresses incest, abuse
- October 27, 2000
- By Jan Biles Incest is never an easy thing to talk about. So imagine having to act out a scene where a teen-age girl is raped by her uncle in front of an audience of friends and strangers. That’s the task that lies ahead of Sandi Bailey and John Meyer every night during the nine-day run of University Theatre’s production of “How I Learned to Drive,” a gut- and heart-wrenching script by Paula Vogel.
- Internet intrigue builds on UPN’s ‘Level 9’
- Elvira brings more fright to Friday as she kicks off AMC’s Monsterfest
- October 27, 2000
- Freaky Fridays just got darker. If the paranoia of “The Fugitive,” the autopsies on “CSI” or the woo woo world of “FreakyLinks” weren’t wiggy enough for you, there’s now something called “Level 9” (8 p.m., UPN, TV-PG). Fabrizio Filippo, Kate Hodge and Michael Kelly star as a cadre of high-tech crime fighters recruited from the highest ranks of the U.S. government and the funkiest cellars of the hacker underground.
- Religion Briefs
- October 27, 2000
- Latter-day Saints continue expansion Vinland church to have chili supper Bluegrass to fill North Lawrence School benefit puts car up for inspection First Presbyterian looks at end-of-life choices Unity Church slates services at Liberty Hall Mustard Seed sponsors annual harvest party Pancake feed to support window restoration Concert supports church construction Course examines United Methodists Calvary Temple to have Fall Festival tonight Clinton Parkway begins video Bible seminar Corpus Christi sets All Saints Day Masses First Christian plans luncheon, dinner Second Christian plans spiritual fellowship
- Families must avoid ‘black hole of exhaustion’
- October 27, 2000
- You’ve talked about being a full-time mother vs. having a full-time career. Give us your view of a woman handling both responsibilities simultaneously. Is it doable, and is it smart?
- For some, Halloween is the holiest night of the year
- October 27, 2000
- Is Halloween more than a goofy night for candy and costumes? Those fundamentalist Christians who bemoan it as a pagan holiday know what they’re talking about. The authority for that assertion? None other than proudly pagan Gerina Dunwich of Los Angeles, a self-professed practicing witch of 25 years’ standing.
- Words of war
- Mission movements split over language of spiritual warfare
- October 27, 2000
- To many evangelical Christians, missionary work is war a battle of God versus Satan for the souls of the world. The terms “conquer,” “advance,” “enemy” and “beachhead” some pulled from the Bible, others rooted in the secular realm have been part of their lexicon for years.
- Compensation growth slows for American workers
- October 27, 2000
- Compensation for American workers in the third quarter posted its smallest increase in a year as both wages and benefits grew at a solid but more subdued pace.
- N. Ireland peace faces test
- Protestants urged to stick by accord
- October 27, 2000
- Embattled Protestant leader David Trimble challenged his critics Thursday to stick by Northern Ireland’s 1998 peace pact and not take steps that would force the province’s power-sharing government to collapse.
- On top of the world
- Yankees dispatch Mets in five games to snare third straight Series crown
- October 27, 2000
- Best in their own back yard, best in all of baseball. The New York Yankees, thought to be too old and too banged up to make it this far, became the first team in more than a quarter-century to win three straight World Series championships, beating the New York Mets, 4-2, Thursday night.
- Keebler elves find new home
- Cereal maker Kellogg to buy cookie marketer for $3.7 billion
- October 27, 2000
- Cereal maker Kellogg Co., struggling to boost sales and profits in a declining product category, said Thursday it would buy cookie and cracker marketer Keebler Foods for $3.7 billion in a deal that further alters the landscape of the consolidating U.S. food industry.
- SBC dials long-distance plan
- Phone company wants to provide service in Kansas, Oklahoma
- October 27, 2000
- SBC Communications, the nation’s second largest local phone provider, asked federal regulators Thursday for permission to provide long-distance service to local customers in both Kansas and Oklahoma.
- Political pall hangs over Gore
- October 27, 2000
- By Cal Thomas Los Angeles Times Syndicate President George Bush had it in 1992. Bob Dole had it in 1996. Now Al Gore seems to be getting it. It is the political death pall that comes over a presidential candidate when he realizes he probably will lose the election.
- Wilson responds
- October 27, 2000
- Who are we?
- October 27, 2000
- Old Home Town - 25, 40, and 100 years ago today
- October 27, 2000
- Some masks now worn by choice
- October 27, 2000
- By Leonard Pitts Miami Herald The great black vaudevillian Bert Williams is supposed to have been a very funny guy. “The funniest man I ever saw,” W.C. Fields once said. Offstage, Williams was reputed to be exceedingly intelligent and reserved to the point of snobbishness.
- Kennedy-Nixon set the standard
- October 27, 2000
- By David Shribman The Boston Globe Our election expectations weren’t born yesterday. They were born 40 years ago. Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, spending increasing amounts of time here at his Pennsylvania farm. His vice president, Richard M. Nixon of California, was running to succeed him.
- Phony reasons galore
- October 27, 2000
- Journal-World Editorial There is absolutely no valid excuse for the average American citizen not to vote. Another national election is at hand and already there are disturbing signs that as many as 50 percent of our eligible voters will not go to the polls or take advantage of opportunities to vote early.
- Wichita unveils $1.6 billion makeover
- Capital improvements plan includes expressway completion, airport terminal remodeling
- October 27, 2000
- City officials unveiled plans for $1.6 billion in infrastructure improvements, including completion of the Kellogg Expressway and upgrading Mid-Continent Airport.
- Submariner’s letter rekindles pain in Russia
- Note confirms worst fears: Some Kursk crewmembers survived onboard blast only to die slow, painful death
- October 27, 2000
- They were alive. At least some of them. At least for a while. One of the first bodies recovered from the sunken Russian submarine Kursk on Thursday had a note tucked in the pocket, navy officials said. And with its scribbled, businesslike lines, it re-awakened all the pain and shame of last summer’s nuclear submarine disaster.
- FBI: Criminal intent lacking in KC case
- Envelope sent to office building made two workers sick
- October 27, 2000
- The FBI will not investigate the case of an envelope that made two workers sick after it was opened Wednesday at a Kansas City office building, officials said.
- Ag secretary says Stovall’s opinion isn’t water cure-all
- October 27, 2000
- A dispute about the regulation of farm ponds appears to have been resolved, but other issues about proposed federal water quality standards in Kansas remain, Agriculture Secretary Jamie Clover Adams says.
- Democratic chairman reconsiders, will keep job
- October 27, 2000
- State Democratic Party Chairman Tom Sawyer said he has changed his mind about quitting to become a lobbyist for Sedgwick County.
- Top spending lobbyists
- October 27, 2000
- Here is a list of the top-spending lobbying groups from Jan. 1 through Aug. 31, according to the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission.
- AG alleges pyramid scheme
- Topeka-based Renaissance The Tax People Inc. contests allegations
- October 27, 2000
- Attorneys for Renaissance The Tax People Inc. and the Kansas Attorney General’s Office reached an agreement Wednesday that calls for Renaissance to stop soliciting new business while the Topeka company and its president, Michael C. Cooper, contest Kansas’ allegations that it runs an illegal pyramid marketing scheme.
- Area Briefs
- October 27, 2000
- KU Med Center dean elected to society Fan still in hospital after fall at KU football Cajun musician sets Ottawa appearance
- Australian visitor lands $5 deal
- October 27, 2000
- For just $5, a visitor from Australia ended up with a little piece of the Sunflower State, a 5-foot-by-145-foot strip of land between two houses in South Hutchinson.
- Buffalo dollar to help fund national Indian museum
- October 27, 2000
- Congress recently passed a bill to commemorate the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian by minting a new silver dollar designed as a replica of the famous buffalo nickel, circulated in the early part of the 20th century.
- World Briefs
- October 27, 2000
- Former Dutch premier new refugee chief Defense witness boosts American’s case Castro pays visit amid worker protests World chess match ends in a draw
- Putin claims Chechen war nearing end
- October 27, 2000
- President Vladimir Putin claimed Thursday that Russian forces have all but wrapped up the fight against rebels in Chechnya. “Organized resistance is now crushed … there are no large-scale military actions” in Chechnya, the ITAR-Tass news agency quoted Putin as saying.
- Lobbyist spending at Statehouse dips
- Drop attributed to changes in reporting law that took effect in July
- October 27, 2000
- Lobbyists are spending less in trying to influence Kansas government. Both they and public officials say a new ethics law is the reason.
- Legislators hear pros, cons of tougher seat belt laws
- Lawmakers weigh issues of safety vs. freedom
- October 27, 2000
- Two years ago, Debbie McConnell’s 4-year-old daughter, Casey, died in a car accident after being thrown from a sports utility vehicle. Neither passenger was wearing a seat belt.
- Genealogical society to have ancestor fair
- October 27, 2000
- The Anderson County Genealogical Society will sponsor the sixth annual Ancestor/Society Fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Town Hall Center, Garnett.
- Bucs skidding but favored
- Minnesota may be unbeaten, but Tampa Bay too good to lose five in a row
- October 27, 2000
- The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have lost four straight games after a 3-0 start. The Minnesota Vikings are the only unbeaten team left in the NFL.
- Big 12 media day notebook
- October 27, 2000
- Big 12 Conference men’s basketball coaches placed the monkey on the back of Kansas during Thursday’s Media Day.
- Eudora advances with 20-12 victory
- October 27, 2000
- By David Mitchell Kansas City Ward slowed down Eudora standout Brian Harris, but the Cyclones couldn’t stop a converted linebacker.
- Oskie’s Subelka stampedes Wellsville
- Junior running back rushes for 187 yards, two TDs as Bears qualify for postseason with 18-6 win
- October 27, 2000
- By Levi Chronister Behind the ever-churning legs of Larry Subelka, Oskaloosa High ran into the Class 3A state playoffs for the first time since 1984 with an 18-6 victory Thursday over Wellsville.
- National Briefs
- October 27, 2000
- Kissinger suffers heart attack Van transporting inmates crashes Driving instructor gets prison term
- Spirituality
- October 27, 2000
- Notre Dame may limit ads in student newspaper Ministry for ex-gays ousts board chairman Sexual abstinence advocacy is a full-time job
- Daily Ticker
- October 27, 2000
- Briefcase
- October 27, 2000
- Home ownership hits highest level ConAgra reopens plant Warm weather boosts KCP&L earnings WorldCom to focus on Internet, data sectors
- Vaccines no shot in arm for many
- Health Department inoculates 1,200 Thursday before supply runs out
- October 27, 2000
- By Amber Stuever County health officials cut short flu vaccinations Thursday and canceled today’s previously announced inoculations because they ran out of the vaccine. A steady stream of people, many at high risk for the influenza virus, was turned away when the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department’s first shipment of vaccine enough for 1,200 doses was depleted about 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
- BU men win league
- October 27, 2000
- Erik Jones scored two goals as Baker toppled Graceland, 4-2, and won the Heart of America Conference men’s soccer title Thursday.
- Baker volleyball swept by Washburn
- October 27, 2000
- Baker’s volleyball team was swept by the visiting Washburn Ichabods Thursday.
- Melvin Beeghley
- October 27, 2000
- Big 12 to get tough in post
- League coaches bemoan ‘Barbra Streisand Syndrome’ if refs fulfill vow
- October 27, 2000
- By Chuck Woodling Dale Kelley certainly isn’t Moses or even Charlton Heston but Kelley delivered Thursday what amounts to an 11th Commandment for college basketball
- House fire turns fatal
- October 27, 2000
- A man was found dead early Wednesday from a house fire, the Pittsburg Fire Department said.
- Monkey trial shows Parkinson’s hope
- October 27, 2000
- A gene therapy experiment relieved severe symptoms of Parkinson’s disease in monkeys, and experts say the technique offers promise for treating the 1.2 million Americans who suffer from the disease.
- USDA tracks down biotech corn crop
- October 27, 2000
- The government says it has traced all but 1.2 million bushels of the unapproved biotech corn that was grown this year and that only a fraction of the grain is likely to get into the food supply.
- People, faces & things
- October 27, 2000
- Leaky jail puts county in pickle
- New facility being built won’t open until 2002
- October 27, 2000
- The Butler County Jail is crowded and dilapidated, which is why the county is paying $14 million to build a new one east of town. But the jail has a new problem a leaking roof and the county has to do something about it now because the new jail won’t open for another two years.
- Briefly
- October 27, 2000
- City recommends times for trick-or-treating Coalition offers safe trick-or-treating tips Police detain 14-year-old for alleged drug violation KU students report series of harassing phone calls
- KU running game on a roll
- Smith, line key recent increase in ground gains
- October 27, 2000
- By Andrew Hartsock It takes all of two words for Kansas University football coach Terry Allen and running back David Winbush to explain the Jayhawks’ recent success rushing. Curiously, they picked two different words. “Dylen Smith,” Allen said. “Offensive line,” Winbush countered.
- LHS clips Leavenworth
- Lions knock off Pioneers in soccer regional, 1-0
- October 27, 2000
- By Jason Franchuk For all the pain Joey Kelly has endured, nothing made it disappear like one big goal in one big game.
- Shoppers scurry for PlayStation2
- Lawrence stores sell out short supplies
- October 27, 2000
- Nearly 100 people lined up early Thursday morning outside Wal-Mart, each of them clamoring for a chance to buy one of 30 Sony PlayStation2 consoles waiting on the floor inside.
- News Briefs
- October 27, 2000
- Astronomers find new Saturn moons Powerball jackpot grows Report cites executions despite ‘reasonable doubts’ Get ready to fall back
- Judge delays barrel murder court hearing
- 11,000 pages of police reports cited in defense need for more time
- October 27, 2000
- The preliminary hearing on Kansas murder charges against John E. Robinson Sr., the man charged with killing women whose bodies were found in barrels last summer, has been postponed until next year.
- Parents share grief
- Baker assembly recalls life cut short
- October 27, 2000
- By Joy Ludwig The parents of a freshman Baker University student killed last month by a drunken driver in Missouri shared their grief at a school assembly Thursday. Linda and Lyndel Burton, Independence, Mo., said they thought their daughter, Jennifer, 18, would have wanted them to tell other students her age about the consequences of drinking and driving.
- American Indian entrepreneur emphasizes nation-building
- Blackfoot tribe member creates his own economic niche with ‘offshore bank’ in Montana
- October 27, 2000
- By Dave Ranney Robert Doore cringes when he hears American Indian leaders talk about going after federal grants to solve their tribes’ problems. In the long run, these grants have done more harm than good, he said. Instead of tribes using their resources to strengthen their on-reservation economies, they let the grants, which rarely last more than a couple years, define their future.
- Letter carrier seals career
- 40 years with postal service ends next week for third-generation worker
- October 27, 2000
- By Mike Belt Sometime next Friday, postman Galen White will drop one last letter into a mailbox and an era will end. White, 62, followed in his father’s and grandfather’s footsteps when he became a postal worker 40 years ago. Now he is counting the days until retirement. And on that day, the three-generation span of Whites at the Lawrence post office ends.
- It’s the man, not the mother
- October 27, 2000
- By Ellen Goodman The Boston Globe When the George the First was running for president, I took a T-shirt off the back of a Republican. It was an extra large, 100 percent cotton shirt that the Republicans for Choice had printed in 1992 right after Barbara Bush said the GOP should drop the pro-life plank from its platform.
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