Moore urges caution on possible Iraq attack

Count U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore, D-Kan., among the growing number of congressmen urging President Bush to use caution in dealing with Iraq.

The Bush administration has been calling for the use of force to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, saying the leader poses a terrorist threat to the United States.

Speaking Thursday to about 30 people at the Lawrence Public Library, Moore condemned Saddam. However, he said Bush should provide Congress “credible evidence that (Iraq) plans to use weapons of mass destruction against the United States or its allies” before taking military action.

Moore talked individually with many people at the forum, including Lora Jost of Lawrence, above right, who held her 5-month-old son, Nicholai.

Moore faces Republican Adam Taff in the November general election. Moore’s district includes east Lawrence and most of eastern Douglas County.

Education: Donation to help KU train science teachers

A $200,000 gift from the AT&T Foundation will help train science teachers in Kansas public schools, Kansas University Endowment Association officials announced Thursday.

The gift will go toward a $1.2 million effort to develop an online course. The Web site will be developed by the KU Center for Science Education.

The $200,000 gift will be combined with a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

Ammunition plant: Sunflower board to meet

The Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant’s Restoration Advisory Board will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Clearview City administration building, next to the plant’s entrance, about one mile south of DeSoto.

Agenda items include reviews of cleanup projects completed in the past year and those planned for the coming year.

The meeting is open to the public.