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Local court grants gay divorces
Dreams played out on historic stage
“It was a one-of-a-kind concert.” — Lawrence resident Clyde Bysom, on playing for the flight crew who had just dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
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t was a world of open windows back then. Clyde Bysom, a Lawrence grade-schooler, walked by one of the tea rooms on Kentucky Street and heard the fine sounds of a clarinet being played by the proprietor’s nephew.
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In recent years, many same-sex couples in Kansas have traveled to Iowa to get married. That’s because Iowa is one of 17 states where same-sex marriages can be legally performed. But when those marriages don’t work out, getting a divorce can be much more difficult, especially in Kansas, which not David Brown is a Lawrence only doesn’t attorney who allow samesex marriaghas handled es, but offisame-sex cially doesn’t divorces. even recognize that such marriages performed in other states legally existed in the first place. In fact, according to gay rights advocates, there is no consistent pattern among Kansas courts about how to Please see DIVORCE, page 2A
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LAWRENCE RESIDENT CLYDE BYSOM, 96, spent his youth dreaming of becoming a famous musician, but World War II and an assignment to a B-29 bomber squad sidelined his career ambitions. Though he never got a stab at Carnegie Hall, he did get the elite gig of playing for the American flight crew who had just dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945. Bysom still plays in a local band and practices about four days a week.
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“It sounded good, and I thought it would be really neat to learn how to do that,” Bysom said. Before long, Bysom was in a Lawrence school band with his own clarinet. Surely he had the same dreams that musicians have had since reeds first touched lips: adoring fans, Carnegie Hall concerts and a blockbuster hit. After years of playing local dance halls and university Please see VETERAN, page 5A
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