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REMEMBERING A look at how President Kennedy’s assassination unfolded in Lawrence
By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com
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n Nov. 21, 1963, Kansas University Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe gave a speech to a group of midwestern governors in Omaha with a simple theme, according to coverage in the JournalWorld: “The 1960s are years of challenge.” Little did he know. The next day, a pretty large challenge emerged: President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. The assassination is often called the first major news event covered by television. Those who lived through it invariably remember where they were and what they were doing when they
Residents recall tragic day Lawrence-area residents share their experiences of historic day. See Page 6A and go online at LJWorld.com for our special project.
heard the news. But on the day before the assassination, the news in Lawrence was fairly forgettable. The top local story was that the family of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hoover had won the 4-H Family award, and that “ideal” weather was Please see LAWRENCE, page 7A
PRESIDENT John F. Kennedy rides in the motorcade with first lady Jacqueline Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963, moments before he was shot in Dallas.
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Kansas group, voters sue Kobach over voter registration rules By John Hanna Associated Press
TOPEKA — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach was sued Thursday by people seeking to block him from imposing a dual voter registration policy as part of the state’s proof-of-citizenship law. But Kobach said that while his office has done some planning for such a system, he’s try- Kobach ing to avoid creating it. The American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit in Shawnee County District Court on behalf of Equality Kansas, the state’s leading gay rights group, and prospective voters Aaron Belenky, of Overland Park, and Scott Jones, of Lawrence. It seeks to prevent Kobach from creating a registration system in which some voters are eligible to cast ballots only in presidential, U.S.
Senate and congressional races, while others can cast ballots in all races. The different treatment would be based on whether the prospective voter uses a national registration form — which requires only that someone sign a statement that he or she is a U.S. citizen — without complying with the state’s additional requirement to present a birth certificate, passport or other citizenship papers. People using a Kansas form could vote in all races, but only if they complied with the proof-of-citizenship requirement, which took effect in January. Kobach said Kansas will be forced to adopt a dual registration system if the federal government does not modify the national registration form to help Kansas enforce its proof-of-citizenship rule. He’s engaged in a separate legal battle to force federal officials to change the national form. “We have not implemented any two-tiered election system,” Kobach said. “We
A BOEING 747 takes off Thursday, the day after it mistakenly landed at Col. James Jabara Airport in Wichita. The enormous jet landed Wednesday at the airport, about 9 miles north of its intended destination, McConnell Air Force Base. Jabara’s short runway is not meant to accommodate such large aircraft taking off, but it took off successfully for the correct destination on Thursday. See story , page 4A. Charlie Riedel/AP Photo
Regents may push long-range strategic plan By Scott Rothschild srothschild@ljworld.com
OLATHE — Higher education officials on Thursday said they may ask the Legislature and Gov. Sam Brownback to endorse their longrange strategic plan. “We’re talking about the possibility of doing that this session,” Please see KOBACH, page 2A said Kansas Board of Regents
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Chairman Fred Logan, of Leawood. In 2010, the regents approved a 10-year plan called Foresight 2020 and BOARD OF updated it last year. REGENTS Foresight 2020 calls for increasing from 50 percent to 60 percent the number of Kansas adults who have a post-
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secondary certificate or credential or an associate’s or bachelor’s degree by 2020. The plan also seeks to achieve a 10 percentage point increase in retention and graduation rates. In many of their discussions, board members refer to Foresight 2020, but Regent Ed McKechnie, Please see REGENTS, page 2A
Rate increase approved The Kansas Corporation Commission on Thursday formally approved Westar Energy’s rate increase request, signing off on a $30.7 million September settlement. Page 3A
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