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University Daily Kansan
Page 0604_2 from reel: NP 13607 (2004-08-16 to 2004-12-09)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/51830

Title: Let It Ride Shop Will Let Go of Place Downtown
Summary: Article about Let It Ride skateboard shop closing its downtown Lawrence location after nine and a half years due to declining sales and changing consumer behavior.
Category: local news
Subjects: local business; retail industry; economic challenges
Named Entities: Niswonger, John [business owner]; Dieterich, Drew [business owner]; Martin, Maria [Downtown Lawrence Inc. director]
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Owners Propose Smoking Solution
Summary: Lawrence business owners propose ordinance allowing some businesses to permit smoking if air quality meets standards, as an alternative to city's smoking ban.
Category: local news
Subjects: local government; business regulations; public health policy
Named Entities: Hack, Sue [commissioner]; Highberger, Dennis [commissioner]; Schaufler, David [commissioner]; Dunfield, David [commissioner]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Ethnic Conflicttopic of Lecture About Al Qaeda
Summary: Lecture on ethnic conflicts in relation to Al Qaeda and the Arab world to be presented by scholars from Binghamton University and University of New York.
Category: campus news
Subjects: campus events; terrorism; ethnic studies
Named Entities: Mazrui, Ali A. [professor]; Ukpokodu, Peter [professor]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: [advertisements]
Advertisers include: KU (University of Kansas); EduKan; Hawks Pointe Apartment Homes
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 0.9

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