Kansas high school vote for commemorative quarter falls short
Our View criticizes Kansas for tardy plans to let high school students vote on four proposed designs for the 2005 state commemorative quarter. With late notice to principals and ambiguous turnout, the educational value and youth engagement are questioned, earning an "FE" for effort.
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Ansas
Kansas
U.S. Mint
George Washington
State Capitol
Kansas State Department of Education
Soldiers face charges over mistreatment of prisoners in Iraq
Brig Gen Mark Kimmitt criticizes six American soldiers accused of abusing Iraqi detainees, stressing the duty to model dignity. A math teacher notes efforts to preserve objectivity amid pressure to inflate grades. Singer Jennifer Charles touts a compact hard drive for downloading MP3s from a live concert.
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Mark Kimmitt
Scotty
Jennifer Charles
Spring Scholarship Show At Garden City Community College
Garden City Community College presents a weekend Spring Scholarship Show at Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Auditorium directed by Skip Mancini. A lively old fashioned variety program with drama and music, featuring singing dancing jazz and comedy skits to entertain and raise funds for student scholarships and travel grants.
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Garden City Community College
Pauline Joyce
Skip Mancini
GCCC
Telegram seeks reader feedback on editorial matters
The Telegram invites responses via email or mail to editor Attn Editor at 310 N. Leyce av Ext. 20 Ith St Garden City Kansas 67846 or by phone (620) 275-2704. The message requests feedback and outlines contact options for readers.
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N. Leyce
Oita lairds ongress shall make no law respecting an establishment
The fragment outlines protections of religious freedom free exercise of religion and prohibits government interference with speech press assembly and petition. It reads like a constitutional rights clause but with misspelled or garbled names and terms.
Checkoff cases face Supreme Court scrutiny in checkoff fight
US Department of Agriculture argues that beef and pork checkoffs may violate First Amendment rights, pressing for Supreme Court review. Opponents contend the programs function as government speech, with producers controlling funding and messaging. Court expected to decide by May 17 on whether to grant certiorari and reform or end checkoffs.
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US. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Supreme Court
USDA
Livestock Marketing Assn
Supreme Court
Farmers’ Legal Action Group
Campaign For Family Farmers
Supremes
White House
Theodore Olsen
United Foods
Secretary of Agriculture
High Court
Abortion march drawls ugly spectacle in nation’s capital
E-mail columnist Kathleen Parker describes the Sunday pro choice march in Washington as a carnival of grotesque imagery and rhetoric. She contrasts pro lifers in grim reaper costumes with protesters and argues abortion ends life and should be openly examined within the women’s movement’s priorities.
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Ashington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Earth
Private mercenaries shift US war power debate
Don Monkerud discusses privately hired military contractors and their rapid expansion in Iraq and worldwide. He notes 3000 plus firms, 15000 contractors in Iraq, armed roles beyond support, and questions accountability, policy leverage, and democratic oversight.
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George III
England
America
Congress
Iraq
Israel
U.S
Columbia
Kabul
The
Guardian
Peter Singer
Brookings Institution
Washington, D.C
Donald Rumsfeld
Custer Battles
Dynacorp
Military Professional Resources Inc
Steele Foundation
Blackwater Security Consulting
Afghanistan
the New Yorker
Seymour Hersh
Vietnam
Grey Fox
United States
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Kathleen Parker
Kparker
Kparker.com
Orlando Sentinel
Don Monkerud
Aptos, Calif
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