Editorial urges Kansas legislators to allow vote on horse racing gambling
In the 1983 Kansas Legislature debate returns on expanding gambling to horse racing. Supporters from the Kansas Quarter Horse Association push for a state referendum to amend the constitution, citing tax revenue and jobs, while opponents from Kansans for Life at Its Best resist. The piece urges legislators to let voters decide.
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Kansas Quarter Horse Association
Kansans For Life
Temperance Organization
Hay Ina
Kansas
Las Vegas
Distaff side reflections on kids toys and family life
Dolores Hope writes a light column sharing anecdotes from a busy family. A father jokes about disarmament toys while a sister’s big move becomes a real estate office. Grandmother chats with a Texas granddaughter who reveals confusion about being gay. The piece recalls August fest dress fittings and ends with a plug for Barbara Robinsons The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.
Boxing and TV Fuel Moral Clash Over Ring Deaths
A memo argues boxing faces renewed moral condemnation after Duk Koo Kim’s death and a public brutal Holmes Cobb bout. It cites clergy and pundits calling for a ban, urges curbing big money via TV advertising to control brutality, and suggests headgear and supervision as possible refinements.
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Harris
Pentagon
Duk Koo Kim
ABC
Larry Holmes
Randy Cobb
Duk Kim Koo
Cobb
Holmes
Holmes-Cobb
Mancini-Duk Koo Kim
Cassell
Cannibal Robots and the Ghost of Dr Frankenstein
Art Buchwald portrays a future where a SAMPSON robot makes 3000 layoffs and boosts productivity by 40 percent, firing Dr Frankenstein while the company brags it can cut labor costs and tax bills. The inventor seeks another job but learns even the mailroom is automated as the robot sorts mail.
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Frankenstein
Sampson
Caffeine debates spark Athens workshop findings and doubt
Jim Bishop reviews a Greek conference where scientists clash over caffeine effects. Some say caffeine causes birth defects or cancer, while others report no links. Industry ties and mixed results leave readers wary as they default to daily coffee rituals.
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America
Kelly
Athens
Greece
International
Leviton
P. B. Dews
Harvard Medical School
James G. Wilson
Children’s Hospital Research Foundation
Cincinnati
Dews
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