Our View on No Child Left Behind in Holcomb District
The editorial argues that 19 of 68 Holcomb USD 363 teachers face the districts turn-around list under No Child Left Behind. It says the politically driven threshold risks student harm by pushing funds loss and forcing focus on underachievers, potentially dumbing down education and neglecting motivated students.
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Holcomb
Bush
Skip Landis
Political remarks fuel debate on Iraq contracts and unions
Quotes show Brzezinski critiquing a Pentagon policy barring firms from nations opposing the Iraq war from postwar reconstruction contracts. A Iowa labor spokesman questions Gore's endorsement impact on union voters. A Nixon archival remark depicts Reagan as an uncomfortable figure in a newly released tape.
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Zbigniew Brzezinski
Pentagon
Iraq
al Gore
Mark Smith
Iowa Federation of Labor
Aflcio
Iowa
Gore
Howard Dean
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Telegram Editor Message Includes Contact Options
The Telegram invites reader feedback via email fax and phone. It lists contact details for the Attn Editor at 310 N Seventh St Garden City Kansas 67846 and provides extension 201 and a general number 276-6862.
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Garden City
First Amendment Text Queried in Congress Record
The session records the core pledge of rights under the First Amendment, prohibiting government establishment of religion and restricting abridgement of free speech press and assembly, with the right to petition.
Remembering December Winters on a Southern Illinois Dairy Farm
Alan Guebert recalls Decembers on a southern Illinois dairy farm where cold cows and cold hands defined winter. Jackie and Howard endure harsh weather, fathers’ frostbitten days fuel hardy jokes, and a heated cab marks pragmatic warmth. Family rituals, book-keeping, and card games warm long afternoons as memories endure.
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Illinois
Jackie
Howard
Dad
Oliver
Santa
Rich
Dean Taps Souths Poor in bid for Black Votes
Kathie Parker reflects on Dr. W Howard Dean addressing a black church in Columbia South Carolina with civil rights history references and Rep Jesse Jackson Jr guiding voter registration. She notes a Southern white audience, a cautious Southern strategy, and Dean's call for a new politics that avoids pandering to prejudice while acknowledging race and economics.
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Olumbia
S.C
W.howard Dean
Jesse Jackson Jr
Dean
Martin Luther King Jr
Birmingham
Deep South
Jesus
Richard Nixon
Jackson
Jesse L. Jackson Jr
Greenville
South
Martin Luther King
America
Weeding out skilled farmers and industrial farming trends
Jim Scharplaz of Ottawa County argues that modern agriculture relies on GM crops and herbicides to produce weed free fields, fueling corporate control and loss of farming craft. He cites four firms dominating grain exports, high retail share, and lobbying to shape policy, warning that industrialization risks food security and farmer independence.
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University of Missouri
ADM
Cenex
Cargill
U.S
Justice Department
Antitrust
Center For Responsive Politics
Agriculture Department
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