Esther's Pillow and Other Books Mentioned in Local Voice
A casual book column reviews Esther's Pillow by Marlin Fitzwater, noting his Kansas setting and family background, plus several titles across politics history cooking and humor. It includes biographies of Grant Sherman Lindbergh Hitler and Churchill, a Kansas collection catalog from KU, and a gift book about writing errors.
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Otster
Marlin Fitzwater
White House
Ronald Reagan
George H.W. Bush
Fitzwater
Washington, D.C
Abilene
Kansas
Esther
Nickerly County
Ulysses S. Grant
Brooks D Simpson
Jean Edward Smith
Grant
William Tecumseh Sherman
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
A. Scott Berg
Putnam
Husband
Ian Kershaw
Hitler
Norton
Kershaw
Theodore Rex
Ear
Winston Churchill
Continuing Education
Marilyn Irvin Holt
C. Robert Haywood
Belt tightening urged amid Kansas budget crisis
Our view criticizes a Kansas plan to tear up the Spruce Street bypass for highway ramps as fiscally reckless. Gov. Graves warns of shortfalls affecting public schools and prisons while KDOT public hearings push a costly, years-away project.
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Bill Graves
Spruce Street
Graves
Kansas Department of Transportation
KDOT
Kansas
Thought for them on wealth and folly
A pithy saying notes that a fool and his money part quickly yet the true judgment comes only after the funds are gone. Anonymous wisdom warns against premature scorn before loss is clear.
Venezuela turmoil tests Chavez rule and possible coup ideals
Venezuelans weigh legal and extra constitutional options as President Hugo Chavez tightens decree powers and faces a historic strike by labor and business groups. Critics fear drift toward dictatorship while legal avenues to oust him appear blocked. Reporter Roger Hernandez notes past coup attempts by Chavez and current doubts about constitutional remedies.
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United States
Americas
Hugo Chavez
Venezuela
Latin America
South America
Chavez
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Saddam Hussein
Afghanistan
Labor Unions
Fedecamara
Caracas
Pedro Carmona
Congress
Alejandro Teran Martinez
Association of Litigation Attorneys
Venezuelan Supreme Court
History Briefs For December Seventeenth Milestones
Today is Monday December seventeenth and the year is two thousand one. Historical notes reference Wright brothers first powered flight in 1903 near Kitty Hawk. Other items include France recognizing American independence in 1777 and Bolivar’s death in 1830.
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Orville
Wilbur Wright
Kitty Hawk
N.C
France
Simon Bolivar
Colombia
William “Billy
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Bill Draper
Delaney
Draper
Hope
Marlisa Szwillus
Tiger Woods
Tiger
Golf Digest
Bill Walsh
Dolores Hope Garden
UCL
al-Qaida
Eastern Alliance
Mohammed Zaman
Tora Bora
Osama bin Laden
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
al Qaida
U.S
Jacksonville Jaguars
Jimmy Smith
Cleveland Browns
Jacksonville
Ness
Roger Hernandez
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Rogered
Prodigy.net
King Features Syndicate
Mitchell
Graf Spee
Uruguay
U.S. Army
City Hall
Getelegram.com
P.O. Box
Garden City
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