Veterans Crisis Figures Highlight Need for tracking and care
Our View urges comprehensive reporting on veterans personal crisis events, noting 2006 suicide by own action rate rose to 17.3 per 100000 in Iraq and Afghanistan. It calls for better data, timely care, and stronger VA mental health funding to prevent further losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iraq
Afghanistan
Army
Department of Veterans Affairs
Pentagon
Timothy Bowman
Illinois National
Washington
Mike Bowman
House Veterans’ Affairs Committee
U.S
Veterans Administration
Voter Endorses Lee Myung-bak Citing Forward Leap
South Korean voter Seong Da-kyeong comments that the candidate Lee Myung-bak could move the country forward despite past ethical lapses. She says morality would not prevent a leap forward for the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Myung-bak
Seong Da-kyeong
Morrison downfall tied to abortion politics and affair
Kansas Attorney General Paul Morrison’s resignation followed an extramarital affair with a former subordinate. The scandal fed by abortion politics and alleged attempts to access sensitive information, while Morrison denies most claims, and critics say his conduct damaged credibility and intensified a hard-fought policy clash. The episode intertwined with his career shift from Johnson County district attorney to attorney general and a charged political environment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PEKA
Paul Morrison
Kansas
Morrison
Linda Carter
Johnson County
Phill Kline
Kline
Neral
Carter
GOP
District Attorney's Office
Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
George Tiller
Wichita
Tiller
Planned Parenthood of
Overland Park
Planned Parenthood
Kansans For Life
Operation Rescue
Topeka Capital-Journal
Mary Kay Culp
Lee Kinch
Democratic National Committee
Kinch
GOP Spanish debate shows fault lines on immigration
The piece critiques Republicans at a Spanish language presidential debate for inflaming anti immigrant rhetoric that repels Hispanic voters. It notes McCain’s reluctant honesty, Romney’s outreach, and Giuliani and Tancredo clashes, with Pence on how the GOP’s tone shapes voter support and the Pew Center findings on vote gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GOP
Mitt Romney
Pew Hispanic Center
John McCain
George W. Bush
Duncan Hunter
Rudy Giuliani
Romney
New York
Massachusetts
Nyanyah
Giuliani
America
Fred Thompson
Fidel Castro
U.S
Thompson
Mike Huckabee
Tancredo Tancredo
Tom Tancredo
Telegram letters policy for reader submissions
The Telegram invites signed letters with writer address and phone number, confirming before publication. Letters are edited for libel and length, kept under 500 words, with general thank you notes allowed. Form letters, poems, complaints, or business testimonials will not be printed. submissions may be sent by email, fax, or phone to editor at Garden City, Kansas.
First Amendment text summary card
The First Amendment limits Congress from establishing religion or restricting free exercise and freedom of speech and press. It secures the right to peaceably assemble and to petition the Government for grievances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Year end miscellany and notes from varied sources
A collage of quotes and trivia covers humor from Baby Blues to Pickles, space facts about the International Space Station, CARE's $530 million aid year, heritage turkey pricing, event listings in Wichita and Derby, and Atlantic storm names for 2008.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trent Loos
International Space Station
Space University
Team Universe
National Weather Service
U.S. Department of Commerce
Arthur
Bertha
Cristobal
Dolly
Edouard
Fay
Gustaao
Hana
Ike
Josephine
Kyle
Laura
Marco
Nana
Omar
Palomar
Rene
Sally
Teddy
Vicky
Wilfred
Alpha
Also Mentioned on This Page
Doonesbury
Huckabee
Imunk
Gods Will
Ian Se
Veri
Supreme Court
John Hanna
Monte Wowerton
Roger Hernandez
Rogereh
Optoniline.net
King Features Syndicate
Attn Balitne
Editor
N. Seventh St
Garden City
Santa Barbara
Calif
Truman Capote
Steve Beseau
St. Lawrence Catholic Center
K.U
Kansas Oil Museum
el Dorado
Kansas Humane Society
Countries
St. Mary Parish
Derby
Idaho
Harper Lee
Dolores Hope Garden City Telegram
Dolores Hope
Dandchope
Juno. Com
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!