Kansas universities urge $180 million annual maintenance funding
The Kansas Board of Regents and six campuses push lawmakers to provide $180 million yearly for five years to repair aging facilities. Auditors confirm maintenance backlog totaling $727 million across campuses and KU Medical Center. Leaders call for a concrete spending plan and maintenance endowments alongside new construction budgets.
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Ansas
Board of Regents
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kathleen Sebelius
World figures reflect on hunger, faith, and conflict
Pope Benedict XVI says hunger and disease persist amid plenty and consumerism. Rev. Al Sharpton compares James Brown’s impact to Bach in classical music. Somali soldier Abdi Mutey recalls Ethiopian jets bombing two main air ports.
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Pope Benedict XVI
The
Vatican
James Brown
al Sharpton
Brown
Abdi Mutey
Somalia
Council of Islamic Courts
Telegram letters rules and contact details
The Telegram outlines letters to the editor policy requiring signatures with address and phone number and editorial confirmation before publication. It notes editing for libel and length, a 500 word limit for letters, and disclaims form letters poems or business testimonials. Contact details include email, fax, and 310 N Seventh St Garden City Kansas address.
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N. Seventh St
Garden City
Freedom of Religion and Speech in the Bill of Rights
The text outlines limits on government action in religion and expression. It asserts that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise. It also bars abridgment of the press and speech and protects the right to assemble and petition.
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Cne
United Health Group
Medicare for Everyone and the health care illusion
Opinion by William A. Collins argues that universal care resembles current profit driven systems, cites Canada and Britain cost savings, Maine and Massachusetts moves, and criticizes insurers HMOs and tax resistance. Proposes a Social Security like plan with worker and employer contributions, government aid, tariffs, and universal coverage. Distributed by MinutemanMedia.org.
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Connecticut
General Electric Co
Fairfield
Hmos
Maine
Massachusetts
Canada
Britain
Jodi Bell
John DeStefano
Dan Malloy
Pearl Harbor memory and holiday reflections endure
A Pearl Harbor memorial remarks on the 1941 attack, with personal ties to servicemen, history lessons from Harper's Index, and notes on re gifting, the World Almanac, and global hunger ratios. Includes trivia about Gibbons, cucumbers in Kansas, and a Beet Sugar Factory centenary.
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Mal Middlesworth
Pearl Harbor
Alamo
Japan
U.S
Germany
Italy
Misplaced hysteria over Pinochet and leftist critics
A column argues that Augusto Pinochet’s legacy is praised by some for stabilizing Chile’s economy and surrendering power, while the left’s hostility is framed as hypocrisy. It contrasts Pinochet’s record with Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot, and Castro, and notes Iraq’s high death toll as context for criticizing foreign leaders.
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Augusto Pinochet
Pinochet
Salvador Allende
Fidel Castro
Pol Pot
Mao Tse-tung
Joe Stalin
America
Gen. Pinochet
Chile
Iraq
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Kansas’ University System
Kansas City Star
Doonesbury
Alex
Pateay
Tokyo
Hiroshima
1945
United States
William A. Collins
Norwalk
Conn
MinutemanMedia.org
Marines
Navy
Harper’s Magazine
Mary and
Joseph
Nazareth
Bethlehem
Us.a
West
Kansas
World Health Organization
Geneva
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Rome
Harper's Index
Dolores Hope
Dandhope
Juno.com
Hope
Iden
Charley Reese
King Features Syndicate
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