Community praise for Finney County kindness and funds
Four local figures and a Haven girl inspire hope in tough times. Finney County Commission funded a $1425 Kansas Mission of Mercy dental clinic fee, repaying the mistake of withholding aid. Ward Loyd offered to cover the fee and Mark Salyer offered half, while Carolyn Roederer collected dog supplies for Hutchinson Humane Society.
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Jeffrey Stasch
Finney County
Cliff Mayo
Mission of Mercy
Loyd
Garden City
Wheat Lands Convention Center
Salyer
Roederer
The
Hutchinson Humane Society
Carolyn
Hutchinson News
Finney County approves rent for Mission of Mercy event
Finney County Commissioners reversed course and agreed to pay the $1,425 rent for the three day free dental clinic at the Fairgrounds February 28 to March 2. The plan covers the facility fee and security deposit, with volunteers or donors supporting in part. officials predict more than 2,000 patients will be treated by volunteer dentists and hygienists.
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Inney County
Finney County Fairgrounds
Orga
Mission of Mercy
Jerry Davis
Davis
Minnesota
Jesse Ventura
Ziegler, Nixon Aide, Dies at 68 in Washington
Ronald Ziegler, former Nixon press secretary and Watergate point man, died of a heart attack at age 68 in Washington. The veteran aide, who also served as a speaker for President Nixon, faced a tough era for the White House press shop.
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GOP
Ken Khachigian
Nixon
Ron Ziegler
Ziegler
Notable historical events on February 11
Highlights of February 11 include Lincoln leaving Springfield in 1861, Gerry’s redistricting law in 1812, Edison born in 1847, the Lateran Treaty in 1929, a 1937 GM sit down strike, Yalta Agreement in 1945, Hughes controversy in 1972, Khomeini’s rise in 1979, Sharansky’s release in 1986, and Barbara Harris’s 1989 bishop consecration.
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Ion
Lincoln
Springfield
Ill
Washington
Massachusetts
Elbridge Gerry
Thomas Alva Edison
Milan
Ohio
Italy
Vatican City
General Motors
United Automobile Workers Union
Franklin Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
Life Magazine
Howard Hughes
Ruhollah Khomeini
Iran
Natan Sharansky
Soviet Union
Barbara C. Harris
Episcopal Church
Boston
Telegram reader forum contact details and address
The Telegram invites reader feedback by email fax and phone with contact details. Attn Editor extension 201 directs mail to 310 North Seventh Street Garden City Kansas 67846.
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Garden City
Topeka GOP unity clash over Morris and Tiller stance
John Dailey argues in a syndicated column that Connie Morris wins in southwestern Kansas and calls into question her ties to an out-of-state group while comparing political fights to larger moral issues. He recalls personal meetings with George Tiller and challenges Morris to justify hatred or blame directed at the poor. He urges continued debate within Republican unity.
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Topeka
Kansas
Republican Party
Connie Morris
Sonny Rundell
Tim Shallenburger
Connie
Hastings
Morris
Emigrant Party of
Nevada
Hitler
George Tiller
Operation Rescue
Wichita
Dr. Tiller
Bush credibility gap debate signals political clash
The piece examines Democrats reviving the term credibility gap to attack President Bush over domestic policy and the budget. It notes Bush's deficits totaling at least 611 billion over two years, unresolved long-term costs, and a controversial tax cut plan while Powell’s UN presentation supports his foreign stance. Democrats push the line as Republicans show hesitation over new tax shelters, highlighting a widening credibility gap in domestic governance.
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Senate
Tom Daschle
Bush
Daschle
Lyndon Johnson
Murrey Marder
the Post
Johnson
Vietnam
National Press Club
White House
Pelling
Colin Powell
United Nations
Saddam Hussein
House
Nancy Pelosi
Congress
State of the Union
Iraq
John Snow
Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
John Breaux
Olympia Snowe
Internal Revenue Service
Ways and Means Committee
GOP
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Mark Salyer
Haven
Carolyn Roederer
Kansas Mission of Mercy
Tan City
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Saddam
U.N
Jacques Chirac
Abel
the Pulse Reader Forum
Sipowicz
John Dailey
Telegram
Sandhill Books
Sandhill
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Genet
John Dailes
David Broder
Washington Pos
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