Talley Leaves Garden City a Legacy of Service and Trail
Former Garden City commissioner and four time mayor Bonnie Talley died in Wichita after 16 years of public service. Known for boosting quality of life, she helped develop A Harold Long Park and city soccer fields and championed the Talley Trail pedestrian and bike path dedicated in 1999. Her work linked recreation, economic development, and community vitality.
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Bm Talley
Garden City
Talley
Wichita
Bob Halloran
A. Harold Long
Bonnie Talley
Wheeling
Big Pool
Lee Richardson Zoo
Straw calls for peaceful Iran talks on nuclear issue
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says resolution must be peaceful and rules out invasion or military action. John Sweeney of AFL-CIO notes growing public readiness to push for change. Barry Scheck argues DNA testing reveals wrongful convictions despite death penalty debates.
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Iran
Jack Straw
Afl-Cio
John Sweeney
Maryland
Wal-mart
Barry Scheck
Telegram invites signed letters to editor
The Telegram invites letters to the editor signed with writer address and phone, with confirmation before publication and potential editing for libel and length. Letters should be under 500 words. general thank you notes are acceptable. form letters, poems, complaints, or business testimonials are not printed.
Rights Clause From The First Amendment
A seminal statement of the First Amendment protections prohibiting government establishment of religion and limiting interference with free exercise speech press and assembly. It also guarantees petitioning the Government for redress of grievances.
Martin Luther King and poverty beyond race in Appalachia
Leonard Pitts reflects on white poverty in the Appalachian border region where Ohio meets West Virginia, contrasting stereotypes with real hardship. He notes King’s broader vision beyond race, including the Poor People’s Campaign, and urges unity across color in addressing injustice and dignity for all.
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Appalachian
Ohio
West Virginia
Martin Luther King
King
Washington
Canaan's Edge
Taylor Branch
Plains
Appalachia
Memphis
Martin
Sharon legacy in flux as Israel ponders future peace
The sudden incapacity of Ariel Sharon triggers a debate over his legacy and Middle East policy. The piece notes his hawkish record, settlement expansion, the 2005 Gaza disengagement, and U.S. alignment with his road map while urging renewed direct negotiations with high level U.S. involvement.
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Ariel Sharon
George W. Bush
Sharon
Joseph Biden
D-Del
Middle East
Gaza
West Bank
Lebanon
PLO
Sabra
Shatila
Israel
East Jerusalem
Bush
Yasser Arafat
Arafat
Mahmoud Abbas
Maale Adumim
U.S
Tel Aviv
Gaza Strip
United States
Reagan
Changing Times and General Semantics Insight
An essay argues that identity fades with time, urging readers to anchor actions in present reality. It contrasts 1945 America with 2006, critiques government growth, media saturation, crime, and public fear, and ends urging living in the now with a call to contact Charley Reese.
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Alfred Korzybski
United States
Franklin Roosevelt
White House
Wehrmacht
Imperial Army
National Geographic Magazine
South
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Herald.com
Michelle Woodward
Middle East Research and Information Project
MERIP
Washington, D.C
MinutemanMedia.org
Charley Reese
King Features Syndicate
P.O. Box
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