View Change Sparks Debate Over Kansas Education Board
The Kansas State Board of Education faced swift controversy as it took two days to name a chair and two more to approve a waiver allowing Topeka Public Schools to hire a Spanish speaking PAT tutor. Connie Morris opposed the waiver arguing illegal immigrants should not attend public schools. The board’s actions fuel calls for a cabinet level education department as a preferable, nonpoliticized management of Kansas education.
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Board of Education
Topeka
Connie Morris
Morris
Kansas
Notable quotes on leadership and culture from public figures
A compilation of remarks from Martin Luther King II on urgent social solutions, North Korea's media decrying U S troops, and Nicole Kidman praising challenging female roles in The Hours and Chicago, highlighting diverse views on race, art, and opportunities.
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Nicole Kidman
Chicago
Kidman
Virginia Woolf
This Day In History January 20 Highlights 2003
Highlights recount historic events on January 20 including Eisenhower's 1953 oath, Nixon sworn in as VP, Marshall named chief justice in 1801, Hong Kong ceded in 1841, Pearl Harbor lease in 1887, George V death in 1936, Wannsee Conference in 1942, Iran hostage release in 1981, MLK Jr. holiday first observed in 1986, and Channel Tunnel plans in 1986.
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Martin Luther King
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Richard M. Nixon
John Marshall
Hong Kong
Great Britain
Britain
George V
Edward VIII
Iran
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Martin Luther King Jr
France
Channel Tunnel
Telegram invites reader feedback to editor
The Telegram welcomes feedback by email fax or phone and provides a mailing address in Garden City Kansas for Attn Editor at 310 N Seventh St. Readers may contact the newsroom to share comments or letters for publication.
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N. Seventh St
Garden City
Kansas Days tensions flare as GOP feuds spill into events
Two recent episodes highlight deep rifts within Kansas Republicans. The State Board of Education wrestled over chair power amid Conservative moderate splits, while the Senate Ways and Means Committee ousted conservative Tim Huelskamp after he backed an ally for leadership. Kansas DaysWill feature Elizabeth Dole. The party celebrates a string of victories but faces internal finger pointing and potential shifts as moderates and conservatives clash over schools, taxes, and control of agenda.
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GOP
Kansas
Senate
Tim Huelskamp
Joan Finney
U.S. House
Kathleen Sebelius
Sebelius
House
Doug Mays
R-Topeka
Tim Shallenburger
Shallenburger
Stan Clark
Oakley
Graves
John Wratil
Leawood Kerr
Huelskamp
Ways and Means
Board of Education
Janet Waugh
Kansas City
Waugh
Sue Gamble
Shawnee
Republican Party
Hope for democracy in Cuba gains from Project Varela
Oswaldo Paya Sardinas promotes Project Varela as a path toward a national referendum on multi party elections, prisoners’ rights, private business, and free speech. Despite a 98.97 percent official rejection, the effort chips away at Cuba’s totalitarian stance, drawing international attention and shifting exile politics toward gradual reform.
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Fidel Castro
Cuba
U.S
Oswaldo Paya Sardinas
Paya
Project Varela
Havana
France
European Parliament
Pope
Vatican
Colin Powell
Washington
Vicente Fox
Mexico
Miami
Unidad Cubana
Cuban American National Foundation
Agustin Roman
Carlos Saladrigas
Bendixen and Associates
Quotes and Tidbits From A Tangled Menu of Bits
A collage of overheard quips and fragmentary notes spans authors from Francois de Rochefoucauld to Hank Williams. It includes jokes about bears and library paste, a Brown University professor character, a video titled Made Not Born, and comments on books, talk shows, and filing methods.
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Josiah S. Carberry
Brown University
Amazon
Syracuse Journal
Bear Creek
Hamilton County
Carberry
Rick Bragg
New York Times
Alabama
Hank Williams
Korea
Vietnam
Doug Green
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Roger Hernande
King Features Syndicate
Francois Rochefoucauld
America
Geoff Boucher
Smithsonian Magazine
Williams
Montgomery
Ala
Kris Kristofferson
Truman Capote
Charley Armentrout
GCPD
Springfield
USD 457 Board of Education
Bill Clement
Dolores Hope
Dandhope
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