California Reaches Beyond Texting Ban On Cell Phones
The Topeka Capital Journal urges Kansas lawmakers to revisit cell phone distractions as California bans holding a phone while driving starting July 1 with exceptions for emergencies. First offense fines total 76 dollars, subsequent offenses 190. Teenage drivers face stricter limits, and text messaging remains banned for teens but not adults.
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California
Kansas
Hollywood
Sunflower
New York
Connecticut
New Jersey
Joe Simitian
Simitian
Topeka Capital- Journal
Obama prepares for date after Clinton win claim
Presidential hopeful Barack Obama comments on Hillary Rodham Clinton accepting his likely Democratic nomination. He says he will discuss the situation with Michelle and they plan a weekend date.
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Michelle
Barack Obama
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Telegram invites signed letters to editor
The Telegram welcomes letters to the editor signed with the writer’s address and phone. Letters will be confirmed before publication and may be edited for libel and length. Limit to 500 words. General thank you letters are accepted. form letters, poems, consumer complaints, or business testimonials will not be printed.
First Amendment text for free exercise and expression
The First Amendment prohibits laws establishing religion or abridging free exercise and freedom of speech or press. It protects the right to assemble peacefully and to petition the government for redress of grievances.
Revenge on the White House revelation of Scott McClellan
Kathleen Parker argues McClellan shifted from Bush ally to critic, portraying him as a dismissed insider who exposed alleged White House propaganda and war fabrication. The piece treats his memoir What Happened as revenge, likening him to a bully who loses trust. It questions motive, integrity, and public reception.
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Scott McClellan
Bush
McClellan
White House
Scott
Amazon
New York University
Jay Rosen
Rosen
Bush White House
Michael Wolff
Vanity Fair
Wolff
Animal Farm
Centenarian Jack Kempton Celebrated by Garden City Friends
Duane West notes that H.G. Jack Kempton will turn 100 on Tune 5 and reflects on his life from early theater work in Goodland to management roles across Kansas and Missouri. The piece highlights his WWII service, Kiwanis and American Legion ties, watercolor art, teaching workshops, a scholarship in his honor, and decades of friendship with Java discussions with Jon.
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H.G
Jack” Kempton
Jack
Molly
Jon
Commonwealth Theaters
State Theater
First United Methodist Church
Kansas
Missouri
Garden City
American Legion
Noon Kiwanis Club
Goodland
Kan
Sandhills Art Association
Southwest Kansas
SAA
Kempton
Southwest
Orvileta
Java
Jessie Montes
I Gave Up Flying and Buses For A Simpler Travel Life
The author recalls a Greyhound trip from Atlanta to Pensacola in cold rain and a vow to avoid buses. He extols trains and ships, criticizes crowded flights, and urges reduced travel to cut energy use. He cites personal experience in Florida tourism and favors slower, scenic journeys. He envisions passenger trains and steamships returning as better options.
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Iradea
Atlanta
Pensacola
Fla
Doc Holliday
Greyhound
Sen
John McCain
Florida
New York
America
Europe
Ile de France
Ernest Hemingway
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