Missed the Obvious in Voting Reform Editorial
The Kansas Legislature made over 200 changes to election laws yet left rural registration unfair. Rural residents can vote without registering while city voters must be registered, and moving across a street can strip or preserve voting rights based on ward timing. The piece urges attention to practical voting inequities and questions residency rules. It also debates violence in media and defends a Disney film as underperformed but entertaining, urging readers to consider their own preferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Popeka
Distaff Side Turns Practical Safety Tips for Women
A newspaper article notes that screaming can deter attackers and suggests objects like a metal comb hairbrush or spray as potential improvised defenses. It ponders hat pins and mentions a confetti angel cake from past times while reflecting on fashion and comfort for men in late life.
The Need by Harold Coffin list of DMZ humor
Harold Coffin jokes that new real estate uses DMZ zones and notes locations except major capitals and campuses. He jokes about Uncle Sam building a fence, attackers climbing it, and the only DMZ gas is in space, with a personal DMZ around the house.
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Paris
Rome
Washington
Sam
Vietnam
Outer Space
NBC Dodd Denials Highlight Televised Crime Debate
Drew Pearson argues NBC and Sen. Tom Dodd dispute claims NBC funded Dodd’s campaign. The column details censure of Dodd, possible contempt charges, suppressed documents, and testimony from James Boyd and NBC figures. It also covers Levy’s TV violence testimony and Humphrey’s stance on Vietnam peace.
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Washington
NBC
Tom Dodd
D-Conn
Dodd
Senate
NSC
Juvenile Delinquency Committee
Delinquency Committee
Sen
Ble Senate
James Boyd
Boyd
Peter Kenney
David Levy
ABC
CBS
Levy
Carl Perian
Subcommittee
Wagon trip note from 1888 Cox party through Kansas
A diary fragment from Mrs. Cox recounts the mid journey of the Cox party and companions on a five day trek from Dighton to Sedgwick. The entry covers lunch stop along a hillside trail, encounters with a train near Rush Center Ellinwood and Burrton, meals at El inningwood and Nickerson, gritty travel conditions, and a plan to reach Wichita while noting gear and horses Fox and Barney.
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Dightor
Sedgwick
J. L. Cox
Green
George
Cox
Dighton Journal
Rush Center
Ellinwood
Great Bend
Fox
Barney
Maud
Elk
Mr. Green
Nickerson
J. L
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Garden City Telegram
Angel
Harold Coffin
Telegram Publishing Company
Garden City
Bi Browne
Roy Alimas
John Frazier
Atwa College
Hf Telegram
Finney, Lane, Scott
Wichite
Greeley
Hamilton
Kearny
Grant, Haskell
Gray Counties
Associated Press
Associat
Drew Pearson
Perian
Paul Laskin
Humphrey
Capitol
Southwest
Burrton
Wichita
Vh1
Church OF Your Choice
A&a Body Shop
Hinkle Oil CO
Massey Ferguson
Garden City Sale CO
Ehresman Packing CO
the Garden City Telegram
Kells Transfer & Storage
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