Garden City eyes tax renewal to fund city services
Garden City Commission urges voters to reauthorize the half-cent sales tax for 10 more years, arguing taxes fund police and fire, streets, parks, zoo, and more. The measure would raise the city’s sales tax to 7.4 percent if all proposals pass, with Aug. 3 primary election looming.
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Iraq transfers sovereignty to interim government ahead of schedule
Iyad Allawi hails a historic day as the U S led coalition hands power to an interim Iraqi government two days early. Officials fear possible insurgent attempts to disrupt the transition while port and trucking sectors warn of high costs and low wages. A Hawaii barber notes a year of slow business amid 10,000 soldiers deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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David Wagner
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Telegram Reader Forum Feedback Methods
The Telegram invites reader responses by email fax or letter. It provides contact details including editor email, a fax number, and a street address at 310 N Seventh St Garden City Kansas 67846 for feedback submissions.
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First Amendment text quoted for historical context
The fragment presents core wording of the First Amendment, emphasizing the establishment clause free exercise of religion freedom of speech press and the right to assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances. It echoes foundational constitutional protections and civil liberties central to American law.
Regents pass tuition hike blamed on Legislature
Regents approve a 2004-05 tuition increase to raise 39 million for six state universities amid criticism that lawmakers underfund higher education. Undergraduates face 8.9 to 18 percent hikes, with large long term increases since 2001-02, while regents cite rising operating costs and health insurance.
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Overland Park
Kansas Senate
Kansas
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University of Kansas
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Fort Hays State
Bill Docking
Arkansas City
Doug Mays
Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Reggie Robinson
Bond
Nelson Galle
Manhattan
Dodge City
Salina
Shawnee County
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Supreme Court
Frank Gaines
Augusta
Debating college admissions after Supreme Court rulings
The first anniversary of the Supreme Court decisions on affirmative action in Michigan highlights a fall in minority freshman applicants while Texas A&M and Florida expand recruitment and use percentage plans. Critics doubt meritocracy. proponents urge holistic evaluation including academics, work, arts, ties, and ethnicity. Roger Hernandez.
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Florida
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Alphabet soup of people places and events across world
A dense list of names groups places and topics including Abu Ghraib al-Qaida Afghanistan Ariel Sharon Albright Babes Big Pool Dodge City and dozens more. It reads like a sprawling index of political figures media topics wars cultures and events from D-Day to the Patriot Act and beyond.
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Ayad Allawi
Alan Fankhauser
Arts Center
Brown Vs. Board of Education
Paul Bremer
Kansas
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Buffalo Bill
C— Chirac
Stevens Park
Condoleeza
Chautauqua’s
Clear Channel
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Chuck Hagel
U.S
Nebraska
Stan Clark
Dennis Hastert
Iraq
Iran
John Kerry
John Ashcroft
John Edwards
John McCain
John Doe
Jihad
Jennifer Lopez
Kofi Annan
Koji Suzuki
Karbala
Janis Karpinski
Karl Rove
Kenneth Henderson
Bob Kerrey
Lewis and Clark
M — Main Street
Marcie Penner
Miss Frontier
Martha Stewart
Mumbai
Mohammad Ibrahim Makkawi
Miles of
Ray Charles
Riyadh
Shaun Rydell
S — Shrek
Smarty Jones
Sebelius
Silvio Berlusconi
Spe
Jeremy Swiss
Saddam Hussein
T — Tripoli
Terry Nichols
Tony Blair
Trevor Brazile
U — Upward Bound
Uganda
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Vladimir Itin
Viacom
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