Madness in Texas death row case arouses national debate
Steve Delaney criticizes Texas for a scheduled lethal injection of Delma Banks for the 1980 murder of Richard Whitehead. He notes an all white jury and withheld information, arguing systemic racial bias and legal flaws. The piece contrasts Illinois governor George Ryan’s moratorium with Texas’ ongoing execution pace.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Illinois
George Ryan
Iraq
Kids Offer Help in War Talks and Death Row Notes
Ten year old Savannah Morton urges children to aid parents during the Iraq crisis. Texas prepares to execute its 300th inmate since 1982 this Wednesday, a point noted by Michael Déwayne Johnson. Clint Eastwood reacts to a lifetime achievement award with defiant pension remarks.
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Iraq
Michael Déwayne Johnson
Texas
Clint Eastwood
Screen Actors Guild
March 10 History Highlights From 1876 to 1980
On this day historic events include Bells first voice transmission in 1876 in Boston. Columbus ends second Caribbean voyage in 1496. Charles I dissolves Parliament in 1629. Jefferson named minister to France in 1785. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ratified in 1848. Grant becomes Union commander in 1864. Salvation Army reaches U.S. in 1880. Mildred Gillars Axis Sally convicted in 1949. James Earl Ray pleads guilty in 1969. Herman Tarnower shot in 1980.
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Alexander Graham Bell
Boston
Bell
Watson
Christopher Columbus
Mexico
Ulysses S. Grant
Salvation Army
United States
England
Mildred E. Gillars
Sally
Washington, D.C
James Earl Ray
Memphis
Tenn
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
Editor contact details for Garden City forum
The item lists multiple contact methods for readers to reach The Pulse Reader Forum by email fax or mail. It provides a general editor address at 310 N Seventh St Garden City Kansas 67846 and a fax number 620 2752704 with extension 201.
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Garden City
War memory and Orwell loom large in three Garden City talks
Three middle aged Garden City men discuss books and articles on war citing Roger Angell in the New Yorker and Florence Stratton in The Catholic Worker. They reflect on World War II drafts and ongoing conflicts suggesting war is perpetual and affects distant peoples more than citizens at the center of power.
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Garden City
New Yorker
Roger Angell
Vietnam
Iraq
Angell
Orwell
Florence Stratton
Canada
United States
Stratton
Truth in budgeting debated by Kansas lawmakers
Kansas Republicans push a truth in budgeting bill to fix how general revenue is estimated. They contend the $4.36 billion general fund figure understates total spending, with other funds and federal money flowing in. The budget remains squishy amid shifting accounting rules and late-year revisions, as Hanna notes Kansas politics since 1987.
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Kansas
Duane Goossen
Tim Huelskamp
R-Fowler
Peggy Long
R-Hamilton
Huelskamp
Long
Department of Transportation
General Fund
Kathleen Sebelius
Statehouse
Sebelius
Goossen
Estrada nomination highlights Hispanic vote political shift
Rush Limbaugh notes the growing impact of Hispanic voters in U S politics as Miguel Estrada becomes a focal point. Democrats fear losing Hispanic support while Republicans seek to redefine Hispanic political alignment through a Hispanic conservative role model. The timing mirrors a broader strategy across campaigns.
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Democratic Party
Bill Clinton
Colin Powell
Rod Paige
Condoleezza Rice
Alberto Gonzales
Elaine Chao
Miguel Estrada
Bush
Pat Buchanan
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New Hampshire
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Josés
George P. Bush
Miguel
Estrada
U.S. Court of Appeals
Bob Dole
GOP
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