Capote remembered as literary giant despite late years
A retrospective look revisits Truman Capote from his rise with Other Voices Other Rooms to the Clutter murders linked nonfiction novel In Cold Blood. Brooke Allen argues Capote’s early genius and later downfall complicate his legacy, urging durable fame beyond notoriety.
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Truman Capote
Herbert Clutter
Holcomb
Truman
Capote
Wilson Quarterly
Allen
Monroeville
Alabama
Mademoiselle
Harper’s Bazaar
New Yorker
Grass Harp
Breakfast At Tiffany’s
Kansas
Norman Mailer
Privately Funded Capitol Travel Spotlight on Abramoff Scandal
A Senate records review shows Kansas lawmakers Brownback and Roberts led trips funded by private groups in 2005. Brownback’s travels included a $10,000 charter flight to Pat Robertson’s 75th birthday in Texas. The piece argues for stronger lobbying rules to curb special interest perks and preserve congressional ethics.
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Jack Abramoff
Capitol Hill
Senate
Sam Brownback
Kansas
Pat Roberts
Brownback
Pat Robertson
Texas
White House
Robertson
Congress
Abramoff
Quotes and Fire Dogma in a Compact News Clip
Sen Obama questions ethics reform delays and backpedaling in Congress while a Borger grass fire claims two lives. UN official notes H5N1 bird flu detected in Myanmar chickens, signaling global health concern.
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Laurence Gleeson
The
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
Myanmar
Telegram invites signed letters to editor for Garden City KS
The Telegram asks readers to submit signed letters with address and phone for verification before publication. Letters are edited for libel and length, kept under 500 words, and general thank you notes may be used. Contact options include email, phone numbers, and mail to Attn Editor 310 N Seventh St Garden City KS 67846.
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N. Seventh St
Garden City
The First Amendment Text and Its Core Provisions
The First Amendment prohibits government actions that establish religion or interfere with free exercise. It also protects freedom of speech and the press, and the right to assemble peacefully and petition the government for redress of grievances.
Taxing twist adds property tax credit to school funding plan
Kansas lawmakers seek to label local property tax revenue as base state support for schools to show higher per pupil spending. The plan would boost funding by hundreds of millions while counting much of it as local taxes, prompting criticism that credit is being taken for money districts already raise. Critics warn the move could misstate state aid and court mandates.
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Yopeka
Kansas
Senate Education Committee
Jean Schodorf
Wichita
Senate
Clay Aurand
Courtland
Alan Rupe
Dodge City
Salina
Kansas Supreme Court
Rupe
Legislative Division of Post
House
Dennis McKinney
D-Greensburg
Aurand
Lansing
Houston
Midway
Doniphan County
Ingalls
Gray County
John Wratil
R. Leawood
Mark Tallman
Kansas Association of School Boards
What part of illegal immigration? A columnist view
The piece weighs polarized views on illegal immigration, noting 12 million people living and working in the U S without authority. It discusses enforcement, potential amnesty, and four congressional bills while condemning misreadings that mix assimilation with ethnicity. It cites Robert Samuelson and queries his understanding of the term illegal immigrant.
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Pew Hispanic Center
Congress
House
Senate
Center For Immigration Studies
United States
Robert J. Samuelson
U.S
Samuelson
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