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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 2008
Page
4
The federal minimum wage rose from 5.15 to 5.85 per hour and will reach 6.55 this July and 7.25 in 2009. Kansas remains below the federal rate with a 2.65 wage, covering mostly service and agricultural jobs for about 19,000 workers. House Republicans blocked a Democrat bid to align Kansas wages, arguing a higher wage burdens employers.
Vice President Dick Cheney addresses The Associated Press report that the 4000th American has died in Iraq. He says each casualty weighs on the decision to send young service members into harm's way and that it never gets easier.
The Telegram invites signed letters to the editor with writer address and phone number for verification before publication. Letters are subject to editing for libel and length, should stay under 500 words, and must be signed. General thank yous, form letters, poems, consumer complaints, or business testimonials will not be printed.
The article presents the First Amendment listing five protections: establishment clause free exercise of religion freedom of speech press assembly and petition. It frames these rights as core limits on government power and a foundation for civil liberties.
The piece recalls the 1978 Bennett Carlin race where rate fears helped swing votes and ties it to current debate over Sunflower Energy’s plan to build two 700 megawatt coal plants in Finney County. Sebelius vetoed related bills citing environmental concerns and potential rate hikes.
Obama delivered a nuanced Philadelphia address on race relations praising America’s founding ethos while acknowledging slavery’s stain. He condemned Reverend Wright’s theories as divisive, but refused to disown Wright or his black community, arguing change is possible and credibility requires balancing ties and truth.
A collage of stray observations on memory, sayings, and culture. It lists jokes about dieting, obesity, teeth, tattoos, and binary code, along with quotes from Wendell Berry and Henry David Thoreau. It notes the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s death and includes a King quote from 1956. Dolores Hope’s email appears.
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