Kansas Senate eyes statewide smoking ban in public places
A Senate Ways and Means panel endorsed a bill prohibiting smoking in bars restaurants and workplaces with few exceptions. Support grows that public smoking bans are health focused as more Kansans favor protecting air quality. critics warn about civil liberties and economic fears. Garden City cites as evidence of shifting opinion.
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Kansas
Senate
Ways and Means
Garden City
Jeff Whitham
Defense official cites avoidable missile fuse leak to Taiwan
Ryan Henry, No. 2 policy official in Gates admin, says defects in Defense Department allowed electrical fuses for an ICBM to reach Taiwan, condemning such mistakes as intolerable in strategic systems.
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Ryan Henry
Defense
Robert Gates
Defense Department
Taiwan
Telegram letters to editor policy and contact details
The Telegram states letters to the editor must be signed and include writer address and phone number. All letters are subject to editing for libel and length and will be confirmed before publication. Thank you letters should be general. form letters poems or business testimonials will not be printed.
First Amendment text excerpt cited in constitutional summary
The user provides a formal quote of the First Amendment starting with Congress shall make no law. The excerpt highlights core prohibitions on establishing religion and restricting free exercise, speech, press, assembly, and petition rights. It serves as a legal cornerstone for civil liberties and government accountability.
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Congress
Intact families and race in America debated
The author contends that intact black families are uncommon and links this to social problems, arguing personal responsibility and faith as stabilizers. He reflects on race, affirmative action, and Barack Obama while praising the PBS series African American Lives and its exploration of ancestry and economics behind slavery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barack Obama
Jesse Jackson
Rev. Jackson
Jackson
Sen. Obama
Obama
Harvard
Henry Louis Gates Jr
Oprah Winfrey
Whoopi Goldberg
Bishop T.D. Jakes
Quincy Jones
Mae Jemison
Ben Carson
Sara Lawrence Lightfoot
Chris Tucker
Gates
Ireland
Chris Rock
Tina Turner
Morgan Freeman Jr
Linda Johnson Rice
Rock
South Carolina
Turner
New York Times
Prince Georges County
Oscar glow fades into harsh truths in grim cinema year
Critics hail a strong slate of Oscar winning films that tackled greed and capitalism. There are brutal portraits in There Will Be Blood Michael Clayton and No Country for Old Men with Bardem Swinton and McCarthy adapting sharp social critique. Lighter hits like Juno and Ratatouille contrasted the mood while Sweeney Todd offered a dark stage-to-screen shift.
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Michael Clayton
Chemical Company
Cormac McCarthy
Javier Bardem
Bardem
Tilda Swinton
Hollywood
Johnny Depp
Helena Bonham Carter
Charlie Wilson
Mixed bag leftovers and local notices mix in brief sampler
A string of varied notes references aging and health facts from Harvard Health Letter, church conference meals, and YMCA service since 1964. It cites age related pain, hearing decline differences by race, and common noise sources. Local items include Hutchinson groups seeking yarn, Flat Iron Meats closing, a cake class, Salvation Army meals, a Muddy Waters restaurant in Cheney, and high school basketball wins in Montezuma.
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Crochet Angels
Hutchinson
Salvation Army
Cheney Reservoir
Montezuma
Romeos
Lindsborg
Salina
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Eve
YMCA
Finney County
Hagar
Poppa
Leroy
Dennis the Menace
Attila
Dolores Hope
Dandhope
Juno.com
Dolores Hope Garden City Telegram
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