Editorial Cheers Legislature After Overtime Budget Victory
Editorial argues majority in Kansas Legislature earned praise for a balanced budget without new taxes, trimming 23 million from Gov Carlin's severance tax plan. Supports demand for tightened belts locally but notes highway and school funding concerns. Cites Reagan era fiscal stance and urges local units to mirror state restraint in Garden City.
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John Carlin
Topeka
Washington
Congress
Disney Land East
Carlin
Paul Hess
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Garden City
Cut down the freebies in Congress budget drive
A proposal urges Congress to trim free mailings by members to only their home district or state. Expensive self praising letters travel nationwide, costing over 15 dollars to produce. Officials would pay for mail sent outside their districts, encouraging fiscal restraint.
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Congress
Distaff Side Far From The Flowering Chauvinism Era
Dolores Hope reflects on how stereotypes labeled women and the breadwinner in past decades. She notes many households now share finances and chores, reshaping the home dynamic. An anonymous retiree describes gardening across multiple plots, balancing work with leisure and avoiding the pool hall.
Secret Service's impossible job revealed by presidents
A retrospective interview narrative cites eight assassinations among forty presidents, notes the Secret Service's limits in protecting leaders, and recounts anecdotes from Hoover, Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson. It highlights the agents' near impossible task of spotting threats in crowds and ensuring privacy while on duty.
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Herbert Hoover
the Waldorf
White House
Secret Service
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Oval Office
Denver
Secet
John
Rufus Youngblood
Dallas
Johnson
M’naghten
Peace by strength or a quiet plan
Art Buchwald critiques the Reagan administration's use of peace language to mask aggressive policy. He recalls a staffer claiming frequent peace talk while detailing neutron bombs, MX missiles, B 1 bombers, AWACS sales to Saudi Arabia, and a three ocean navy. The piece argues that true peace requires credible force and deterrence.
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Europe
Saudi Arabia
Peace through force and allies in the Reagan era
A dialogue critiques peace rhetoric in the Reagan administration. It argues that talk of peace signals weakness to the Soviets, while arming allies like Saudi Arabia and Israel is framed as securing peace. The piece ends with a provocative quip about Custer and civilian leaders.
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White House
Aid to Pakistan troubles U S in Zia regime clash
Washington faces growing danger as Pakistan’s dictator Zia ul-Haq tightens control amid martial law and arrests. U S policymakers push for military aid arguing for a regional ally, while critics warn of driving Pakistan’s opposition into Soviet arms. Haig’s stance draws fire as the Carter era pilloried by late polls.
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Washington
United States
Middle East
Pakistan
Muhammad Zia ul-Haq
Reagan
Zia
Jack Mitchell
White House
Shah
Karachi
Alexander Haig
State Department
Ronald Reagan
Was
Public Pulse Caboose in Back Yard Sparks Debate
Mona Lane protests plans to place and preserve a red caboose owned by Charlie Anstaett in his backyard. She prefers viewing antique train cars over camping trailers boats and pickup trucks in local yards.
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Charlie Anstaett
Mona Lane
Briar Hill
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