Georgia flags clash and segregated proms spark outrage
The piece notes Georgia politics fueled by flag symbolism and a referendum pledge by Gov Perdue. It highlights Roy Barnes receiving a Kennedy Library Profile in Courage Award and condemns segregated proms as remnants of racism, with quotes from Johnson County High School students and calls for community and official action.
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Omeone
Georgia
Sonny Perdue
Roy Barnes
Perdue
Barnes
John F Kennedy Library and Museum
Boston
Carla Rachels
Johnson County
No Chance Saddam Returns to Power in Iraq Says Leaders
Gen Richard Myers and L Paul Bremer arrived in Iraq to establish postwar governance. Roh Moo Hyun says U.S. and South Korea share broad principles on North Korea. Jonathan Tucker notes the need for interpreters in locating Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.
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Saddam Hussein
Iraq
Richard Myers
Joint Chiefs of Staff
L. Paul Bremer
Roh Moo-hyun
Bush Administration
North Korea
Jonathan Tucker
U.N
May 12 highlights include Florence Nightingale birth and Nightingale
On May 12 various historical milestones occurred including Florence Nightingale born in 1820 in Florence, King George VI crowned in 1937, Manitoba joining Confederation in 1870, Lindbergh baby body found in 1932, FERA and AAA founded in 1933, Axis surrender in 1943, Berlin Blockade ended in 1949, Blackmun Senate confirmation in 1970, Mayaguez incident in 1975, hurricanes no longer named female-only in 1978.
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Britain
George VI
Westminster Abbey
Florence Nightingale
Florence
Italy
Manitoba
Confederation
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
North Africa
Soviet Union
Berlin
Senate
Harry A. Blackmun
Supreme Court
White House
Mayaguez
Telegram welcomes reader feedback
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Garden City
Kline Nepotism Controversy Highlights Kansas Politics
Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline faced nepotism accusations after KCTV said his office hired his nephew as driver and assistant at 22,000 dollars yearly plus benefits. The chief of staff said the hire complied with anti nepotism law, while critics call it inappropriate and clannish, amid broader Kansas political ties and past cases.
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Phill Kline
Kline
Kansas City
KCTV
Eric Rucker
Kansas
Joan Finney
Mary Holladay
Sen
Derek Schmidt
R-Independence
Revenue
Joan Wagnon
State Board of Education
Bill Wagnon
Carla Stovall
Entz and Chanay
Rucker
Senate
Anthony Hensley
D-Topeka
Hensley
Carol Williams
Governmental Ethics Commission
GOP
John Moore
Commerce and Housing
Scott Allegrucci
Brad “Kine
Ofice
Americanization of Cinco de Mayo and St Patrick’s Day
The author reflects on how Cinco de Mayo and St Patrick’s Day have transformed from their origins. He notes Irish law closing pubs on March 17 and the growth of American-style celebrations in Ireland and the United States, with Cinco de Mayo becoming a broadly celebrated day for many, not just Mexicans.
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Ireland
Boston
New York
St. Patrick’s
Dublin
Mexico
United States
California
Southwest
Cinco de Mayo
Weirder Words and Silly Sums of Language
A miscellany of odd terms and cultural nods collects in Weird and Wonderful Words edited by Erin McKean with Roz Chast. Hefty passages note a cave man with a bomb reading God Is on Our Side and term explorations like aqua manile and titivil, while a Lincoln Museum pledge evokes educational exhibitry.
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Wiley Miller
Erin McKean
Roz Chast
Oxford University Press
Hell
Chast
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