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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 2003
Page
4
The piece argues that Bush administration overstated Saddam Hussein's WMD threat to justify invading Iraq and notes mounting doubts about the nonexistence of weapons. It contends Rumsfeld suggested possible prewar destruction and calls for more skepticism in future policy debates.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak questions Ariel Sharon's stance on a plan for a Palestinian state by 2005. In Peru, President Alexandra Toledo proclaims a 30 day state of emergency to clear protest blocks. In Florida, Sultana Freeman balks at removing her veil for a driver's license photo on religious grounds.
Highlights include the Dionne quintuplets birth in Ontario in 1934, Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn deemed valid in 1533, the 1863 North black regiment departure for the Civil War, Sierra Club's 1892 founding, the Golden Gate Bridge opening in 1937, Chamberlain as British prime minister in 1937, and major events through 1987 such as the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire and pilot Mathias Rust landing in Moscow.
Columnist Donald Kaul argues the New York Times credibility was damaged by the Jayson Blair scandal and critiques broader newsroom practices. He cites editing failures, the use of unnamed sources, and Woodward's influence, warning that attribution reinforces truth while loosening standards.
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and supporters call the 5.3 percent sales tax extension an innocuous extension, but estimates show consumers will pay about 156 million more in state sales taxes over two years and one month. Critics argue the measure is a tax increase in disguise, with conservatives and lawmakers warning that politicans avoided harsher cuts by relying on a temporary rise.
A collage of miscues and notes from a college page: Harvard lecture titles include Is It True If There Is No God Is Everything Permitted and What We Know About How We Know. It also references a Hasty Pudding show It’s A Wonderful Afterlife and an April 1948 CORE sit-in in Lawrence. Additional items cover multitasking with ironing, a Garden City reunion planned by Jon Fleming in Mineral Point, and a Defense Department shelf life peanut butter and jelly claim reported by the Washington Times.
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