Baseball Players Face Scare From Chewing Tobacco Dangers
A National Spit Tobacco Education Program study found 59 percent of spring training players with tobacco related mouth lesions and 11 percent needing biopsies. Of 141 players examined 83 showed tissue damage and 15 required biopsies. Curt Schilling twice warned about tobacco cancer risk, quitting after 15 years.
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John Greene
University of California San Francisco School of Dentistry
Green
Greene
Philadelphia
Curt Schilling
Arts groups diminishing art in Washington culture wars
George Will critiques NEA and NEH for adapting to Congress and embracing cultural democracy. He notes swift confirmation of William Ferris and a shift toward populist, inclusive projects that broaden what counts as art. He warns the endowments risk trivializing serious culture while serving political aesthetics and regionalism.
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Washington
National Endowment For the Arts
National Endowment For the Humanities
Congress
William Ferris
NEH
Clinton
Mississippi
Mount Rushmore
NEA
William Ivey
Ferris
University of Mississippi
Center For the
Walker Percy
Richard Petty
Mills of
Elvis
Elvis Herselvis
Amer
Alabama
Indiana
America
Fortis
George Will
Washington Post Writers Group
Case Dismissed in Jones v Clinton Sex Claims
The column notes the Jones versus Clinton sexual harassment case appears dismissed after a military jury acquitted Sgt. Maj. Gene McKinney on similar charges. It contrasts the broader accuser count in Clinton with McKinney’s jury finding, questioning the smoke and fire analogy while citing differing legal outcomes.
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Jones
Clinton
Paula Jones
United States
Army
Gene McKinney
McKinney
Truth, judgment, and the limits of conventional wisdom
Leonard Pitts argues that even with acquittals or dismissals the public may misread cases of sexual misconduct. He warns against trial by talk radio and the rush to judgment, noting that conventional wisdom often misleads and that truth may lie beyond headlines and sensationalism.
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Clinton
Johnny Carson
Cronkite
McKinney
Jones
Court of Public Opinion
Court of Law
Leonard Pitts
The
Miami Herald
Postmaster note on address changes for Journal-World
Notice directs readers to send address changes to the Journal-World at P O Box 888 Lawrence Kansas 66044 0888. It identifies USPS 304 520 and notes periodicals postage paid in Lawrence Kansas. It lists membership in the Audit Bureau of Circulations and in the Associated Press.
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Journal-World
P.O. Box
Lawrence, Kan
Lawrence
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Confessions of a born again US citizen columnist voice
Marin, news director at Univision KMEX in Los Angeles, writes about the slow naturalization process and the inner debate over becoming American. He reflects on identity, dual citizenship, and the duty to participate, noting the ballots and communities new citizens may influence.
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Marin
Colombia
Univision
KMEX
Los Angeles
Band Heads to Kansas University Camp For First Time
In 1973 the junior high band from Longmont Calo joins the summer Midwestern Music and Art Camp at Kansas University marking the first time an entire band attends the event. Al Oerter, the 1956 Olympic discus champion from KU, set a world record 2026 throw at the Arkansas Relays and would later win four consecutive Olympic golds in discus.
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Kansas University
Longmont
Calo
al Oerter
Arkansas Relays
Oerter
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North Pole
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Germany
Igor Stravinsky
New York City
Dolph Simons Sr
the World Company
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New Hampshire
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Bill Snead
Roger Vercon
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Ann Gardner
Pye
Tom Fisher
Manalger
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Ralph Gage
Gener
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Dolph Simons III
Dan Simons
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Dallas Dolan
W.C. Simons
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Jairo Marin
Los Angeles Times
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