Spy HQ budget scandal stains trust in government in 20th anniversary year
In a sober assessment tied to the 20th anniversary of a disgraced presidency, critics denounce the National Reconnaissance Office complex outside Washington as a costly, hidden project. Senators say costs reach 350 million dollars, with Pentagon and CIA concealing full expenses from oversight. The declassified four-tower complex underscores long standing distrust amid Watergate echoes and Whitewater queries.
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Kansas City
U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee
Pentagon
CIA
Congress
White House
U.S
Congressional
National Reconnaissance Office
Clinton
United States
Clintons
Whitewater
Today in History Highlights From Aug 10 Through Past Eras
Major events span 1846 Smithsonian charter funded by Smithson bequest to 1949 DoD rename, with 1969 Manson murders and 1977 Son of Sam arrest noted. Also marks 1792 Paris mob action against Louis XVI, 1809 Ecuador’s independence, 1821 Missouri statehood, 1874 Hoover birth, 1921 FDR polio, 1944 Guam victory, 1948 Candid Camera debut, 1950s to 1990s political and sports milestones and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Supreme Court swearing in.
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Iowa
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Campobello
Guam
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ABC
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Leno
Rosemary LaBianca
Los Angeles
Charles Manson
Sharon Tate
David Berkowitz
Yonkers
N.Y
Sam
Mary Decker
U.S
Zola Budd
Maricica Puica
Clinton
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
U.S. Supreme Court
Journal-World staff and contact notes
The text lists staff roles including Bill Snead Deputy Editor Robert Nordyke Managing Editor John Taylor News Editor Ann Gardner Editorial Page Editor Tom Fisher Advertising Manager and publication details for the Journal-World including post office box and USPS information. It also notes second class postage paid at Lawrence Kansas and memberships in the Audit Bureau of Circulations and Associated Press.
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Bill Snead
Robert Nordyke
John Taylor
Ann Gardner
Tom Fisher
Lawrence
Kan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Consequences of forty years of one party control
A Capitol Hill press event by Rep. Armey and allies highlighted a 141 page study by Douglas Koopman on four decades of Democratic House control. The analysis argues expanded bureaucracy, fewer ideas, limited staff hiring for Republicans, more closed rules, and skewed PAC funding, with broader implications for governance beyond party politics.
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House of Representatives
Lynn Martin
Illinois
House
Dick Armey
Texas
GOP
Christopher Shays
Conn
Jennifer Dunn
Wash
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Capitol Hill
Douglas Koopman
Congressional Joint Economic Committee
Catholic University
Congress
Smithsonian
Woodrow Wilson Center
David Price
D-N.c
Duke University
Wilson
Ronald Reagan
Clinton
Alexander
Price’s
Koopman
Political-Action Committee
PAC
Armey and Co
Whitewater
Real anti Christian bigotry seen in Iran and worldwide
The piece contrasts claims of anti Christian bias in the United States with harsher real persecutions abroad. It cites Iran under Khomeini, Bethlehem, Sudan, and Soviet-era Pentecostals, noting Christians facing jail, torture, and death. It criticizes Pat Robertson and the Christian right for overstating oppression to pursue political aims.
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Pat Robertson
Iran
Ayatollah Khomeini
God
Assemblies of God
Robertson
Nazi Germany
America
Democratic National Committee
Christian Coalition
Ralph Reed
Gallup
Soviet Union
Bethlehem
Sudan
Public Forum on Abortion Forcing Doctors to Train
Letter writer Charlotte Ostermann urges readers to oppose any move to compel doctors to train for or perform abortions in the United States. She critiques Anna Quindlen’s views, lists numerous reasons doctors may resist abortion, and thanks doctors resisting the pressure. The Journal-World notes its letters policy and requests author contact details.
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Quindlen
Thei
Ms. Quindlen
Charlotte Ostermann
Atchison Circle
Journal-World
Haworth Hall at Kansas U Opens This Fall
Kansas University's Haworth Hall is to be in full use by September 15 as fall semester classes start. The local county fair ranks highly though the rodeo draw underperformed. Moon mission astronauts show strong condition, both physically and mentally. Dr. Jack Alan Marshall joins Watkins Student Hospital staff, bringing physicians and a psychiatrist to five doctors.
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Kansas University
Haworth Hall
Jack Alan Marshall
Watkins Student Hospital
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