Kennedy assassination records deserve full disclosure
Editorial notes JFK film reignited questions about the Warren Commission and urges immediate public release of all Kennedy era records. Former Warren Commission insiders and Gerald Ford press for broader access, arguing openness serves a free society and could ease public suspicion.
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Washington Post
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D-Ohio
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Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Hollywood
Oliver Stone
New Orleans
Jim Garrison
Yeltsin backs joint U S Russian defense plan
Yeltsin in his maiden United Nations address urged a cooperative global missile defense effort combining U S and Russian technology. He framed Reagan's Star Wars proposal as a sensible path toward ending the Cold War, countering critics and signaling a shift in Soviet views.
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Ronald Reagan
Congress
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Boris Yeltsin
Yeltsin
United Nations
Heads of Security Council
U.S
Russia
Kansas University budget eyed at record operating total
Gov Robert Docking urged the Kansas Legislature to approve a record high 29017064 educational and general operating budget for Kansas University for the next fiscal year, up about three million from the current figure. State officials noted top salaries for Kansas State University president James McCain and Kansas Chancellor Clarke Wescoe at 29833 annually plus benefits.
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Robert Docking
Kansas
Kansas University
Kansas State University
James McCain
Clarke Wescoe
Parallel of dictatorships and doomed regimes across eras
The piece compares Cuba under Castro with Nazi Germany and other totalitarian regimes, arguing that ruthless control sustains failed systems. It notes Cuba's economic weaknesses, the US embargo, and Khrushchev era anxieties, then warns Castro’s grip could only endure if the army holds and shortages bite, likening it to historical rulers toppled when power wanes.
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Germany
Russia
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Gestapo
Bay of Pigs
Castro
Isle of Pines
Mussolini
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Latin America
Angola
Mozambique
Saddam Hussein
U.N
Bastille
Bush State of the Union fails to ease economic pain
The critic argues President Bush delivered his best effort in a State of the Union that echoes his political peril. It contends the economy’s downturn, unemployment, and bank failures demand candor and a coherent, detailed plan, which the speech lacked. It questions the proposed tax ideas and calls for a clear, comprehensive strategy.
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Bush
America
Letters to the Editor on NASA aliens and John Riggins fame
A reader criticizes a planned $100 million NASA alien search amid national distress, urges international cooperation in space efforts, and questions space priorities. In a second note, Velma Corel celebrates John Riggins in the Football Hall of Fame and Kaiser KU debates his legacy and retired number.
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Washington
Mars
Uncle Sam
Walter M. Kollmorgen
Inverness
John Riggins
Kansas University
Riggins
Velma Corel
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History items mark Feb 1 milestones across nations and arts
On February 1 in history the U S Supreme Court met for the first time in 1790 under limited attendance in New York. Texas voted to secede in 1861. The Battle Hymn of the Republic appeared in 1862. Edison finished the world’s first motion picture studio in 1893. Puccini’s La Boheme debuted in 1896. The first auto insurance policy was issued in 1898. RCMP formed in 1920. Trygve Lie was named UN secretary-general in 1946.
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Broad Street
New York
Texas
Julia Ward Howe
Atlantic Monthly
Thomas A. Edison
West Orange
N.J
Giacomo Puccini
Turin
Italy
Travelers Insurance Co
Hartford
Trygve Lie
United Nations
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