Editorials on heat wave's impact in Kansas and coping tips
The piece notes extreme heat raises health risks and strains budgets across Kansas while highlighting the Downtown Sidewalk Sale in Lawrence. It cites 82 counties deemed federal disaster areas due to drought, warns of higher grain and food prices, and observes only utilities gain in such weather. It recalls the Dust Bowl 1936 benchmark and hopes for cooler weather and rain.
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Kansas
Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
Sam Brownback
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Dust Bowl
Old Home Town in 1972 Amtrak liquor raid
Atty Gen Vern Miller’s agents boarded an Amtrak train in Kansas City at 7 p m and arrested a conductor, waiter, and bartender in Harvey County on misdemeanor charges. Bond set at 500 dollars each. A considerable quantity of liquor, 2 ounce bottles and larger sizes, was confiscated. Miller noted state attention to liquor sales on trains passing through Kansas. Oklahoma raid followed.
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Atty. Gen
Vern Miller
Amtrak
Kansas City
Newton
Miller
Harvey County
Kansas
State Office of Alcoholic Beverage Control
Oklahoma
Voter ID debate sparks reader letter from Houston
A Houston reader argues against labeling GOP voter ID laws as modern poll taxes. The writer contrasts everyday ID requirements with historical poll taxes, while the columnist cites Attorney General Eric Holder's view and defends the comparison. The exchange highlights tensions over election access and civil rights.
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Mike
Houston
Eric Holder
Voter IDs and the case for wider participation
Leonard Pitts Jr argues that voter ID laws suppress Black, youth, and Hispanic voters and harm democracy. He cites demographic shifts and GOP attitudes, proposing Mexico's biometric ID system to auto issue IDs and enable universal voting, urging broader enfranchisement.
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Michigan
John Pappageorge
Detroit
Maryland
Barack Obama
Pennsylvania
Mike Tarzai
Mitt Romney
Curtis Gans
CSAE
United States
Mexico
GOP
America
Leonard Pitts Jr
The
Miami Herald
Miami- Herald.com
Small God and Higgs Boson Debate Letter to Editor
Piet Knetsch of Big Springs critiques Carl Burkhead’s view of God as small. He argues the deity welcomes human knowledge including discoveries like the Higgs boson and labels Burkhead not a true theologian. He notes Burkhead not a physicist.
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Carl Burkhead
Public Forum
Burkhead
Piet R. Knetsch
Big Springs
Voters debate city resource allocations in Lawrence letters
George Lippencott of Lawrence urges revalidation of the public recreation budget by voters. He questions the original referendum and suggests a fall election ballot offering tax reduction, public safety, or further recreation, with sundown clauses on two. He warns against chasing private resources over public commitments.
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George Lippencott
Lawrence
Public Forum on same sex marriage and fallacies
In this Public Forum letters page the writers criticize Isaac McPheeters for using a tu quoque fallacy to reject gay marriage. They argue discrimination is indefensible and label McPheeters homophobic while noting the piece also commits a black and white fallacy. Benjamin Rosenbloom and Ricardo Zarate Jr. sign.
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Isaac McPheeters
Public Forum
McPheeters
Benjamin Rosenbloom
Ricardo Zarate Jr
Lawrence
Residents push back on multimillion city and county spending
In a public forum letter, Mary Ann Kieffer argues against new long term bonds and tax increases as city and county consider more than 1 million in budget hikes. She warns of declining state funds and property values and urges prioritizing needs over wants with no new sales or property taxes.
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Bill Simons
Lawrence
Police Department
Mary Ann Kieffer
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