Editorial calls for more housing for homeless veterans in Wichita
The editorial urges expanding veteran housing, noting a proposed four site national project including a facility at the Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center in Wichita. It highlights that 11 percent of Lawrence’s homeless are veterans and that nationwide about a third of homeless men are veterans. It argues lasting solutions require addressing alcohol, drug, and mental health problems that accompany homelessness and stresses national obligation to veterans.
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Lawrence
Salvation Army
Wichita
Department of Veterans Affairs
Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center
Wind farm planned for Garden City by Sunflower Power Co
Lawrence roots firm Sunflower Power Co plans Kansas first commercial wind farm atop 100-foot towers with 110 turbines, aiming to supply up to 10 percent of Garden City’s energy and sell electricity up to 20 percent cheaper than current rates. Also notes 1969 Kasold Drive and West 15th Street payments, wet weather delaying local wheat, and 1909 Lawrence items on gas stoves patent and university hiring, plus local tax and crime snippets.
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Kansas
Garden City
Sunflower Power Co
Lawrence
Kasold Drive
West 15Th Street
Lawrence Daily World
State Tax Commission
Eudora
Krauthammer on Obama Iran policy and the Tehran protests
Charles Krauthammer argues the Obama administration errs by pursuing dialogue with Iran and legitimizing a rigged election. He says the revolution transcends 2009 votes, risks a Tiananmen scenario, and could reshape the Middle East if regime change occurs. He urges siding with demonstrators against a theocratic regime.
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Obama
Chads
Isfahan
Middle East
Tiananmen
Islamic Republic
Iran
America
Charles Krauthammer
Washington Post Writers Group
Dole and Daschle unite on bipartisan health plan
In an interview tied to a 15 year arc, former Senate leaders Tom Daschle and Bob Dole back a bipartisan health reform framework with Howard Baker. They propose a 1.2 trillion ten year cost, funded partly by payroll taxes on large employers and new taxes on Cadillac plans, and urge limited use of reconciliation.
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Tom Daschle
Bob Dole
Daschle
Dole
Howard Baker
Policy Center
George Mitchell
Obama
Middle East
Cadillac
John McCain
House
Dale
Senate
Australia
Feds
Congress
David Broder
Washington Post Writers Group
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