Editorial argues against ID voter hurdles in Kansas elections
The Lawrence editorial contends that clerical errors and cross county registration mix ups risk more to election integrity than fraud. It cites Connie Finnegan’s experience in Douglas and Barton counties, urges fixing voter registration processes and safeguarding vote security instead of adding broad ID requirements.
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Afghan women must not be abandoned after drawdown
Trudy Rubin reports from New York on Suraya Pakzad's plea to protect Afghan women's rights amid a possible U.S. troop withdrawal. She warns that a Taliban comeback could erase gains in education, health, and leadership, urging continued Western aid, private funding, and programs to empower women through leadership institutes and business training.
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Hamid) Karzai
Aldo Magazzeni
Perkiomenville
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The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Amendment urging support for Question No 2 in state vote
Letter from Bill Simons of Lawrence urges readers to vote yes on Constitutional Amendment Question No 2 to remove a provision allowing the Legislature to strip rights from the mentally ill. He argues the current power is discriminatory and calls the public to end this potential misuse in the constitution.
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Public Forum on City Policy and Public Health
A reader urges reevaluation of city waste disposal rules after a feral cat death, citing health risks and animal control practices. The letter-writer warns of disease spread and improper handling, noting a sanitation response and urging policy reconsideration. The second letter discusses Kathleen Parker’s column on regulation versus liberty, contrasting Democrats and Republicans on government role.
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Heather Moore
Lawrence
Old Home Town reflects 1910 Lawrence scenes and unrest
The described era shows 1910 Lawrence life with a penitentiary escape manhunt near Tonganoxie and Lansing home invasion, anti apartheid protests at Kansas University, friction over a North Lawrence Flood Control Levee landfill, and County Hospital stone setting. Kate Richards O’Hare, radical Socialist candidate, plans a speech at 934 Mass.
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Congress
A. C. Mitchell
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