Kassebaum Pushes Ditch Lights for Safer Railroad Crossings
U S senator Nancy Landon Kassebaum held hearings in Washington on a bill requiring locomotives to install ditch lights to improve visibility at crossings. Kansas records show 8,400 crossings with fewer than 2,000 flashing lights and recent fatal crashes involving youths near Osawatomie, prompting families to support the proposal despite costs.
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Nancy Landon Kassebaum
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Kansas Department of Transportation
Abortion Clinic Trespassing Ruling Scored In Editorial
The Great Bend Tribune denounces a Sedgwick County judge for overturning a protester Tilson’s trespassing conviction. The piece argues for accountability, questions motives, and warns against using necessity as a defense in abortion protest cases.
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Elizabeth Ann Tilson
Sedgwick County
Paul W. Clark
Tilsa
Clark
Tilson
Mrs. Tilson
Green Kansas Summers Prompt Weather Worries
The writer reflects on unusually green, wet conditions in Kansas during August and past monsoonal patterns. They fear ongoing weather unpredictability, noting late summers, scarce snow shovels, mixed school schedules, and enough rain to avoid drought yet create soggy springs. Foreseeable sultry days may come with the fall start.
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Silver Lake Golf Course
Pebble Beach
Franklin County
Voters urged to support Republican candidates
Letter writers attack Democratic stance on abortion social security tax and deficits. They accuse Clinton Gore of hypocrisy, cite Bible verses, question notch reform voting, condemn Democratic wasteful spending, and endorse George Bush as the lesser evil to avoid tax increases and continued social security funding concerns.
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Vote Dole Out Over His Wealth and Retirement Pensions
A reader questions Senator Dole's financial rise over his 30 years in office. The letter challenges voters to consider his wealth, asks why he should retire, and cites potential retirement earnings of about $170,000. The piece contrasts personal finances with Kansans facing rising costs.
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Clean fun desired at rodeo clown act
Reader complains that next year’s rodeo needs a morally decent clown act and vows to check clown names and acts before buying tickets. Letter includes contact info for national and state officials and ends with a fragmented line.
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Fair Board
Americans Should Boycott Offshored Jobs For Local Welfare Reform
A reader urges reshoring manufacturing to boost jobs for welfare recipients and lower cable rates by increasing competition. They cite Ottawa plant moving to Mexico as evidence that big corporations seek cheap wages, calling for more American made products and support for low income families while acknowledging someone on welfare turning to education.
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Mexico
United States
Ottawa job hopes and community concerns voice
A resident laments low wages and resumes, urging local job training support while criticizing Ottawa’s job market. The letter also condemns a hit-and-kill of a cat, rails to trails salvage activity, and calls for community dialogue via the “11: Your Quarter” segment with contact details.
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