Editorial: sobering truths about policy costs and Mideast crisis
The piece argues the nation has borrowed heavily for defense, remains unprepared against Iraqi forces, and repeats the energy dependence mistake. It notes politics drive military solutions, critiques Vietnam lessons, questions sympathy for Japan on trade, and suggests cheap gasoline masks a damaged oil sector and costly policy.
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Soviet Union
Saddam Hussein
Iraq
Vietnam
Japan
Mideast
Lawmakers Face Campaign Finance Gray Areas in Kansas
Guest opinion argues that Kansas campaign finance laws leave room for personal use of funds. Rep Ben Foster faces scrutiny for renting apartment and furniture with campaign contributions. The piece urges closing loopholes and banning personal use, noting the May 31 law change and a veteran reader concern.
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Fue Herald
Kansas
Wichita Eagle
Ben Foster
Wichita
Foster
Public Disclosure Commission
the Eagle
Garden City Telegram
Boots for cows find happy hoofing niche in dairy town
In Seneca Falls New York dairy farmer Paul Larkin and shopkeeper Jim Wells market Shoes for Moos boots to aid cow hoof healing. Wells sold over 15 000 boots at 50 dollars each as a comical yet practical solution to hoof rot ulcers and infections, replacing awkward plastic wraps with sturdy rubber footwear.
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William Kates
Associated Press
Seneca Falls
N.Y
Jim Wells
Wells
Paul Larkin
Pleasant Ridge School remembered in Franklin County history
The Thursday feature recalls Pleasant Ridge School Dist. 28 three miles north of Rantoul, its 1870s origin, a 1930 building, burning in 1928, and two years of classes in a house after the blaze. It notes teachers, notably Bessie Steward in 1961 62, and lists alumni and former pupils while seeking further school histories from Franklin County.
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Franklin County
Bruce Fleming
Beech
Jim Hitch
Pleasant Ridge School
Rantoul
Don Barrett
Irene Peckham
Rantoul Rfd
Bessie Steward
Indiana
Mary Ethel Peckham
Harry
Charles A
Linda
Josephine Strafans
Alice Turner Broers
Odena Detwiler
Jean Lytle
Verna Williams
Leila Neblong
Maude Detwiler
Ambrose Whytal
Pleasant Ridge
Baldwin High School
Coal Creek
Midland
Finney's simple style fuels Kansas election history
A close look at Joan Finney shows her wins come from personal connect over party. Voters trusted her town to town campaigning and her record, with re elections as state treasurer reaching 56-59 percent while governors shifted. Her 1990 rise reflects a durable voter preference for accessibility over technical platform detail.
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Joan Finney
Kansas
Finney
Clay Hederick
Frank Carlson
Damon Weber
California
John Carlin
Carlin
Mike Hayden
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Marla Ball
Delbert Ball
Mike Ball
Linda Kirkland
Linda Peckham
Beverly Moss
Roy Moss
Diana Moss
Jam Ass
Pleasant Re
Harry E. Peckham
Peckham
John Morton
Ottawa
George Woodward
Ottawa University
Frances (Phares) Warnack
S. Cedar
Milford Ball
Roy Taylor
Paul
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Bill
David Burgoon
Jim Poe
James Phares
Betty
Phares
Blankenship
Bill Garrett
Ball) Keller
George Lee Eneichen
Lawrence Eneichen
Retta Mae
Finch
Bryan
Joan
van Loenen
Detwiler
Dor
Othy
Tory
Elm Grove
Ohio City
Silver Valley
Old Rantoul
West Valley
Chestnut Grove
Christian Ridge
Pleasant Valley
Silver Dale
Baker
Huff
Latimer
Tawney
Standing
Roy Burgoon
Maynard Goans
George Woodard
Ada Rich
Betty Ball
Frances Phares
Sitting
Billy Garrett
Junior Burgoon
Duane Ball
John Marshall
Harris News Service
George Bush
White House
Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, D.C
Bob Dole
Hart
Senate
Nancy Kassebaum
Russell
Washington, D. C
Bob Whittaker
Rayburn
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