Road patrols urged to pair up on danger zones
Kansas A G Robert Stephan backs sending two troopers to high risk highway runs amid growing shootings of officers. He cites two 135 stops in four months near Belle Plaine and north of Wichita where Troopers Wohs and Hersh were shot. He argues paired patrols could protect lives and asks taxpayers to support the plan.
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Robert Stephan
Kansas
Thunder Road
Ed Wohs
Belle Plain
Jeff Hersh
Wichita
Onr
Kirk Simone
Stephan
Saline County earns reform program for youths gains support
A guest editorial promotes the Saline County Earned Reparations Program where juvenile offenders work on community projects earning $3.85 per hour painting curbs. Money partly covers court costs while the rest funds the program, offering structured labor, a work ethic lesson, and diversion from institutionalization.
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Herald
Alina
Saline County
Salina’s
Letters to the Editor Guidelines for Signatures
Readers are urged to submit signed letters with the writer’s address. Unsigned letters will not be published. Include a telephone number to speed verification.
Government representatives contact list from the era
A compiled contact guide lists President George Bush at the White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington D C 20500 with Sen Bob Dole at 141 Hart Building Washington D C 20510 and Sen Nancy Kassebaum at 304 Russell Building Washington D C 20510 plus Rep Bob Whittaker at 2436 Rayburn House Office Building Washington D C 20515 and state legislators Jim Allen Room 1288 Statehouse Topeka 66612 and Bettie Sue Shumway 281W Statehouse Topeka 66612 with telephone numbers for Dole Kassebaum Whittaker Allen and Shumway.
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George Bush
White House
Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, D.C
Bob Dole
Hart
Senate
Nancy Kassebaum
Russell
Washington, D. C
Bob Whittaker
Rayburn
Washington
D.C
Jim Allen
Statehouse
Topeka
Bettie Sue Shumway
Russell Crites, Ottawa water advocate and Lions leader dies at 77
Obituary memorial for Russell Crites, key figure in Ottawa flood control and state water planning. Highlights his role in Pomona Reservoir, river levy system, and Kansas water development. Mentions his Lions Club leadership, community work with Lucy, and longtime presence in the town.
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Russell Crites
George Lister
Lamar Phillips
Pomona
Crites
Ottawa
Kansas
Marais Des Cygnes Basin
Lions Club
Lucy
Health care cries for cures by former U S surgeon general
C Everett Koop notes most Americans live with chronic diseases and cost pressures. He cites 40 million with sexually transmitted infections and a medical bill nearing 600 million annually, urging reforms. He compares U S costs with Britain and Canada and backs national financing proposals from physicians while warning about administrative waste and malpractice costs.
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C. Everett Koop
U.S
Canada
Britain
America
American College of Physicians
American ‘Medical Association
Koop
War hysteria and the limits of force in the Gulf
A political essay argues that war fever over Iraq risks overreach. It questions Bush’s plan to eject Saddam from Kuwait and uses a sober scenario to ask who sustains stability after any action. The piece cautions against relying on embargoes, mass casualties, or alliances to pacify a volatile Arab world.
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Washington
Bush
Saddam Hussein
Hitler
U.S
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Munich
Persian Gulf
Vietnam
United States
Kuwait
Army of
Pons
Baltimore
Sabah
George Bush
NATO
Wall Street Journal
Kay
Lebanon
Iran
Saddam
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Philip Clarke
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