Kansas Aims for Kids Health Coverage Amid Reform Gaps
President Clinton and Congress back new funds to insure uninsured children, with about 31.4 million for Kansas starting Oct. 1. Governor Sebelius forms a 23 member committee to craft a plan targeting working poor families, leaning on private providers and avoiding new bureaucracy. The Caring Program for Kids in Franklin County serves as a model, blending local funding and four partners to deliver preventive care and services without a government run system.
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Readers Forum Submissions Guidance and Requirements
Readers are invited to send letters to the Read er Forum. Submissions must be hand signed and include the author's address and telephone number. Long letters may be edited for space.
Performance testing and education in Kansas
The discussion argues for performance based education over objective tests, urging practical application, refinement, and clear explanation. It contends the Kansas State Board must move beyond theory, with compromise preserving performance writing tests while letting local boards expand the approach.
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Plight of Washington prompts editorials on governance and safety
Akron Beacon Journal editors urge action on Washington D C woes blaming Mayor Marion Barry partly for crime and finances while noting Congress kept some control since home rule of 1973. North Platte Telegraph cautions on nuclear fallout, calling for accountability for health impacts from Nevada testing and government secrecy over four decades.
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Government contact list for lawmakers and offices
A compiled list of federal and state officials with addresses and telephone numbers. Includes President Bill Clinton The White House Washington DC 20500 Sen Pat Roberts Sen Sam Brownback Rep Jim Ryun Gov Bill Graves Attorney General Carla Stovall Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius and their respective office locations and main contact numbers.
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Leave It to Beaver and the 50s Nostalgia Debate
Kathleen Parker critiques the nostalgia for the 1950s as seen in a new Leave It to Beaver movie. She reflects on discipline, smoking, divorce, and racial barriers of the era, arguing the era wasn’t ideal and that boomer longing ignores harsher truths. She urges moving forward rather than reviving the Bear.
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