Editorial on telemarketing fraud and FTC crackdown
The piece warns of scams where companies receive or pay for unordered goods, noting widespread losses and that up to 10 percent of telemarketing mates act fraudulently. It highlights FTC rules to curb telemarketing abuses, penalties up to ten thousand dollars per violation, and steps to stop unwanted calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Jim Hitch
Audit urges overhaul of Kansas SRS contracts
Guest editorials discuss a Legislative Post Audit of 62 SRS contracts and grants from 1993 to 1995 totaling 30 million. The audit finds many contracts lack measurable results or clear proof of service. Recommendations call for uniform monitoring policies and required progress reports, with calls for broader agency restructuring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Department of Samal and Rehabilitation Services
Legislative Division of Post
SRS
Legislative Post
Bill Graves
Garden City Telegram
Windows 95 Preview Turns Comic Scene Into Tech Debate
A bustling street scene spins into a dialogue about Windows 95, its required hardware, and the online future. A skeptical passerby questions compatibility with noncomputers and mocks cyberspace as a masquerade of anonymous users while hearing promises of drag and drop features, email, and faster spreadsheets.
Government contact list for Kansas officials
Comprehensive directory of contact details for federal and state lawmakers and key state officials in Kansas. Includes names, office addresses in Washington and Topeka, phone numbers, and some fax numbers for figures such as President Clinton, Senators Bob Dole and Nancy Kassebaum, Rep. Sam Brownback, Governor Bill Graves, Attorney General Carla Stovall, Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius, and state representatives and senators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Clinton
White House
Pennsylvania Ave
Washington
D.C
U.S
Bob Dole
Hart
Senate
Washington, D.C
Nancy Kassebaum
Russell Senate
Fox
Sam Brownback
Longworth
Carla Stovall
Judicial Center
Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Southwest 9Th
Bill Feuerborn
Statehouse
Ralph Tanner
Doug Walker
State Capitol
Sea turtles hatch on Amelia Island after vacation visit
A family’s Amelia Island stay near a beach access ramp coincided with a loggerhead nest. Volunteers documented 107 eggs, 11 live hatchlings, and several deaths while observing dawn patrols and nest marking. Hatch timing, sex by temperature, and conservation lessons frame the narrative.
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Aew
Florida’ Beach
National Geographic
Amelia Island
Erin
Jack Reid
Grandma
Grandpa
Turtle Patrol
Mary Duffy
Duffy
Gulf Stream
Mediterranean
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