KanWork Job Trial Expands Welfare Reforms in Four Kansas Counties
The KanWork program in Finney Barton Sedgwick and Shawnee counties helps 876 welfare recipients leave the dole by finding work with average weekly pay around 180 to 190 dollars. The project screened 3346 recipients, offers 12 months of extended medical care and subsidies for transportation and child care, and faces questions about long term job maintenance and broader expansion.
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Barton
Sedgwick
Shawnee
Kan Work
RanWork
Woodstock's bitter memory and vanished meaning
Nostalgia for Woodstock on its 20th anniversary reflects bitterness as much as sweetness. The famed festival yielded chaos and confusion about its message, with four performers Janis Joplin Jimi Hendrix Keith Moon and Paul Butterfield all dying from overdoses, casting a grim spotlight on what it stood for.
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Janis Joplin
Jimi Hendrix
Keith Moon
Paul Butterfield
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates Effective 1989
Ottawa Herald lists detailed subscription prices for delivery in Ottawa and surrounding areas by carrier and motor route, with mail options for Franklin County and adjacent counties and all other areas. Rates shown include monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and annual terms across delivery methods.
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Franklin County
Me crowd overreaches on vanity plates and rude messages
Opinion columnist laments vanity plate scrutiny and vulgar T shirts that declare I me culture. He argues viewers offend easily yet the wearers ignore others and act with selfish disdain, calling them boorish and the living dead.
A Libertarian End to the Drug War
Opinion argues the drug war is lost due to demand profits and manpower limits. It urges legalizing drugs like liquor with taxes and age limits to reduce violence, corruption, and costs, asserting personal choice and safer societal handling. It warns current enforcement is unsustainable.
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William Bennett
Colombia
Gambling on river boats in Iowa vote stands debated
In a personal recollection the author recalls his protracted clash over slot machines at a Kansas American Legion club and an anti gambling crusade led by a respected editor. He now faces a river boat gambling ballot in Iowa and plans to vote NO despite economic arguments.
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County Club
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