Political shakeup hints at Pat Roberts taking Kansas seat
The piece predicts Pat Roberts, then congressman from Kansas First District, will win the next U.S. Senate seat within weeks or not at all. It discusses Dave Owen, Joan Finney's governor race victory, and Senator Bob Dole's uncertain retirement timing shaping party strategy before Hayden's term ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Kansas
Pat Roberts
Republican Party
Dave Owen
Bob Dole
Kansas Gay. Mike Hayden
Kennedys
Owen
Joan Finney
Hayden
Dole
Wilson Lake
Save the rails Editorial Warns of Rail Line Abandonments
In a guest opinion from the Salina Journal, the writer argues Kansas faces loss of rail service as major lines plan to sell or abandon miles of track including Santa Fe’s 700 miles. They urge government backing for Amtrak and a shift from highways to rail to sustain economic development and safer, more efficient transportation.
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Kansas
Santa Fe Railroad
America
Middle East
Amtrak
Washington
Topeka
Salina Journal
The Middleton School District 9 Story Retold
In Franklin County historian notes, the Middleton School District 9 tale unfolds from a 1867 land sale and 1886 boundary protest to multiple early school buildings. It details a 1902 move south of Pomona for flood safety, early gasoline engines, last teachers and pupils, and a 1960s sale to West Franklin Club for one dollar.
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Franklin County
Bruce Fleming
Beech
Jim Hitch
Laura and
Joe Smith
Middleton
Dist
Pomona
A.C
Ashwell
District 9
Pomona Dist. 69
Mayme (Weis) O'Neal
Wadkins Hill
Marais Des Cygnes
Ora Middleton
Cale
J.W. Weise
Bud
Franklin County Historical Society
Middleton School Board
The
West Franklin Club Inc
Gary Lindsey
Bessie Pruett
Michael Lindsey
Arnold Pinkston
Jimmy Pruett
Wilma Stoffer
Lois King
Francis Miller
Letha (Dehn) Figgins
Grace
Dehn) Middleton
Bert Miller
Roy Miller
Lewis Hull
Gerald Lindsey
Clarence Pinkston
Paul Pruett
Tom King
Frank
South Dakota
West Franklin Club
Editor's Note Reposts Letter on Human Sacrifice Claims
Cindy Earnshaw argues that rumors of human sacrifices in Ottawa and Franklin County reflect real abuses within some fundamentalist churches. She cites pastors encouraging submission, corporal punishment, and gendered control as forms of sacrifice, urging readers to heed Rev. Oglesby's warnings and scrutinize the term human in this context.
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Dan Oglesby
Ottawa
Franklin County
Jim Hitch
Oglesby
Mr. Oglesby
Cindy Earnshaw
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Herald
Mae Hunter
Lin County
Harlan Miller
Carrol Miller
Pauline Pruett Collins
Lee Figgins
Charles Underwood
Cecile Pruett Weinheimer
Melvin Miller
Richard Towe
Clarence Scott
Fleming
Pleasant View
North Illinois
South Illinois
Coal Creek
Ralph
Anas Mou
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