Kansas lobbyist pushes ethics bill for lobbyists
Veteran lobbyist Jim Yount at 81 advocates a public disclosure requirement for lobbyists. He proposes that lobbyists share goals and agendas with news media to inform the public, arguing current behind the scenes practices mislead voters. He notes costs but says transparency benefits the public, though he expects strong opposition from both lobbyists and legislators.
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Kansas
Jim Yount
Yount
Harris Enterprises
NO KIDDING By Karl A. Van Assert
Food for thought lists Roman delicacies such as parrot tongue thrush tongue peacock comb ostrich brain nightingale tongue from the 2nd century A.D. noting tongues were considered brain food.
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By Karl A. van Assert
Display at Franklin County Courthouse Sparks Tax Protest
A visitor paying real estate taxes at the Franklin County Courthouse reported a lawn display promoting a religion. The protester chose to pay half of the taxes now and keep the rest in the bank to earn interest for the American Civil Liberties Union, citing support for democracy.
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Franklin County
American Civil Liberties Union
Letters to the Editor Request Signed Articles
Readers are invited to submit signed letters with return addresses and a telephone number for verification. Unsigned letters will not be published.
Abortion Moral Debate Highlights Inconsistent Florida Rules
The writer argues that Florida law creates a paradox where abortion is legal in pregnancy while harming a fetus can be charged as child abuse. They accuse judges of ideological bias and criticize feminists and population control advocates. The piece asserts abortion ends a human life after conception and questions the morality of ending lives for convenience.
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Florida
Learning through play and faith in schools
The text argues that children learn better when play is mixed with study and that education should include exposure to religion. It notes some children lack religious teaching at home and suggests school experiences could foster respect and safety, linking religion to history and identity. It contrasts beliefs about ancestry with a claim of divine origin.
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Jack
It's Your Quarter Christmas and county parking concerns
A community forum letter argues Christmas is Jesus birthday not Santa nor prosperity, questions county involvement in Franklin County Annex property management, urges residents to contact commissioners to stop expanded use, and provides a phone line for input with restricted hours.
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Franklin County Annex
Topeka
Contact details for Kansas political representatives
A list of U S senators and representatives with addresses telephone and fax numbers for Bob Dok Nancy Kassebaum Jim Slattery Joan Finney Bob Stephan Ron Todd Bill Feuerbom Walker Hendrix Doug Walker and other offices in Topeka and Washington DC for citizen inquiries and constituent services.
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U.S
Bob Dok
Hart
Senate
Washington
D.C
Telephone
Fox
Nancy Kassebaum
Russell Senate
Washington, D.C
Jim Slattery
Rayburn
Topeka
Jayhawk Tower
Southwest Jackson
Joan Finney
Bob Stephan
Judicial Center
Ron Todd
Southwest 9Th
Bill Feuerbom
Garnett
Allied offensives push German, Japanese forces on multiple fronts
In western Germany the Tan infantry seize Ouren and clear much of the Roer River west bank. On the Italian front British forces hit Tossignano while Canadians advance from Fosso Vecchio to the Naviglio canal. The British also begin an offensive to expel Japanese troops from Burma's Arakan coast.
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Tan
Ouren
Roer River
Germany
Tossignano
Fosso Vecchio
Naviglio Canal
Burma
Arakan
U S secret weapon in WW II Japanese Americans
The Military Intelligence Service used 6000 Japanese American linguists to aid Allied victory in the Pacific, translating 20 million documents and questioning 14 000 prisoners. They operated from internment camps to front lines, improving battlefield intelligence and shortening the war by years. The book Honor by Fire by Lyn Crost chronicles their hidden heroism.
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U.S
Mike Feinsilber
Associated Press
Ashington
Imperial Army
Military Intelligence Service
Pacific
Aleutians
Okinawa
Lyn Crost
Washington
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Hawaii
Europe
Charles Willoughby
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Yoshikazu Yamada
Philippines
United States
Great Britain
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
India
China
Willoughby
Nisei
Burma Road
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Ace Books
Charley Reese
King Features Syndicate
Walker Hendrix
Statehouse
Doug Walker
State Capitol
Mallard Fillmore
Yer
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Berlin
Tokyo
Turkey
Virginia
Eisenhower
Presidio Press
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