Wichita’s Bold School Change Proposal Faces Fierce Resistance
Editorial endorses Wichita’s plan to privatize two elementary schools under a longer year and day with academies, personal computers, and automated tutoring. It would involve private administrators and services at current per pupil cost, with opt in for students, and aims to test a statewide model though critics push back.
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Wichita
Mt. St. Helens
The
Wichita Eagle
Kansas
Ottawa reader advocates three new police officers for city
A Ottawa resident writes to the community forum urging the city to seek federal funds to hire three new Ottawa Police Department officers. He notes rising assaults burglaries and youth problems and suggests one officer work with students and youths not in school. He questions funding after three years and calls for police city government and community cooperation to prioritize future manpower. He also criticizes the tactical and rescue team as unnecessary for a small city and proposes reallocating funds to more street officers.
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Ottawa
Ottawa Police Department
City Commission
Ottawa Herald
Reflections on Flowers Faith and the Fed
A personal essay blends Christmas faith with memories of a hospitalized friend who underwent a quadruple heart bypass. The writer weighs flowers, funeral wishes, and a joking note about potted plants, then shifts to endorsing Sen Connie Mack III's plan to limit the Fed to fighting inflation. He notes the Fed’s 1913 origin and public confusion decades later.
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Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Sen
Connie Mack III
Rola
Mack
Fed
Federal Reserve Banking System
Ottawa Country Club
East Logan
Woodrow Wilson
Ottawa
DOSing and turning on Christmas Eve fear of tech overload
The piece wryly laments holiday stress from consumer obsessions with high tech gadgets. It mocks the obsession with Pentium power, RAM and ROM promises, and the dream of a perfect family tech life that ends in chaos after DOS. Harvard prankers, Bill Gates, and a satirical call center spoof conclude with a dark wink at consumer culture.
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Beni
Harvard
Bill Gates
America
Gates
Warplanes strike Luzon as invasion fleet nears Mindoro
Fifty years ago today on December 14 1944 warplanes from thirteen U S aircraft carriers hit Japanese airfields on Luzon while an American invasion fleet moved toward Mindoro Britain 8th Army increased attacks on the eastern Italian front heavy fighting raged at Tossignano western Germany saw U S troops hold the Inde Roer corridor
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Philippine
Luzon
Mindoro
Britain
8Th Army
Tossignano
Inde
Roer Rivers
Germany
Congressional perks spark term limit call and pensions critique
Robert J. Honeycutt of Springfield VA argues that career Congress sacrifices and perks, including pensions averaging 1.5 million and specific senators receiving multi million retirement amounts, demand rollback. He urges term limits, pension reform, and banning lobbyists to curb pork and deficit.
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Ed Dodd
Edward Kennedy
Robert Michael
Capitol Watch
Springfield
Robert J. Honeycutt
Willow
Apology for Christmas symbol sparks holiday debate
JoAnn Williams defends nativity symbols and seasonal decorations in Franklin County, arguing democracy supports majority beliefs and mutual respect. She notes inclusive display of a Menorah, honors Santa and festive lights, and cites Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward Men as the true meaning.
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Mr. Douthat
Joann Williams
Indiana Terrace
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