End to recession is a misguided news claim
The editorial argues the March 1991 recession end claim is flawed as many Americans still face job loss, underemployment, dwindling savings, and poverty. It says the recession's impact varies by person and warns against treating the end as a universal victory while inequality persists.
Change mascots to boost profits and obsolescence
The piece argues for sports and college teams to rename mascots as a new market driver, embracing planned obsolescence and licensed merchandise. It imagines Kansas City Chiefs as Monarchs, Red Skins as Senators, Braves as Georgia Peaches, Indians as Lake Erie Fire, with collectors profiting from old logos while new goods flood the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Chiefs
Kansas City Monarchs
Royals
Braves
Cleveland
NFL
Kansas City
Commentary on wellness and the lung cancer epidemic
A 1919 autopsy case sparked by lung cancer highlights that costly health care stems from behavior tied to eating, drinking, driving, sex, drugs, violence, and smoking. Cigarette production boomed, military rations spread them, and by mid-century deaths rose. today smoking remains the leading cancer cause. Education and behavior change are key to cost containment, with journalism shaping public perception as campaigns and industry tactics continue to influence usage and policy.
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Washington
Bames Hospital
St. Louis
John A. Meyer
America
Meyer
North Carolina
James Buchanan Duke
Duke’s
National Cigarette Service Committee
France
General Pershing
U.S
O. Henry
Hemingway
John Cameron Swayze
Camel News
American Cancer Society
Denis Leary
MTV
Washington Post
Jay Matthews
Liggett Company
Tragic holiday highway deaths and abortion debate
A pro life letter protests 4500 highway deaths cited during holidays and argues abortion is a holocaust since 1973. It warns against The Freedom of Choice Act and urges readers to contact Congress, address physician assisted death, and defend elderly and disabled lives through outreach and action.
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Channel 9
KMBC
Kansas City
Bee
Lou Gehrig
Vietnam
United States
U.S
Bill Clinton
Congress
Hemlock Society
California
Washington State
Pomona Christmas program praised for including both sacred and folk music
A Pomona music director responds to a critique in the paper’s Its Your Quarter section. He notes Pomona and Appanoose’s “An All-American Christmas” included the birth of Christ and historical carols, while defending the program’s balance with square dancing and diverse selections. He thanks supporters and calls the best program yet.
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Pomona
Appanoose
Bethlehem
Government contact list for Kansas and federal officials
A compiled contact roster lists President George Bush at The White House in Washington, D C, with 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Topeka Gov. Joan Finney, Sen. Bob Dole, Sen. Nancy Kassebaum, Rep. Dick Nichols, and state legislators George Teagarden, Dave Webb, and Walker Hendrix with office addresses in Topeka and Stilwell and telephone numbers for outreach.
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George Bush
White House
Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, D.C
Joan Finney
State Capitol
Topeka
Bob Dole
Hart
Senate
Nancy Kassebaum
Russell
Washington, D. C
Dick Nichols
Longworth
George Teagarden
S Statehouse
Dave Webb
Nall
Stilwell
Walker Hendrix
Statehouse
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Salina
Chesterfield
Liggett
Matthews
Janet Sackman
George F. Will
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