Road bill call and highway fund proposal in Kansas editorial
Garden City representative Presta proposes a highway trust fund using surplus state revenues as a down payment for a new comprehensive highway plan. He suggests placing 25 million dollars in the fund this year and the next four years, arguing the plan is sound policy. The piece urges prioritizing highway development to support economic growth amid rising truck traffic and rural expansion, noting taxpayer attention and debate statewide.
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Topeka
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Terry Presta
Garden City Telegram
Black History Notes Quick Biographies
Malcolm X rose from burglary prison to become a leading Nation of Islam minister before his assassination in New York City on February 21, 1965. The National Urban League, formed May 19, 1910 by George Edmund Haynes, works to end segregation and discrimination.
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Malcolm X
Nation of Islam
America
Elijah Muhammad
New York City
National Urban League
George Edmund Haynes
Teen teen tips from teens on raising respectful youth
Dayle Shockley surveyed 300 Houston teens to learn what they believe helps produce respectful and respectable teens. The list urges limiting TV, teaching God, praising, consistency, curfews, quality time, involved parenting, and modeling good marriages.
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Dayle Shockley
Houston
Texas
Dr. Spock
Reader Forum on Gun Numbers and Sensible Thinking
A Wichita Eagle letter argues eight gun display incidents in ten years reflect paranoia and danger. It urges neighbors to move, seek safer work, avoid risky places, or seek treatment, recalling past harm from public gun carrying and calling for restraint to protect families and children.
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Wichita Eagle
Sacred Heart School Thanks Ottawa for Read-a-thon Support
Sacred Heart School students and staff thank Ottawa for support during a week long read-a-thon. They raised about 1950 for classroom library books and computer accessories. A read in on January 28 included sleep ing bags and snacks, showing community reading spirit.
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Sacred Heart School
Ottawa
Sacred Heart
Kansas Higher Education Reform Plan Aims for Unified Governance
The House Select Committee on Higher Education backs a plan spending over 2.4 billion in four years plus 2 billion in private and federal money to create an 11 member Kansas Council on Higher Education. It overhauls governance to govern four year universities, coordinate community colleges and area vocational schools, and includes tax relief and the Virtual University concept. Washburn University joins the unified system, with local boards retained for colleges but coordinated under the new council.
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Ture
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