McPherson Landfill Fiasco Sparks Call to Ban Out-of-State Trash
A yearlong dispute over a 53 acre central Kansas landfill bought by a New Jersey firm hauling East Coast waste reveals lax oversight by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Violations included burning infractions and disposal rules, with the owners failing to attend a hearing and subsequently disappearing. Groundwater already tainted by solvents, the site prompts who will pay for cleanup as test wells monitor potential aquifer spread. The state plans cleanup costs to be shouldered by those who fund government failures.
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Guest Opinion on Housework and Education
A Washington Post survey shows educated husbands do more housework while women still bear most chores in the home. The piece notes work outside the home does not equal shared domestic duties and jokes about laundry as a trigger for change.
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Kansas
Washington Post
University of Maryland
John Robinson
Pappy
New Year's Resolutions Get A Self Reflective Spin
A 1992 weekly column muses on resolutions and self improvement with humor. The piece jokingly vows to stabilize weight cut down snacks and improve golf while balancing family life and community duties amid changing times and declining newspaper revenues. It frames personal goals against the coming year and a push to be better in 1992.
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Herald
Ottawa
Franklin County
Bill Tellier
Education spending debates spark nationwide reform talks
Oklahoma taxpayers forced a special election on a 574 million five year school program that failed 4 to 3 amid firebombing of a group office. Nebraska rejected a 416 million tax measure. Critics say most funds go to administration, with NYC schools spending 6100 per pupil yet little reaches the classroom. Oregon's central office burden and a 5 percent national reading level for graduates highlight deeper inefficiencies. Advocates push merit pay, tenure limits, and market-like reforms to direct funds to teachers and students, with broader parental and transportation costs to be addressed.
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Oklahoma
Nebraska
New York City
Oregon
U.S
Lamar Alexander
Alexander
Tennessee
State Teachers’ Union
Philip J. Kirk
N.C. Citizens For Business and Industry
Kirk
Charlotte
John Syme
Syme
Ted Turner named Time Man of the Year for 1991
The piece notes Ted Turner’s ascent to Time magazine’s Man of the Year 1991 for shaping CNN and global TV reach. It mocks the grand title while acknowledging Turner’s expansive holdings in sports and media and his influence on world events broadcast to viewers.
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Saddam Hussein
Ted
Jane Fonda
CNN
Saddam
Clarence Thomas
Politburo
L.A
Rodney King
Milwaukee
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