King Day speaker Brinson to address OU event lineup
The Rev. Albert Paul Brinson, longtime ally of Martin Luther King Jr, will keynote the Martin Luther King Jr program at Ottawa University Chapel, 1001 S. Cedar St., at 2 p.m. Sunday and lecture civil disobedience at 7:30 p.m. Monday as part of a campus series honoring King. He recounts childhood ties to King and civil rights activism shaping his speech and witness.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Ottawa University
S. Cedar St
King
Martin Luther King Sr
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Atlanta
King, Jr
Morehouse College
Bethany Baptist Church
Bush to address nation on Iraq troop surge plan
President Bush will announce sending more than 20,000 additional American forces to Iraq and acknowledge earlier mistakes in not deploying enough troops. The speech signals a retooled strategy to win support for the unpopular war and a shift in engagement rules.
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Iraq
Associated Press
Washington
Bush
Kansas lawmakers target illegal immigrants with GOP bills
House Republicans propose harsher penalties for hiring illegals and selling fake documents, tax ideas for guest workers, and making English the official state language. Senate leaders favor a study on immigration impacts, urging a humane, federally addressed solution.
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Topeka
House
Mexico
Melvin Neufeld
R-Ingalls
Senate
Federal and
Pete Brungardt
Salina
National Conference of
West Franklin board rejects saving schools plan
West Franklin USD 287 board rejects a local option budget increase aimed at funding a single high school and a middle school. A board member opposed the LOB raise, warning petitions could push the measure to a public vote during the April general election. The district cites state law on LOB limits and past votes shaping its stance.
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Cleon Rickel Herald
West Franklin
Pomona Gets $263,990 Housing Rehab Grant
Pomona will receive a 263,990 state Community Development Block Grant to rehabilitate 10 homes and demolish three. Six Kansas communities share over 1.8 million in federal housing rehab funds. City officials will review plans and submit a final spending proposal to Commerce.
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Cleon Rickel Herald
Pomona
Fomona
Kansas Department of Commerce
Linda Servaes
Kansas
Hammarlund
Donna Crawford
Department of Commerce
Servaes
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