Editorial on Kansas presidential primary and democracy
Editorial argues April primary cancellation questions the validity of the primary process. Senate committee debates two bills to end or suspend the primary, raising broader concerns about voter access and democratic legitimacy in Kansas amid other ballot issues.
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Senate Elections Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Anthony Hensley
Topeka
Clinton
Bob Dole
Dole
Bill Graves
Janice Hardenburger
R-Haddam
Kansas
Lost checkbook found and returned by neighbor Mary
A resident reports misplacing a checkbook after visiting the post office and leaving his coat outside. Mary Larkin found the checkbook on the street and returned it to the bank, with gratitude expressed. Community forum notes offer a contact number for thoughts and are open at specific hours.
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Mary Larkin
Mary
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The Southwest Chief rails from Kansas City to Burlington
A traveler recounts a weekend shift from driving to Amtrak. He praises the Southwest Chief for comfort, space, and dining, notes a late night arrival and a drug bust incident aboard, and concludes trains offer relaxation and amusement over long car trips.
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Ottawa
Burlington
Town
Amtrak
Kansas City
Union Station
Los Angeles
Chicago
Kansas
Garden City
Dodge City
Hutchinson
Newton
Emporia
Topeka
Lawrence
Southwest
Hairdresser Denied Junior League Thanks To Single Sex Rule
Los Gatos hairdresser Clark Clementsen, first male suitor for the all female Junior League, is rebuffed as the club upholds its single gender tradition. He denounces the decision as discrimination while supporters argue the League's deep community service role and legal precedents.
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Elks
Clark Clementsen
Los Gatos
Calif
Clementsen
America
Connecticut
Sissy Fitzsimmons
Sissy
New Mothers
Beth Luna Mourning
League
Rotary
Junior League
Debs
Supreme Court
Sandra Day O'Connor
Buffalo
Chirac ends France's underground nuclear tests in Pacific
French President Jacques Chirac declared the final nuclear test series over after six detonations in Fangataufa atoll. He defended the tests as necessary for arsenal viability while facing global backlash, Greenpeace pressure, and strain with key allies.
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William J. Kole
Associated Press
Aris
Preesien
Jacques Chirac
Chirac
South Pacific
France
le Bulldozer
Fangataufa Atoll
French Polynesia
Francois Mitterrand
Mitterrand
United States
Britain
Germany
Australia
New Zealand
Japan
Denmark
Spain
Norway
Sweden
Greenpeace
China
Nuclear Club
Janet Bloomfield
Laurent Fabius
Europe Radio
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Fort Madison
Iowa
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Kathleen Parker
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Paris
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Len
Ady Aineek
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