Kansas Governor Sends Knight to Vietnam for POW MIAs Talks
Editorial questions a state role in Vietnam talks over POWs and MIAs. Kansas Governor Joan Finney sends Secretary Bob Knight to search for information and possibly discuss Kansas-Vietnam business, triggering anger from families and debate over legality and morality. Attorney General Bob Stephan calls the plan legal but morally reprehensible.
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Vietnam
Kansas
Clinton
Bob Stephan
Finney
Guns and cigarettes clash over public safety
A columnist argues tobacco bans target smokers while guns remain protected. They claim gunfire harms neighborhoods as much as secondhand smoke harms health, criticizing local governments for focusing on cigarettes over firearms and asserting gun owners’ rights.
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Ethan Allen
Wild Bill Hickock
Teddy Roosevelt
Dirty Harry
No Kidding by Karl A Van Asselt animal eating habits
A World Features Syndicate piece lists animal eating habits in quick facts. It covers crocodiles chimpanzees pandas giraffes alligators and female mosquitoes with brief notes on feeding frequencies and lifespans.
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Karl A. van Asselt
World Features Syndicate
Mississippi and Potomac River Echoes of Control
The column muses on nature and human limits, linking the Mississippi and Potomac to historical figures and modern governance. It contrasts riverine power with political hubris, cites Eisenhower era experiments, and notes Somalia and deficit talks as examples of attempts to master large systems.
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Washington
Mississippi
Lincoln
Vicksburg
Galena
U.S. Grant
Illinois
Missouri Plains
Potomac
America
Huck Finn
Mississippi River
Little Falls
Minn
Charles Lindbergh
Letters Question 17th Street project in Ottawa
A reader asks about the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce plan to spend 1 million to open 17th Street to Eisenhower Road. They urge scrutiny of traffic, industrial patterns, property values, development costs, housing types, staged gains, alternate streets, school capacity, and overall community impact before Council approval.
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Ottawa Herald
Ottawa
17Th and Main
15Th and
19Th Street
17Th Street
It's Your Qua RCs I’d like to know if it’s going to take
Readers vent about local safety at the Highway 59 and Butler Road blind intersection in Richmond and criticize city budgeting, services, and public notices. They cite wrecks, blocked views, and trees or parked cars. Residents urge action before tragedy.
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Highway 59
Butler Road
Richmond
SRS
Douglas County
Franklin County
U.S. 50
Williamsburg
The
Humane Society
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Washington Post Writers Group
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Franklin County Fair
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