Editorial Calls End to Kansas Turnpike Toll
A guest editorial argues tolls on the Kansas Turnpike should end after bonds were paid. It cites KTA misuse of toll funds for employee benefits and lifetime passes, including Royals season tickets, and urges removal of all luxury items and a planned toll elimination date.
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Kansas Turnpike Authority
KTA
Kansas City Royals
Royals
RTA
Greg Mastansatis
Kansas Turnpike
Fragmentary note on who pays school operating costs
A garbled fragment questions who bears most of the cost of operating public schools and mentions school quality, with unclear phrases and several missing words. The readable text hints at cost responsibility and quality concerns but lacks concrete entities or events.
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Runaw
Seniors urged to watch step amid distrust
Eldon Morgan warns senior citizens to beware politicians and church leaders who promise help but fail when pressed. He says friends become hostile and ministers ignore pleas, urging others to seek real aid and caution in public life.
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Eldon Morgan
Flower robbers steal memories from grave planter
Letter from a reader dated June 2 1993 reports vandalism at a cemetery on K-33 south of Wellsville. Memorial day plant left for parents grave was removed, described as a theft of a visible reminder of their love for flowers.
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K-33
Wellsville
NO KIDDING by Karl A Van Assert
The stories behind five Danvilles tracing name origins to founders and local figures in Illinois Indiana Kentucky Pennsylvania and Virginia from the Illustrated Dictionary of Place Names. Danville cities named after Dan Beckwith Dan Wick Daniel Walker Daniel Montgomery Jr. and the Dan River area.
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By Karl A. van Assert
Danvilles
Danville
Ill
Dan Beckwith
Ind
Dan Wick
Daniel Walker
Daniel Montgomery, Jr
Dan River
Kelsie Harder
Facts
Jayhawks’ historic trifecta drought ends in College World Series
Commentary notes KU's unprecedented sports year with basketball Final Four, bowl win, and College World Series in one season. KU coach Dave Bingham earns praise while Kansas State debates next athletic director. Chancellor Budig calls KU’s year the best in college athletics, with talk of a destiny in Omaha.
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Mount Oread
University of Kansas
Kansas
NCAA
Louisiana State University
Tigers
Gene Budig
Budig
Omaha
Jamie Splittorff
Dave Bingham
Splittorff
Royals
Paul Splittorff
Bingham
Jayhawk
Manhattan
Kansas State
Wildcats
Clinton hairdo delays airport for $200 haircut sparks anger
A critic condemns Bill Clinton for delaying tens of thousands at Los Angeles airport to receive a Hollywood stylist haircut aboard Air Force One. The writer argues the act reveals arrogance and vanity, undermining leadership and suggesting worse karma for the nation.
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Bill Clinton
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Clinton
Air Force One
George Bush
Bush
Congress forms new Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress
The 1992 Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress aims to study and reform the institution. Co chairmen invite public input while noting low public approval and a need for oversight, budgeting discipline, and clearer committee structure to restore credibility. The panel plans hearings through June and to present recommendations by fall.
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Congress
Organization of Congress
Joint Committee On the Organization of Congress
Cochairmen
Joint Committee On
Joint Committee
C-Span
Ford
Washington, D.C
David L. Boren
D-Okla
Lee H. Hamilton
D-Ind
Pete V. Domenici
N.M
David Dreier
R-Calif
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Bob Frederick
By Jay Bemis
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Charley Reese
King Features Syndicate
Persian Gulf
Senate
House
Impor
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