The Last Cattle Drive to Road Show in Kansas
Editorial notes a humorous novel by Robert Day set in Kansas about a rancher driving cattle to Kansas City. A film adaptation with Sean Connery and Cher shifts shooting to Montana, disappointing the author who insists the story belongs in Kansas.
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Robert Day
Fort Hays State University
Kansas
Kansas City
Hays
Wilson Reservoir
Brookville
Sean Connery
Connery
Cher
Montana
Author Day
Jim Hitch
Video links boost rural high schools to share advanced courses
The Wichita Eagle reports a nine-district Western Kansas video network will two-way transmit audio and video among small high schools. Superintendent Jim Chadwick notes schools with 37 to 150 students will access foreign language and science teachers, enabling upper level courses and better preparation for a global economy.
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Kansas State Board of Education
Western Kansas
Jim Chadwick
Coldwater
Wichita Eagle
City government and services for all Ottawa residents
A reader urges a fair city government for all people in Ottawa, condemns a private club style politics, and calls for a better police and fire department. The letter proposes fewer chiefs and suggests moving courts back to the old courthouse and converting the new building into a jail to save money.
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Ottawa
Ottawa High School Bond Q A on Expansion and Reno
The editor notes a $3.389 million bond issue for Ottawa High School expansion and renovation. A reader asks to move freshmen back to the middle school to free space. the superintendent answers this would not be feasible or in students interests.
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Ottawa High School
the Herald
Don Duncan
Board of Education
The Hitching Post and a Hidden Family Letter
A man shares Joyce’s emotional journey after receiving a letter from her biological mother, who relinquished Joyce at birth. The note reveals family medical history, artistic talent, and complex relationships. Joyce contemplates meeting relatives while the narrator weighs identity and parental choices amid unresolved questions and a lingering pro-choice reflection.
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Joyce
Kansas City
Wichita State University
Jesus
June Star
Joyce Ellen Nafzinger
Enoch Hitch
The Warning We Ignore At Our Peril
A reflective column argues revolts arise from greed and betrayal, not creed, warning that U.S. stability depends on a strong opposition and independent press. It cites HUD scandals, tax changes, and cuts to social programs as seeds of discontent that may grow into upheaval for future generations.
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June Starr
Joyce
Nicolae Ceausescu
East Germany
Erich Honecker
Wall Street
Sam Pierce
HUD
Iowa
Jim Leach
Savings and Loan
Bush
U.S
Free Press
Democrats
Panama
Monitor
Apostle Paul echoes against Mencken in diary fallout
Kent Steward reviews a newly released Mencken diary, portraying him as a bigot and anti Semite while noting his influence on literature and journalism. The piece argues a contrast between his celebrated career and perceived failures, citing biographers and historical episodes to weigh his legacy.
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Kent Steward
Hays Daily News
Hays
H.L. Mencken
Germany
Mencken
Baltimore
Baltimore Sun
New York
Smart Set
The
American Mercury
Nellie
Mt. Vernon Place
Paul
Corinthians
Contacts for U.S. and state lawmakers with addresses
The list provides names and mailing addresses for President George Bush and several legislators including Sen. Bob Dole Sen. Nancy Russebaum Rep. Dob Whittaker and state officials in Topeka. It includes Washington D C and Topeka addresses with telephone numbers where shown.
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George Bush
White House
Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, D.C
Bob Dole
Hart
Senate
Nancy Russebaum
Russell
Wash
Jim Allen
Statehouse
Topeka
Bettle Sue Shumway
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Tinseltown
Q&a
Ottawa Herald
John McCormally
Apostle Paul
Antly
George Bernard Shaw
Joseph Conrad
Theodore Dreiser
Sinclair Lewis
University of Leipzig
William Manchester
Manchester
Ington
D.C
Dob Whittaker
Rayburn House
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