Dole Gramm duel shapes GOP race for nomination
Editorial outlines a high stakes clash between Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole and Sen. Phil Gramm. It notes Dole’s party influence, age question, and record on government cuts and social programs, while questioning Gramm’s conservative bona fides given his entitlement-funded background and career path.
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GOP
No Kidding by Karl A Van Asselt pillow talk
A light feature lists typical sleep hours for various animals from cow to tuatara, noting cows sleep about seven hours daily and mammals such as rabbits and hamsters sleep longer while bats reach nineteen hours. It adds a quirky note that the tuatara may sleep ninety percent of the time, with a casual source attribution to World Features Syndicate.
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World Features Syndicate
Heritage concerns shape Ottawa renovation debate
Dr. Bud Ransom sought Kansas Historical Society input on local building significance but got no reply. A $55 to $100 per square foot renovation raises fire code fears, threatening open stairways and the building’s original charm. Ottawa Board of Education member Bud Gollier weighs in on preserving history versus modernization.
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Kansas Historical Society
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Ottawa Board of Education
Internet Barney fears prompt reptilian invasion theory, page tone
A commentator recounts a fringe Internet conspiracy linking Barney the Dinosaur to reptilian aliens and world takeover fears. Lyons Group defends Barney as innocuous and aimed at toddlers, urging concern over adults online and cyberspace myths.
Welfare state debate on who owes whom and why
A critic argues welfare is not true welfare, urging that Social Security Medicare and unemployment insurance are funded by workers and employers. They defend public education libraries and vocational schools while condemning able-bodied individuals who refuse opportunities as lazy and willfully ignorant, calling for ending subsidies and even voter eligibility for welfare recipients.
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America
Citi
Commanders claim dimes in U S control amid Japanese holdouts
American commanders say control rests on strategic dimes even as Japanese troops resist in several areas. In the Philippines U S soldiers face stiff resistance near Manila on Luzon and Mount Capitan on Mindanao. British forces seize Maymo Burma to cut the last rail link to Mandalay. American troops advance toward the Moselle River near Koblenz Germany. Mallard Fillmore.
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Luzon
Mount Capitan
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Maymo
Burma
Mandalay
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Oblenz
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Commissioners take agenda to Washington
Louis Atherton reflects on how a headline from the National League of Cities conference could have framed attendance differently, suggesting the real focus may be obscured by a misleading headline.
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Washington
National League of Cities
Clinton clean up GOP mess in March 7 radio rebuke
Mrs. Leonard Katzer of Greeley quotes a GOP critic saying Democrats are spending into debt while she argues Reagan and Bush left a larger deficit. She says Clinton faces a tough cleanup and criticizes Republican attacks as unfair, urging focus on national recovery.
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Leonard Katzer Greeley
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