Labor Class Lines Blur As White And Blue Collars Merge
A fragmented excerpt notes labor class distinctions blurring as white-collar work blends with blue-collar tasks. It cites educated expectations, shifting roles, and rising assembly line influence, highlighting evolving worker classifications and the changing job landscape.
NO KIDDING? Vivid film counts from classic stars
Karl A. Van Asselt surveys Cary Grant with 72 movies Spencer Tracy with 74 Cooper with 95 Errol Flynn with 60 John Carradine with over 500 and John Wayne around 200 plus Mel Blanc voicing nearly 3,000 cartoons, citing World Features Syndicate fees and Tob Lait ald.
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Cary Grant
Spencer Tracy
Cooper
Exrol Flynn
John Carradine
John Wayne
Mel Blanc
World Features Syndicate
It's Your Quarter. Open vacant Ottawa buildings
The reader laments vacant Ottawa buildings amid housing and job concerns. They argue for re opening spaces like restaurants to revitalize the city and invite thoughts via a call line, noting limited hours and weekend restrictions.
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Ottawa
Kansas Whitewater echo in Dole real estate and favors tale
The piece links a Kansas political figure to a network of real estate deals, a $30 million federal food contract, and campaign finance ties involving Elizabeth Dole and allies. It notes a Wall Street Journal critique of congressional scrutiny versus executive conduct, and highlights Dave Owen's conviction and looming sentence, framing the saga as a caution on political ethics in small-state power networks.
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Evita
Arkansan
Bill Clinton
Kansan
Bob Dole
Sen. Dole
John Palmer
Fort Leonard Wood
Dole
Elizabeth Hanford Dole
Ronald Reagan
Overland Park
Dave Owen
Kansas
Mrs. Dole
Len
Palmer
EDP Enterprises
EDP
The
Wall Street Journal
Salina Journal
Harris News Service
Congress
Executive Branch
Reagan Administration
Wedtech
Whitewater
Owen
Clinton
Vince Foster
Cole
Mike Hayden
Golf driver addiction story with satirical edge
A man named Joe narrates a compulsive habit centered on buying golf gear. He describes a cycle of craving and temptation, detailing a shop visit, a pressure to buy, and a spree culminating in purchasing a flashy driver. A psychologist and golf pro dialogue adds a darkly humorous frame about mid life obsession and material status symbols.
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Joe
Phyllis
Ophelia
S. Prettier
Martha
Esay
Gertie
West Franklin U S D 287 budget debate over education costs
A reader responds to Cynthia Montague and defends state funding design. The letter argues the legislature aims for equal educational opportunity via district tailored funding factors, not equal per student dollars. It notes out of district students yield state aid and that local boards seek fairer distribution while considering alternatives.
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Cynthia Montague
Herald
West Franklin
Usd
Montague
Usd 287
Ottawa High girls basketball season ends with strong showing
Former coach Pat Boeh is credited by reader Milt Dougherty for laying the program’s vision as Ottawa High’s girls finish as the state’s second best in 5A. Dougherty, a Minneapolis, Kansas, alum and former Pomona educator, urges congratulations to the school, coach, and players and notes Boeh’s influence.
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Ottawa
Ottawa High
Ottawa Herald
Pat Boeh
Pat
Milt Dougher
Minneapolis
Kan
Milt Dougherty
Pomona
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