Notable sports tales and playful quips from Vaughan to Kemp
Saturday Notebook surveys amateur athletics and media folly. It recalls Bill Vaughan’s jab about a college “that didn’t pay its players,” highlights Jan Kemp’s defiance at the University of Georgia, and notes Kansas high school athletic tuition implications. Also touched are IRS delays, Wichita investigations, and family humor around Valentine cookies.
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Bill Vaughan
Kansas City Star
Starbeams
Missouri
Kansas State
Bill
Jan Kemp
University of Georgia
Jan
Kansas
Wichita
Vaughan
Return to teaching American history urged by reader
William R. Weber argues against the notion of teaching that downplays communism and undermines American democracy. He urges classrooms to highlight great Americans who sacrificed for the nation and to limit advocacy for soft on communism views, calling for explicit patriotism in history education.
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Ottawa Herald
Gary Bauer
Association of American Publishers
William Bennett
Bauer
Bennett
William R. Weber
Housing affordability years after mortgage rate drop
New York AP reports that falling mortgage rates and stabilizing prices let median-income families afford the median-priced home for the first time in seven years. Yet past high rates, tight money and weak homebuilding left many young couples renting while hoping to own, a situation slowly improving as rates dip to single digits and employment rises nationwide.
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New York
Kansas Conflicts Part I Bewilderment Besieges State
The piece argues the Kansas Legislature is stalled on long term issues after 1986, citing highway woes across regions. It warns of cost from hundreds of millions for major road upgrades and calls for unified planning, regional funding, and a state investment mindset to end local squabbles.
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John Marshall Harris
Kansas
Elvin Crockett
Department of Transportation
State Highway Trust
Topeka
Governors Ponder Cuts As NGA Opens Ninth Winter Session
Governors meet amid strained unity as Reagan budget seeks a 19 percent cut in federal aid to states and localities. The split reflects political and economic divides with 36 gubernatorial elections this year, and proposed targeted aid to cushion hard-hit states amid ongoing revenue concerns.
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David S. Broder
Washington
National Governors Assn
NGA
Reagan
Senate
House
National Assn. of State
Colorado
Hawaii
Idaho
Montana
Utah
Arkansas
Mississippi
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Vermont
New England
Middle Atlantic
Congress
Seni
Dave Durenberger
R-Minn
Bob McEwen
Ohio
New Jersey
Princeton
Newark
Shorter workouts can still benefit heart health
Reader questions about brief aerobic sessions are addressed by Dr Donohue. Evidence now supports two 15 minute workouts per day with a higher intensity to equal longer sessions, provided each session lasts at least 15 minutes. Safety signs, testosterone effects, and overall sportsmanship are discussed alongside related nutrition and medical notes.
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DR. Donohue
N.S
V.L
Rcent
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Sage of
Osage
Jesus
Internal Revenue Service
Kansas City
John Cunniff
Leroy
Shawnee
Olathe
Lawrence
Joplin
Hutchinson
McPherson
Emporia
Newton
Boise
Republican Governors Association
Tennessee
Lamar Alexander
Alexander
Howard H. Baker, Jr
R-Tenn
United States
David
Broder
Donohuue
K.B.C
S. Cedar
Ottawa
Robert B. Wellington
Paul G
Donohue
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