Editorials Revive Route 66 In Kansas Interstate Plan
The piece outlines a proposed Interstate 66 across Kansas linking Washington DC to California ending at San Luis Obispo. It would pass near multiple Kansas cities, cost over 10 billion dollars, and aim to divert heavy truck traffic from I 70 and I 40. Federal approval and a 1.5 million feasibility study are needed.
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Kansas
Washington, D.C
California
Wichita
Bob Knight
Pittsburg
Parsons
Independence
Winfield
Wellington
Pratt
Dodge City
Garden City
Virginia
Kentucky
Illinois
Missouri
Colorado
Utah
Arizona
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San Luis Obispo
Oklahoma
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Guest Opinion Storms scar Haven as rebuilding begins
In March a tornado left a scar across Haven with uprooted elms and cottonwoods and a toppled ancient cottonwood preserved as a legend. Volunteers from Amish and non Amish groups work together, rebuilding amid trail of debris and scenes of traffic for sightseers. Roger Verdon, The Hutchinson News.
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Hesston
Haven
Unsigned letters to editor urged publication policy
Readers comment on newspaper policy urging unsigned letters be published and encouraging signatures and return addresses for verification. The note discusses signings, contact details, and reader participation in letters to the editor.
Library funding cuts threaten inter library loan program
Kansas Legislature trims inter library loan funds, Ottawa Library cites fewer titles, storage limits, and delayed Kansas Library Catalogue. In 1989 Ottawa lent 631 items and borrowed 1,872. local shelves hold 170,303 total circulations. Budget cuts jeopardize access for about thirty to forty Kansas libraries and risk a widening brain drain.
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Kansas
Barbara Dew
Ottawa
Friends of the Library
City Park
Ottawa Library
Kansas Library
Kansas State Library
Dew
Bruce Flanders
Flanders
Booty habit hard to break in Panama action
A column notes several American troops in Panama faced accusations of looting and smuggling after combat actions. It recalls World War II jokes about recovering watches and loot, cites a German pistol tale, and argues the Panama probe may push the Army toward greater responsibility while acknowledging mixed behavior among soldiers.
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Panama
Noriega
United States
Bill Mauldin
U.S
Europe
Lottery repeal move seeks sales tax swap in Kansas
Rev. Richard Taylor argues to abolish the lottery and replace revenue with a one tenth cent sales tax to fund economic development and prisons. He claimsTickets sales would no longer fund these programs and urges voters to support measures opposing the lottery while backing bills to redirect funding.
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Kansas
Topeka
Statehouse
Richard Taylor Kansans
Reader questions Javna on compact fluorescent bulbs impact
Warren B. Wood, General Counsel of Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp., challenges John Javna's claim that replacing all incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescents could save the energy of a nuclear plant for a year. He argues focusing on fossil fuel plants would better address greenhouse effect and acid rain concerns.
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John Javna
America
Warren B. Wood
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp
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