Senate ends bid war for 4.4 billion super collider site
Senate action shifts site selection to federal judging of location quality. Pomona Reservoir area in Kansas Osage City Ottawa region favored while Illinois and Texas push offers. Domenici amendment passes by voice vote. politics and seniority shape outcomes as states debate best site amid large funding.
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U.S. Senate
Kansas
Osage City
Ottawa
Pomona Reservoir
Sen. P. V. Domenici
R-N.m
Illinois
Texas
U.S
No Light No Tunnel 40 Years of U.S. Gulf Fleet
President Reagan defends long standing U S naval presence in the Persian Gulf while critics press for shared burden and questions about perpetual missions. He cites decades of fleet deployments in the region Europe and Korea as part of a broader critique of unilateral policy and national rhetoric.
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Reagan
U.S
Persian Gulf
Gulf
Free World
South Korea
Europe
Vietnam
Lobby Dole Kassebaum on PAC and campaign reform
From Our Readers urges Kansas senators to back Senate Bill 2 for campaign reform. It cites PAC funding, offers ideas to influence Nancy Kassebaum, and asks readers to send signed letters with addresses and contact numbers to verify authenticity.
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Lobby Dole
Kassebaum
PAC
Senate
Nancy Kassebaum
Bob Dole
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates July 1986
Ottawa Herald lists monthly rates for local carrier and motor routes from $4.00 to $5.50, and mail options across Franklin County adjacent counties and others up to $60.00 per year. Tax applied to out of state subscribers.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
Memories of Decoration Day and Cemetery Traditions
A reflective piece recounts growing up near a cemetery and childhood memories of Decoration Day. The narrator describes the yuletide routines of grandmothers selling peonies, family plots, and efforts to tidy gravesites. Shifts in Memorial Day meaning and the lasting comfort of memory frame the essay.
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Sexton
Rural Kansas districts push for at large school board elections
In Sharon Springs USD 241 and Dighton USD 482, the boards voted to shift from district-based to at large elections to satisfy equal representation under federal law. With June 16 votes planned, patrons fear redefinition or merger could reshape county politics while preserving rural voices.
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Sharon Springs
USD 241
United States
Dighton Lane County
Sharon Springs-Wallace County
Wallace
Lane
Paul McNall
Wallace County
Logan County
Board of Education
USD 482
Lane County
Dighton
Reflections On Freedom from an Immigrant Student
Myhanh Nguyen, a Vietnam refugee in Elmhurst New York, explains how the U S Constitution safeguards liberties she had never known under communism. She contrasts life before 1975 and after arriving in the United States, praising free speech, press, religion, and voting rights while noting fear under totalitarian rule.
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South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Panama
Indonesia
Vietnam
United States
New York City
America
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Jim R. Hitch
Terry Ostmeyer
Jim Hornbeck
Mike Geiss
Peg Armstrong
Wayne Snow
Jean Rossman
Jim
Hitch
Constitution
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Marshall
Harris News Service
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Elmhurst
N.Y
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Russia
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