Freeze Sleaze in Campaign Donations Revealed
Investigative reporting shows illegal campaign funding schemes benefiting Bob Dole. Nevada, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania cases show executives funnelling salaries and cash to employees who then donate up to the legal limit. FEC enforcement is questioned as tarnished fundraising persists.
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Kansas City Star
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Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
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Reader Forum welcomes signed letters with contact details
Readers are invited to voice opinions in the Reader Forum. Submissions must be hand signed and include the author’s address and telephone number. Long letters may be edited for space.
Trade pacts threaten American farmers and food supply
Wyoming cattleman Skip Waters argues that NAFTA and GATT let foreign imports undermine U S producers, driving many Florida tomato growers toward bankruptcy while big meatpackers reap profits. He claims captives, imports, and futures manipulation push prices below production costs, risking food lines and empty shelves unless enforcement and fair trade prevail. Charley Reese notes his viewpoint via email.
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Florida
Bill Clinton
Dan Glickman
Wyoming
Skip Waters
Mr. Waters
Glickman
Waters
NAFTA
Washington
GATT
Bob Dole and Kansas identity questioned in Russell piece
AS BIll Foreman reports from Russell Kansas on Bob Dole's Kansas roots versus his Washington life. The piece contrasts his two homes The Watergate hotel and his family house in Russell while tracing his wartime grit and career. Local residents portray him as a true Kansan despite decades in politics.
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Bill Foreman
Socilled
Assell
Kan
Kansas
Bob Dole
Vole
Senate
Dole
Washington
Russell
Watergate Hotel
Potomac River
Maple Street
Pam Lightfoot
Lightfoot
Cole
Janice Marshall
Burdett Loomis
University of Kansas
Loomis
White House
Bob
Watergate
Bal Harbour
Florine
Readers urge bond for new Ottawa Franklin County middle school
City Commissioner Vicki Cummiskey expresses strong support for the Nov 5 bond issue to fund a new middle school after the State Fire Marshal closed the old Fifth and Main building. She notes state aid, rising growth, and tax restraint while urging taxpayers to vote yes for safety and modern education facilities.
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Franklin County
USC #290
Fifth and Main
City Commission
Vicki
Contact details for US and state government representatives
A directory of contact points for President Bill Clinton, U S Senate members Sheila Frahm and Nancy Kassebaum, Rep Sam Brownback, Gov Bill Graves, Attorney General Carla Stovall, and Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius with Washington and Topeka addresses, office numbers, and emails where available. Includes White House Comments Office line and district offices for direct feedback.
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House
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State Capitol
Carla Stovall
Judicial Center
Kathleen Sebelius
Southwest 9Th
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