Editorial on televised OJ trial and justice system
The piece argues jurors should not be blamed for findings in the OJ Simpson case and criticizes courtroom cameras for bias. It laments national fixation, TV coverage, and public polls, urges restoring reverence for justice, and notes the trial is not a soap opera but a legal tradition.
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Los Angeles
Mark Fuhrman
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O.J. Simpson
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It's Your Quarter community forum urges voting on Medicare cuts
Readers express outrage at Republican proposals to cut Medicare and Medicaid and urge voting out of office. A reader campaign in Franklin County discusses safe trick-or-treat hours and invites signed letters with address and a daytime phone number for verification.
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Franklin County
Through the Years: Dorothy Anderson Publishes Scandinavian Cookbook
Dorothy Anderson delivers a 524 page cookbook featuring her Scandinavian and family recipes compiled over years. The book includes sections on appetizers breads pies and a dedicated Scandinavian part. It honors her husband Charles and presents a family photo album in the opening pages.
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Franklin Savings
Curtis
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Jeremy
Gunnar
Minneapolis
Minn
Renee Goar
Racine
Wis
Dolores Balda
Topeka
Dallas
Dorothy
Brunswick
Mora
Norway
Sweden
Charles
Minnesota
Opening ANWR coast line to oil fuels jobs and deficit relief
Charles J. DiBona of the American Petroleum Institute argues that leasing a small portion of Alaska's ANWR coastal plain could yield up to 15 billion barrels of oil, create thousands of jobs, cut imports, and shrink the federal deficit while maintaining environmental safeguards and wildlife stability.
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American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Prudhoe Bay
Arctic
Charles J. Dibona
American Petroleum Institute
Washington, D.C
Keep Nursing Home Reform Act 87 in the books
Kansans for Improvement of Nursing Homes, an 800 member consumer advocacy group, objects to repealing the Nursing Home Reform Act of 1987. The act, implemented in 1990, reduced dangerous restraints by about 75 percent in Kansas and requires monitoring of quality and health status. It also cut hospital days for residents by 25 percent, according to preliminary research. The organization argues the law protects vulnerable residents and saves taxpayer dollars. Margaret Farley, executive director, Lawrence.
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Kansas
Gerontological Society of America
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Margaret
Professors attacked over tax study crowd
The Wichita Eagle notes Sept 7 a governor’s committee to study school property tax, urged to include diverse voices beyond university economics professors who may favor high land taxes. Farmers, cattlemen, business leaders and advocates of both abolishing and expanding land taxes should sit at the table for objective review.
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Wichita Eagle
Eithe
Topeka Editors Note on State Situation Deadline
In Topeka editors discuss a delayed state situation. A late timer mentions not a surprise and cites Bill Graves announcing developments amid uncertain indications. The fragment notes an evolving political scenario with no decisive outcome yet.
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Topeka
Coe
Bill Graves
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