Moving Wall to Visit Emporia Oct 13 19
A Vietnam Memorial Moving Wall display will tour Emporia at Lyon County Fairgrounds October 13 through 19, following past Kansas stops. Franklin County residents are urged to visit and may arrange bus reservations by calling 242-6932 or 242-4057. officials in Ottawa and Franklin County are urged to pursue a future stop.
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Washington D.C
Franklin County
Lyon County Fairgrounds
Ottawa
Call to end Iraq sanctions and halt oil-driven policy
Dieter Hannusch of the World Food Program warns the 1991 embargo harms Iraq’s children and the population. He cites 4 million at risk, including 2.4 million under age five and 600,000 pregnant women, urging action against Clinton administration policies tied to oil profits.
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Cain
Clinton
United Nations
Iraq
United States
Dieter Hannusch
World Food Program
Saddam Hussein
U.S
Israel
U.N
Germany
Versailles
Squirrel Away Leads Birds Not Squirrels In Feeder Change
A reader describes a behavior modification scheme using Squirrel Away with capsicum pepper to deter squirrels from bird feeders. The product, marketed by Scrypton Systems, claims to train squirrels to seek food elsewhere while benefiting birds. A free five-pound sample is offered at 1-800-229-5454, normally 99 cents.
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Squirrel Away
Alex Ferndez
Annapolis, Md
Scrypton Systems, Inc
Femdez
Ferndez
Kansas Tax Burden Keeps Rising Amid Environmental Woes
An op-ed argues Kansas faces costly environmental risks from abandoned oil wells and polluted waterways while budget pressures grow. It notes nuclear waste transport routes, failing water quality, and rising taxes through expanded sales and corporate levies, urging realism over rhetoric.
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Kansas Corporation Committee
Ise
Kansas
Yucca Mountain
Nevada
Environmental Protection Agency
Kaw
Lawrence
Docking
Robert Bennett
Bill Graves
Treasury
Hayden
Finney
Dole faces tax pledge strain in campaign remarks
Sen. Bob Dole again stirs tax cut controversy by suggesting Republicans may not deliver the full 245 billion dollar tax cut over seven years. Gramm rejects deals, while Dole hedges on exact figures, with voters and rivals sizing the pledge’s credibility amid Medicare considerations and campaign headlines.
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Bob Dole
Senate
Dole
Sen
Phil Gramm
Texas
Senate Finance Committee
Bill Clinton
Gramm
Tampa
Washington Post-Abc News
House
Newt Gingrich
CBS TV
Kansas
George Bush
New Hampshire
Bush
Exeter
N.H
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Wallworth
Hussein
Charley Reese
King Features Syndicate
Jim Hitch
The
Ottawa Herald
EPA
Shawnee
Johnson
Douglas
Sedgwick
Wyandotte
Mitchell
Reno
Lincoln
Dickinson
Tomorow
John Marshall
Harris News Service
Walter R. Mears
Lion
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