Franklin County United Way Kickoff Aims for 140000 Drive
Franklin County United Way volunteers launched this year’s drive, targeting 140000 with proceeds to fund 13 local charities. Funds aid youth programs like Girls and Boy Scouts Teens Inc and help health and financial needs through United Cerebral Palsy Salvation Army and American Red Cross. The drive attracted over 3500 donors and plans to add LifeCare Center Women in 1999, serving expectant mothers since 1994.
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Teens Inc
United Cerebral Palsy
Salvation Peay
American Red Cross
Ed Yorkugh
LifeCare Center Women
United’s
Government Contacts A Record Of Officials And How To Reach Them
A list of contact details for several government figures including President Bill Clinton at The White House and state officials in Topeka Kansas. It provides addresses telephone numbers and options for submitting comments to the White House and to state offices including the Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius.
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Bill Clinton
White House
Pennsylvania
Ava
Washington
D.C
Office
Bill Graves
State Capital
Topeka
Carla Stovall
Judicial Center
Qsurance
Kathleen Sebelius
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Hightower book and media critique urge readers to question corporate bias
The text promotes Jim Hightower’s new HarperCollins paperback There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos and argues against transglobal corporatization. It contrasts media bias with liberal and conservative “suckers,” cites Unemployment figures flaws, and quotes Charley Reese’s email.
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Texas Agricultural
Jim Hightower
HarperCollins
Hightower
America
Oakland
Jerry Brown
Brown
Politi
Cal
Reader Forum Calls for Signed Submissions Only
Readers are invited to send opinions to the Reader Forum, with all submissions required to be hand signed and include the author’s address and telephone number. Submissions must not exceed 500 words.
Impeachment Talk Shifts as Gingrich Calls for Restraint
The News & Observer notes Newt Gingrich transitions from partisan firebrand to a restraint voice on Clinton impeachment while Clinton faces scrutiny over his Lewinsky admission and ongoing national duties. The piece also reflects on Kansas university pay and faculty brain drain with Regents funding concerns. The Manhattan Mercury argues higher pay could attract top scholars amid budget strains and a decline in faculty quality.
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N.C
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White House
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Lewinsky
Kenneth Starr
Grand Jury
Manhattan Mercury
Board of Regents
Regents
Bill Graves
Kansas
Regents University
Guest Editorials Reflect Varied Reader Views
Editorial notes emphasize that guest opinions express views not necessarily held by The Herald's editor. Readers are reminded that opinions belong to contributors and editorial stance remains undiluted by external viewpoints.
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Internet Ennui and Media Alarmism Collide
A columnist critiques Internet use and television for depressing mood, loneliness, and society. He cites a Carnegie Mellon study linking online surfing to small mood drops and loneliness, laments alarmist TV coverage, and notes generational anxieties amid Hurricane Bonnie. He ends by inviting reader responses.
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Carnegie Mellon University
New York Times
American Psychologist
Bonnie
United States
North Carolina
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