Rural re addressing aims to boost 911 efficiency
Anderson County plans a year long 47000 dollar rural re addressing project as Franklin County and Osage County already adopted or are pursuing new address systems. The shift from rural routes to named roads and house numbers speeds emergency response and helps distressed callers who cannot give an address. Local sentiment and historic road names complicate the process, but the goal remains faster rural emergency dispatch.
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Nderson County
Franklin County
Osage County
Anderson
John Brown
Sand Creek
Anderson County
John D. Montgomery
Editorial attacks NEA survey on school choice bias
The piece questions the National Education Association’s survey as dishonest and biased against school choice. It cites Jeanne Allen of the Center for Education Reform criticizing the sampling and wording. It supports Bob Dole’s stance that school choice helps children, not the NEA’s federal-control agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanne Allen
Center For Education Reform
National Education Association
Allen
Bob Dole
NEA
Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City
Honor roll myth hollows public education
Greg Gideon argues the honor roll lacks a foundation and has become a public relations device rather than a measure of academic excellence. He cites inflated grades in Kansas, NAEP gaps, and removed state data as evidence that honorable recognition now misleads parents and taxpayers while eroding trust in schools.
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Kansas
U.S
Greg Gideon
Overland Park
Government contact list for federal and state officials
A compiled directory of government contacts including President Bill Clinton The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave Washington DC 20500 and lawmakers like U S Sen Sheila Frahm Sen Nancy Kassebaum Rep Sam Brownback Gov Bill Graves Attorney General Carla Stovall and Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius with office addresses phones and emails where available.
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Bill Clinton
White House
Pennsylvania Ave
Washington
D.C
U.S
Sheila Frahm
Hart
Senate
Topeka
Nancy Kassebaum
Russell Senate
Washington, D.C
Sam Brownback
Longworth House
S. Kansas Ave
Brownbak
House
House.gov
Brownback
Bill Graves
State Capitol
Carla Stovall
Judicial Center
Kathleen Sebelius
Southwest 9Th
Bill Feuerborn
Statehouse
Ralph Tanner
Doug Walker
First Amendment Could Thwart Tobacco Advertising Attack
The FDA faces constitutional challenges as it pushes rules to curb tobacco advertising aimed at youth. Critics warn bans on billboards near schools and youth-targeted magazine ads may test First Amendment limits while supporters argue protecting children justifies regulation.
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Richard Carelli
T Press
Ashington
Clinton
Joe Camel
Food — and Drug Administration
Martin Redish
Northwestern University
Supreme Court
Rhode Island
FDA
Greensboro
N.C
Tobacco and Advertising Industries
Pink Panther
Snoopy
Morbid curiosity draws crowds to tragic lake site
Kathleen Parker notes crowds flock to John D Long Lake in Union South Carolina to reenact a mother's drowning of two children and more drownings that weekend. She argues adults exploit others misery, endangering children, urges restrictions or draining the lake, and questions why people seek vicarious tragedy.
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John D. Long Lake
Union
D.C
Susan Smith
Michael
Alex
Smith
Columbia, S.C
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Bundy Avenue
Nicole Brown Simpson
Ronald Goldman
Labor Day
America
John D. Long É
South Carolina
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