Odds with women in politics a Kansas reflection
Editorial argues on the 75th suffrage anniversary that women hold 21 percent of state legislative seats, noting Kansas at nearly 28 percent, Washington and Alabama extremes, and cites prominent Kansas women. It warns that higher numbers may expose women to the same flaws as men, while suggesting overall odds favor women due to tolerance and reasonableness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center For the American Woman and Politics
Washington State
Alabama
Kansas
Nancy Kassennbaum
Jan Meyers
Kathleen Sebelius
Joan Wagnon
Sheila Frahm
It's Your Quarter feedback on welfare and local services
A reader thanks a helper from this morning and questions road conditions due to nails. They challenge the idea of shutting down SRS while noting welfare recipients' struggles finding work. They invite civic input to a community forum and provide call times and submission guidelines for letters to the editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
SRS
Mate
SRS Down
Storm Ravaged Lyon Coffey Areas In 100 Years Ago Week
The Ottawa Herald recounts Aug. 8 storm damage across Lyon and Coffey counties with floods and wind. Gridley was wrecked. Keywest Township saw a fatality. Fort Scott and Weir City faced fires and rising waters. Five inches of rain and unroofed churches marked the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Itawa
Lyon
Coffey
Fort Scott
Oklahoma
Gridley
Ottawa Herald
Methodist
Christian Church
Keywest
Strawn
Emporia
Neosho
Dunlap
Americus
Mill Creek
The
Herald
Weir City
Kansas
Cherokee Zinc Company
Hideki Tojo
Why We Will Never Win the War on AIDS Book Review
A review of Bryan J. Ellison and Peter Duesberg's Why We Will Never Win the War on AIDS argues Duesberg denies HIV causes AIDS, proposing a benign virus and blaming drugs and illness mismanagement. It cites CDC and NIH as challenged by the authors and notes debatable science and political fallout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inside Story Communications
E. Noble St
Visalia
Bryan J. Ellison
Peter Duesberg
Ellison
Duesberg
University of California At Berkeley
de Duesberg
United States
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
National Institutes For Health
Bug Hunters
Robert Koch
CDC
Government contact list for Kansas officials and offices
A dense roster of contact details for federal and state officials in Kansas including President Bill Clinton, Senators Bob Dole and Nancy Kassebaum, Rep Sam Brownback, Gov Bill Graves, Attorney General Carle Stovall, Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius, and several state representatives and a state senator with addresses, phone numbers, and emails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Clinton
White House
Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, D.C
Bob Dole
Hart
Senate
U.S
Nancy Kassebaum
Russell Senate
Washington
D.C
Fox
Sam Brownback
Longworth House
Kansas Ave
Topeka
Brownbak
House
House Gov
Brownback
Bill Graves
State Capitol
Carle Stovall
Judicial Center
Why does anyone need a medal to tell a war story
A suburban judge from New Jersey falsely claimed a Congressional Medal of Honor and admitted drinking affected judgment. The essay recalls veterans who exaggerate or conceal wartime deeds, observing that those who talked most often faced the least danger. It contrasts boastful tales with sober, suppressed recollections and ends with a wry note on nearsighted charm.
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Downstate
Col
Frank Gabreski
Europe
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Tojo
Associated Press
Asia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Glenna Bethell
Robert Bethell
Hawthorne
Roy Schulz
Jim Hitch
Cotas
SFE
AIDS
Charley Reese
King Features Syndicate
Kathleen’ Sebelius
Southwest
Feuerborn
Room
Seaconney Topeka
Ralph Tanner
Doug Walker
Capitol
Chicago
Illinois
By Mike Royko
Tribune Media Service
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