UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, April 3, 1995
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Presidential hopeful returns home
The Associated Press
RUSSELL — Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter, who returned Saturday to the central Kansas town where he grew up, praised the way small communities hold people accountable for their deeds.
"People know you and know what you're doing," he said. "You have to stand up and do the right thing," said Specter, who along with another Russell son, Bob Dole, is running for the Republican nomination for president.
Specter visited Russell and Hays after earlier campaign appearances in Des Moines, Iowa.
'Running for president, I wouldn't dream of not coming home at least
for a while," Specter said after landing at Hays Municipal Airport. He and his wife, Joan, then drove to Russell for Specter's speech at the Elks Club.
Russell, a town of about 4,700, has produced two presidential candidates because of its good schools and competitive atmosphere, said Specter, a graduate of Yale Law School.
"I've gone to a lot of good schools, but nothing like Russell High School. It was the best educational experience I've ever had," he said.
playing snooker, a pool game, to join the high school debate team. He won the state debate championship as a senior.
Russell is important to Specter because he spent some of his most formative years, ages 12 through 17, there, he said. He recalled giving up
The heart of Specter's campaign is an appeal to centrist Republicans. He says the increasing power of religious conservatives could drive the GOP out of the mainstream and help re-elect President Clinton.
Specter announced his bid for president last week in Washington.
Elected to the Senate in 1980, Specter has positioned himself as a pro-choice moderate. He has vowed to fight Republicans who are pushing "a radical social agenda" against abortion and in favor of school prayer.
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The veteran of four farm bills told employees that he would use his new job to let the world know the department's contribution to science, consumer well-being and the economy.
"Ding Dong, Dan Glickman's here," sang a choir from the department's Agricultural Marketing Service during a greeting ceremony in the administration building's atrium.
WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman got a musical reminder Friday that he's not in Kansas anymore. Department employees greeted the new Wizard of Ag with a takeoff on the Wizard of Oz.
Glickman almost ended up back in Kansas last November after being defeated in a bid for a 10th term in
New 'Wizard of Ag' gets musical greeting
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