Ottawa High after-prom seeks donations for prizes
Editors call for help as Ottawa High students anticipate 250 to 300 attendees at the April 30 after-prom. Donations of cash and door prizes like TVs and CD players are requested to fund a safe, alcohol and drug free night featuring lip synch, karaoke, and a DJ. Contact Kathy Jordan at 314 S Elm Ottawa 66067 or call 242-4982 or 242-1426.
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Kathy Jordan
Ottawa High
S. Elm
Ottawa
Anting
No Kidding by Karl A Van Asselt features presidents
A column by Karl A Van Asselt lists six humorous prompts about presidents. It cites Andrew Jackson debt free, Abraham Lincoln patent, Jimmy Carter Coke can, Andrew Johnson make clothes, Herbert Hoover donate salary, James Buchanan never marry with a note about his fiance's suicide.
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Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
Jimmy Carter
Andrew Johnson
Herbert Hoover
James Buchanan
World Features Syndicate
Correction in Faray’s Looking Back column
An editor error left a sentence incomplete in Faray's Looking Back 100 years ago section. It should read that Will Curl named his horse Charley Ross according to The Republican.
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Faray
Republican
Will Curl
Charley Ross
Town hall clash signals health plan funding worries
The Saturday notebook notes broad concern over funding Clinton's health care plan as small businesses fear downturns. A Thursday town hall with Godfather's Pizza CEO and a round-table at Topeka Foundry highlight calls for fair funding, proposing taxes on tobacco, liquor, or a national sugar or cholesterol levy to spread costs.
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Bill Clinton
Godfather's Pizza
Topeka
Clinton
Congress
Floggings and extreme punishments spark debate over Fay case
A writer argues for draconian punishments inspired by the Michael Fay saga, proposing bamboo rod flogging for traffic violations and mutilations for littering and drug use. The piece blasts public calls for Fay’s blood while challenging readers to consider their own harsh stances and laws.
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Fay
South Africa’s election won’t fix its deeper crises
The piece argues that apartheid and voting are not the core issues in South Africa, predicting post election turmoil from overpopulation, poverty, illiteracy, and tribal tensions. It warns Americans against naive enthusiasm, noting Mandela’s leadership and ANC ties to the Communist Party, and cites potential economic collapse, dictatorship, and civil conflict after one man one vote.
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South Africa
Martha Washington
George
African National Congress
South African Communist Party
Nelson Mandela
ANC
Mandela
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