Small steps toward Earth Week conservation urge action
Editorial urges attention to environment as Earth Week begins and highlights local recycling efforts. Franklin County groups and institutions including Best Western Motel Park Place Apartments Ottawa University and churches adopt recycling and reusable items. The Earthteam and local organizations promote a speakers bureau a library of resources and a diaper service alternative to disposables. The piece notes momentum and the power of small actions to create lasting change.
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Franklin County
Rc&d Earthteam
Best Western Motel
Park Place
Ottawa University
Country Kitchen
Faith Lutheran Church
First United Methodist Church
Ottawa Library
Ottawa Sanitation
Sunflower Seed Shop
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Nightcrawlers Camping Club
Thee Earthteam
Jim Hitch
Flag burning and constitutional battles loom in May court case
A guest editorial argues flag burning politics dominate the campaign scene. It notes Democrats in Congress passed a ban, Bush let it become law, and the Supreme Court will hear arguments May 14 with a ruling by July anticipated.
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Herald
Congress
Bush
Supreme Court
Garden City Telegram
Hubble telescope boost hailed. local engineer recalls role
NASA praised the Hubble Space Telescope's observing power while a former Ottawa High graduate, Martin D. Garrett, who led Eagle-Picher's electronics group on the project, reflects on his early career. Garrett, now with Lowrance Electronics in Tulsa, helped design battery and charging electronics for the telescope and monitors battery charging from solar panels. NASA expected a launch retry in a week or two, with the telescope offering a glimpse to the edge of the observable universe and insights into galaxy birth and quasars.
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NASA
Ottawa
Pittsburg State University
Garrett
Eagie-Picher
Eagle-Picher
Votech
Rex Builer
Ottawa High
King Radio
Cape Canaveral
Edwin P. Hubble
Leaders urge restraint as May summit eyes Gorbachev
The piece argues for nonviolence amid U S Soviet thaw, warning Bush not to pressure Lithuania with force. It questions military accuracy claims and criticizes secret intelligence spending while urging higher voices to stop killings.
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Gorbachev
Bush
Lithuania
Panama
Defense
Richard Cheney
Cheney
U.S
Russia
Washington
CLA
County warnings on Alco building rent plan in Ottawa
John W. Hook questions county commission decisions to rent and renovate the Alco building for 7000 plus square feet, disputing cost estimates from 160000 to 500000, and argues for smaller space and cheaper options. He offers his own property for sale or rent and urges voters to scrutinize spending and downtown parking impact.
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Alco
Ottawa Herald
N. Main
LeRoy Wasmund
County Commission
John W. Hook
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