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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1997
Page
2
A Kansas budget piece notes 62 cents of every federal dollar in the state goes to entitlements totaling 7.3 billion last year, with 12.3 billion overall. It warns cuts would hit Social Security Medicare and jobs, urging shared sacrifice to blunt impact.
Readers are invited to submit hand signed letters with the author address and telephone number. Send to Reader Forum The Ottawa Herald 1045 Cedar Ottawa Kansas 66067. Long letters may be edited for space.
Donald Kaul argues the Masters embodies golf’s exclusivity and racism centered on Augusta National. He notes Tiger Woods, the biracial star, could defy a long history of segregation by winning, marking a symbolic break on the sport’s 50th anniversary of Robinson’s major league debut.
In National Library Week, readers praise Ottawa Library offerings and staff. Marian Alderman and Harma McKenzie recount benefits from Brown Bag Lunch, TALK series, and outreach for homebound residents, plus a love of genres from biographies to mystery and historical novels.
Reader comments at a Topeka House Environmental Committee hearing on March 18 1997 oppose employing prisoners on the Prairie Spirit Rail Trail this summer citing safety and moral concerns. The letter imagines derisive scenarios and urges caution about inmates near the public.
Kathleen Parker argues premarital counseling may help reduce divorce rates but warns government mandates raise constitutional issues. She endorses school-based marriage education over mandatory counseling, suggesting courses on family life, finances, and parenting to prepare youths for lasting relationships.
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