Grand Forks Herald Wins Pulitzer for Public Service
The Grand Forks Herald earned a Pulitzer for public service for its flood coverage and survival during Red River floods. Despite losing its building to fire, presses ran from a school and print sites, distributing free editions with aid details. Editor John D. Montgomery lauds the paper’s unwavering public service.
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Grand Forks
North Dakota
Herald
Public Service
Red River
Grand Forks Herald
Ottawa
John D. Montgomery
Government contact details for state officials in Topeka
A listing of official contacts includes Governor Bill Graves at the State Capitol Second Floor Topeka 66612 with telephone 785 296 3232. Attorney General Carla Stovall located at the Judicial Center Topeka 66612 phone 785 296 2215. Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius at 420 Southwest 9th Topeka 66612 with toll free 1 800 432 2484 or local 785 296 3071.
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Bill Graves
State Capitol
Topeka
Carla Stovall
Judicial Center
Kathleen Sebelius
Southwest 9Th
Embargo against Iraq deemed mass murder by critic
Charley Reese condemns seven-year Iraqi embargo as a policy that kills civilians including 575,000 children. He argues the U S and Britain bear responsibility, calls for street protests, and labels the embargo moral, legal, and strategic ruin to America. Reese cites casualties from United Nations and humanitarian groups and urges action to lift sanctions.
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U.S
Iraq
United States
Great Britain
Saddam Hussein
Cuba
Castro
United Nations
America
Charley Reese
Oscreese
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Lani Guinier paves new path with cumulative voting
The piece recalls Lani Guinier's clash with Clinton's Civil Rights Division, then outlines her advocacy for cumulative voting as a means to broaden minority influence and boost voter participation. It notes her Harvard tenure and cautions on Washington's gatekeeping while urging open dialogue.
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Clinton
Justice Department
Supreme Court
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Reagan
Bush
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Thomas
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Lawrence Tribe
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North Carolina
Christian Coalition
Bob Dole
Cincinnati
New York
Harvard
Reader Forum questions linger after Oklahoma City bombing trial
A column lists unresolved questions about the McVeigh case. It challenges judges actions on exculpatory evidence and conspiracy claims, probes why two unexploded bombs weren’t testimony, questions the blast debris patterns, the lone plywood residue, and the fate of Ryder truck parts. It also asks why witnesses and investigators were not called and why certain fingerprints appeared on fertilizer receipts.
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Richard Matsch
Matsch
Oklahoma City
Murrah Building
John F. Kennedy
Feds
Roger Moore
Rod” Anderson
Arkansas
Moore
McVeigh
Nichols
John Doe
Reader Forum guidelines for letters to Ottawa Herald
Readers are invited to submit opinions to the Reader Forum. Submissions must be hand signed with the author's address and telephone number. Send letters to Reader Forum The Ottawa Herald 104 S. Cedar Ottawa KS 66067 or by email to letters ottawaherald com. Submissions should not exceed 500 words.
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S. Cedar
Ottawa
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