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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1995
Page
3
Editorial notes three northeast Kansas tribes may win approval this week as a special committee considers Indian gaming compacts with the Sac and Fox Iowa and Prairie Band Potawatomi. Lawmakers weigh reservations versus city locations amid past rejections and the Federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
CARTOON OR QUIZ GAME STYLE ITEM SUGGESTS RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CELEBRITIES INCLUDING JERRY LEE LEWIS AND JIMMY SWAGGART SISSY SPACEK AND RIP TOM ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND PAUL REVERE DOLLY PATT YSON BUCK OWENS AND RICHARD BOONE SPAL BOONE AND RICHARD BOONE SOURCE WORLD FEATURES SYNDICATE
A list provides telephone numbers and addresses for national and state officials including President Bill Clinton, U S Senators Bob Dole and Nancy Kassebaum, U S Representative Sam Brownback, Governor Bill Graves, Attorney General Carla Stovall, Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius, and state legislators Ralph Tanner and Doug Walker, with their Topeka offices and contact lines.
A Kansas reflection contrasts stubborn winter with a budding spring while noting political shifts. The piece ponders late season cold, expected sun, and the cicada horizon, then shifts to Kansas politics, praising Sam Brownback’s cautious stance on tax reform and criticizing term limits, Dole’s Meet The Press tie to Archer Daniels Midland, and ADM’s influence on the campaign narrative.
A columnist mocks liberal welfare liberalism and deadbeat rhetoric, endorsing a strict, noncash welfare approach. He condemns taxpayer-funded meals, praises a firm-hand policy, and predicts liberals will rage as their political power declines. He argues work should replace handouts and stresses virtue over sympathy.
After days of savage fighting American soldiers drive Japanese troops from the front edge of the Shuri Line in southern Okinawa. In Burma Japanese retreat toward Moulmein and Toungoo as Soviet troops battle into Berlin’s southern suburbs and the Red Army nearly encircles the capital. Allied forces advance on a broad front in western Germany and northern Italy.
The Topeka Capital-Journal critiques a new $2 charge for inmate health clinic visits and $3 suit filing proposed by lawmakers. Since Jan 15, inmate visits fell drastically, prompting questions about cost recovery and accountability. The Manhattan Mercury supports reorganizing the Board of Agriculture to broaden representation and designate a governor appointed advisory panel guiding secretary selection.
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