Ottawa U looks to lease old Carnegie Library for campus use
Ottawa University and Itawa University seek space on the second floor of the vacant Carnegie Library at Fifth and Main, potentially four to five years. City planners weigh public use versus private tenants while arts council and tourism bureau may cover upkeep, urging serious decision on the landmark’s future.
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Ottawa University
Itawa University
Fifth and Main
Carnegie Library
Franklin Savings
First and
Hickory
Hal Germer
University
Ottawa Community Arts Council
Franklin County Convention and Tourism Bureau
Convention and Tourism Bureau
Reader Forum letters requested at The Ottawa Herald
Readers may submit opinions to the Reader Forum at The Ottawa Herald address in Ottawa Kansas. Hand signed letters with author address and telephone number are required and long letters may be edited for space.
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Ottawa, Herald
S. Cedar
Ottawa
Dole Gingrich loan fuels cynicism and political critique
Don Kaul questions a $300,000 personal loan from Bob Dole to Newt Gingrich as a symbol of perceived self interest in a system favoring the top. He argues it reflects a corporate style government and rising inequality, urging readers to beware politicians claiming altruism.
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Newt Ginderich
Dole
Bob Dole
Mr. Dole
Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
Marianne
Newt
Webster Hubbell
Clinton
Corporation
Tem
Don Kaul
The
Des Moines Register
Public justice must be open to all Kansans
Editorial argues prosecutors hide crime details via grand jury secrecy, urging open trials. It defends public reporting of cases like the Solomon murders, contending transparency protects justice and keeps government answerable to the people. George B. Pyle.
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Kansas
Alert Journal
Dickinson
Kansas Attorney General
Solomon
Kansans
Foundation of America
George B. Pyle
Salina
Individual humanity over group politics and fear
A narrator recalls a Black ex-con who asked for food, was openly insulted, and left on the highway. The piece condemns abstract group thinking, urges seeing people as individuals, warns that centralized power and victimhood politics foster divisions, and calls for limited government and personal responsibility.
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CIA
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Abbis House
Morius
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