Matthews Faces Tyson In Key Kansas Senate Primary
The Republican primary for the 12th District State Senate pits Matt Matthews Ottawa city commissioner against Robert Tyson Parker rancher and ex airline pilot. Matthews runs on fiscal conservatism and pro growth aims, while Tyson pledges to Kansas platform positions and abortion limits, with both sharing tax cuts and tougher crime policy. Matthews’ record as a city official includes fiscal restraint and local development projects.
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Doug Walker
Osawatomie
Robert Tyson
Parker
Matt Matthews
Ottawa
Matthews
Fort Leavenworth
Tyson
Right To Life of Kansas Pac
Kansas
Kansas House
Topeka
County Commission
Larry Skeet
Skeet
Pam Weigsind
Franklin County
Mili Levy
Kansas cuts sub-area offices hit rural towns hard
The Kansas Department of Transportation plans to close sub-area offices by January 1 1998, moving services to larger hubs and eliminating seven jobs in St John. The move, part of a downsizing trend, faces criticism for shrinking rural access as government runs more like a business and Wal-Marting Kansas widens gaps between towns.
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Kansas Department of Transportation
State Bureau
America
St. John
Great Bend
Wal-Marting
Kansas
Lyons Daily News
Lawmaker’s Libya Iran bill criticized as overreach and flawed
A columnist condemns the Libya Iran sanctions bill as badly written and intrusive, arguing it meddles in other nations affairs, risks a trade clash with Europe, and sets a dangerous precedent. The piece contrasts it with Helms Burton and warns of hypocritical U S policy toward China and Libya.
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Libya
Tran
United States
Japan
France
Iran
America
Europe
China
Helms-Burton
North American
Cuba
Fidel Castro
U.S
Dole Campaign Critique of West Focus in Seattle
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer shots down Bob Dole's War on the West, calling the theme silly and out of step with a changing Western economy. It notes Clinton has engaged with timber and Endangered Species Act debates and carried Montana, Colorado, Nevada, and California in 1992.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Bob Dole
Clinton
Dole
Redding
Calif
Montana
Colorado
Nevada
California
West
Reader Forum Sponsors Help Ottawa Youth Golf Tourney
The Ottawa Youth Project thanks sponsors County Mart Wal-Mart Litwin's Intrust Bank Ottawa Real Estate Lamont Hills Resort Matney and Hiatt Chiropractic Osage City Country Club Town and County Supply Pizza Hut Brown Shoe Store Kansas State Bank Screen'drid Holler Green Acres Pizza Shack and Hiatt Painting and Papering for making the tournament a huge success.
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Ottawa Youth Project
County Mart
Wal-Mart
Litwin’s
Intrust Bank
Ottawa Real Estate
Lamont Hills Resort
Matney and Hiatt Chiropractic
Osage City Country Club
Pizza Hut
Brown Shoe Store
Kansas State’ Bank
Screen'drid Holler
Green Acres
Pizza Shack
Hiatt
Readers welcome submissions to Ottawa Herald forum
Readers may send hand signed letters to The Ottawa Herald at 104 Cedar Ottawa Kansas 66067 with address and phone number. Long letters may be edited for space by editors.
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Ottawa Herald
Ottawa
Media Bias Debate Colors 1996 Campaign Coverage
Pundits debate liberal bias in U S media as Clinton and Dole face critical coverage. Lichter notes both parties claim unfairness while Washington Post ombudsperson Overholser cites reader calls. Critics like Baker push bias claims, while journalists argue story thrill drives reporting.
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Lichter
Newt Gingrich
Bill
Hillary Clinton
Brent Baker
Conservative Media Research Center
Virginia
Baker
Dole
NAACP
NBC ‘Nightly News
Bill Clinton
Christian Coalition
Freedom Forum
Washington
Clinton
The
New York City
Elaine &. Povich
Congressional
Chicago Tribune
Newsday
Povich
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Reed
EW York
Whitewater
Rush Limbaugh
Robert Lichter
Center For Media and Public Affairs
Washington Today
Post
Overholser
Illinois
Paul Simon
Helen O'Neill
Associated Press
White House
Pennsylvania Ave
D.C
Sheila Frahm
Hart
Senate Ofice
Washington, D.C
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