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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1994
Page
3
A Kansas City man shot a bystander to death on a dare and was found guilty of second degree murder rather than first. The judge cited Missouri law requiring cool reflection for first degree murder, noting the defendant’s intoxication. The victim died as the killer faces parole eligibility in 15 years.
Guest editorials in The Herald raise questions about government surveillance using a clipper chip. Civil libertarians oppose automatic government access to private electronic communications. In Clay County, a proposed sales tax for landfill upgrades is rejected 1,575 to 726, with commissioners urged to seek funding by other means and resist regional landfill pressure from state regulators.
As the 1993 health reform debate stalls, Congress faces limited time with an Oct. 7 session end and re election pressures. Senate and House factions push competing plans while voters show reluctance. Critics urge action or risk a long delay until next year. President Clinton says more homework is needed before a decisive vote.
Shawnee County Commission pushes a 50 cent cut in the local property tax levy as a backdrop to a broader baseball strike dispute over owners' salary limits. The piece notes taxpayers fund subsidies, abatements, and bonds for baseball, urges focus on public spending limits, and imagines taxpayers walking out alongside players.
A defiant letter from a state hospital patient alleges corruption at Franklin County Mental Health Clinic and Osawatomie State Hospital. The writer claims a social worker signed away his choices, denouncing the county system as ignorant and abusive while promising to reveal more upon meeting again.
Roberta Poss urges Kansas lawmakers amid Totton case coverage arguing life begins at conception and urging change. She supports Ms Woodruff and asks readers to consider unborn life as crimeproof from abortion debates.
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