Editorial urges support for Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
The piece argues the Ottawa Municipal Auditorium relies on a 70 percent funding gap beyond a mill levy and urges residents to sponsor or attend events. It cites current sponsors for 1994 95, notes a $1200 sponsorship shortfall, and calls Ottawans to fill seats to preserve the arts center.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Producers Club
Country Mart
Apple Market
Bill Burks
Cook's Service
Rentmasters
Taylor Brothers Construction
Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home
Killough Construction
Peoples National Bank
Bank MV Ottawa
KOFO
Fogle Quarry
Town & Country Supply
Ottawa Truck Corp
Poncho’s Restaurant
Ottawa University
First National Bank
Neosho County Community College
John Brockway
The
Ottawa Herald
Dick Smith
Jeannie C. Riley
Patsy Cline
Silent Spring echoes in Kansas recycling plea
The editorial notes Rachel Carson’s warnings about pesticide pollution and urges Kansas communities, especially Clay County, to restart serious recycling efforts. It cites runoff from fields, water contamination, and government inaction, calling for public participation to extend landfills and save taxpayers money.
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Krom
Herald
Rachel Carson
Kansas
Ms. Carson
Clay County
Return of Calvin and Hobbes Delights Herald Readers
In The Herald the return of Calvin and Hobbes to comics pages brings reader joy after last winter’s sabbatical. Editor Jim Hitch notes the front page ballyhoo helped, while staffers reflect on past popularities, new features like Weird News Mallard Fillmore and The Amish Cook, and requests for reader feedback on the features lineup.
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Calvin & Hobbes
Herald
Calvin
Bill Watterson
Jim Hitch
Hobbes
Hitch
The
Chuck Shepherd
Back East
Hitch Nor I
Franklin
Peoria
Shepherd’ S
Chuckie
Mallard Fillmore
Duck
Capitol Hill
Armish Cook
Indiana
Mallard
Veterans denounce exhibit plan on Enola Gay and Harwit
A letter argues the National Air and Space Museum should not frame the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as a moral failure. It defends Truman’s decision, condemns museum director Martin Harwit, and warns against turning a WWII victory into a guilt trip for Americans. It calls for preserving the heroes who dropped the bomb.
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National Air and Ni Museum
Washington
Hiroshima
Japan
United States
Martin Harwit
Washington. Post Neat
Nagasaki
Ground Zero
Tokyo
Harry Truman
Truman
Hirosagasaki
Arden
America
U.S
County workers treated poorly and underpaid in letter
A reader questions county pay and fairness after noting the Zoning Emergency Preparedness Director job pays 19200 yearly. The writer recalls his father Pete Nicholson who held three county roles, accumulated 600 hours of earned sick leave, died at 67, and accuses officials of unfair treatment and discriminatory practices regarding compensation and retirement definitions.
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