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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1995
Page
3
The piece argues World War II began earlier than Pearl Harbor with five years of U.S. industrial mobilization. It highlights factories repurposed for war production, aircraft and tank conversions, and the national shift to a wartime footing, reflecting on lessons from World War I and current preparedness.
A reader argues for a legal age of 13 for children to stay home alone and babysit. The letter discusses state law on bids for county contracts, noting professional services allow exceptions to a $10,000 bidding rule, and invites community input for the forum with contact hours and a phone number.
A 1937 Harper's excerpt by Abraham Epstein warned that linking old age security to political aims could erode gains for the dependent elderly. The author notes pre existing state pensions, the gradual federal role, and early inequities, while residents urge better care from Social Security today.
The piece argues that casualty insurance is becoming financially unfeasible due to population growth concentration in urban areas. It cites Florida and California as risk centers, notes massive potential losses from hurricanes and earthquakes, and urges more dispersed coverage to prevent single-catastrophe bankruptcies while warning that higher populations will drive major life changes.
A list provides mailing addresses phone numbers and emails for federal and state officials in Kansas. Names include President Bill Clinton senators Bob Dole and Nancy Kassebaum representative Sam Brownback governor Bill Graves attorney general Carla Stovall and others with office locations in Topeka and Washington.
Ottawa unveils a $26 000 a year tourism and convention head to spearhead events from Ohio City and oversee plans including a Nassau hurricane study trip, a Mabee Center lecture series, a Wal-Mart site ribbon cutting, and a debut of the WALLYWORLD theme park with ten year tax abatement. The inaugural activity is a paid day off for the new director.
Parents and volunteers helped run three Ottawa Middle School swimming parties drawing about 300 students per evening. The texts thank Pizza Hut Pizza Time and Little Caesar's for pizza, Country Mart for pop, Town & Country for a cold-pizza tank, ORC for pool use, lifeguards, and the teachers and parents who supported the events.
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