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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1995
Page
3
Ottawa plans to pave over ten percent of its unpaved streets through a benefit district. Residents on targeted streets pay 12.5 percent with time payments while the city covers 75 percent. Public works invites petitions to spark street improvements and curb the gravel era.
Guest editorials urge using Hutchinson’s vacant salt caverns to house expanding inmate populations. Authors argue it would be cheaper than expanding El Dorado’s facility and would alter prisoner behavior by extreme confinement. They propose moving rapists thieves and murderers underground with periodic surface visits.
A note on replacement comics announces Ruthie from One Big Happy will run in The Herald starting after Christmas, replacing Calvin and Hobbes which ends January first. The piece notes Ruthie’s family dynamics and compares the strip’s tone to The Byatts and Pickles. It mentions reader feedback and syndicate teasers as the lead into the new feature. A reader poem from an anonymous former gang member reflects on youth pressure and seeking guidance amid violence.
Eric Matthys of St Charles Illinois values a Wal Mart Sam's Club tire service that left his pickup stolen by an employee. The case, involving insurance, self insurance by Wal Mart and a disputed liability, highlights customer losses including a missing truck and gear.
Letters from four county farmers challenge Senator Walker on land rights and government intrusion as they oppose the Prairie Spirit Trail project. They credit themselves with honesty and hard work while urging voters to judge his four year record before re election.
A note wishing Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all good friends, sent as a warm seasonal greeting.
Readers are urged to submit signed letters with the writer’s address and a telephone number for verification. unsigned letters will not be published. Writers should include contact details to speed confirmation.
A list of contact addresses and phone numbers for President Bill Clinton, U.S. Senators Bob Dole and Nancy Kassebaum, U.S. Representative Sam Brownback, and Kansas officials including Gov. Bill Graves, Attorney General Carla Stovall, Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius, state representatives Bill Feuerbom and Ralph Tanner, and State Senator Doug Walker.
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