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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1990
Page
5
The Tobacco Institute backs a campaign to raise the national legal smoking age to 18 and restrict access to cigarette vending machines. The piece contrasts cigarette laws with alcohol controls and notes uneven enforcement and a near-miss in Congress on tighter ad controls. It questions how restrictions on vending could be implemented.
In Manhattan the army town faces renters called to Saudia Arabia while landlords resist vacancy by citing lease terms. Many tenants fear deployment could conflict with lease expiry as mortgage pressures press landlords to keep units occupied.
Guest opinion argues Albany budget crisis may push Gov. Cuomo and lawmakers to relax state mandates on local governments. Officials cheer potential restructuring, but skeptics warn real action may be smoke and mirrors as taxpayers face steep property tax hikes, with Montgomery and Ulster counties showing 38 and 82 percent increases respectively. The piece contends true reform remains to be seen.
In Franklin County Elm Grove School District 84 near Ottawa closed in 1958 after standing since before 1878. Former pupil Robert Dunn recalls ice skating on nearby creek and winter games, with the Lowrance family living in the schoolhouse after a 1957 tornado. Building and contents were auctioned December 29, 1959.
A reader weighs hope for no war in the Middle East against risks of religious conflict and U S intervention. They argue Congress, timing, and nonaggressive tactics matter, and warn against unilateral action without a formal declaration of war. Ottawa RFD 2 author JOSEFIL C UNDERWOOD.
Dixie Gillum writes to Chanute Tribune about the Neosho County Community College Board of Trustees meeting on December 4. She laments the lack of public forum, unclear proceedings, and notes the $110,000 per year Ottawa building lease. She requests public notes to track tax spending and vows to attend next month.
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