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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1996
Page
2
Regional columnist Vickie Hull recalls a marriage improvement seminar with 75 questions and self tests. The presenter claims ENFJ and ESTJ pairings balance strengths, likening the narrator to Adolf Hitler and her husband to Mary Poppins in a tongue in cheek result.
The Winfield Daily Courier cautions Kansas voters not to eliminate elections for the 10-member State Board of Education. It urges citizen engagement in selecting board members and argues education policy belongs in gubernatorial debates, not in stripping voters of their governance role. It asserts the people pay for public education and critiques legislature overconfidence in policy making.
The Charleston Gazette guest editorial argues for legal marijuana for medical use in California and Arizona and advocates broader legalization, calling for federal restraint on drug enforcement. It condemns resistance by conservative leaders and predicts potential economic and social benefits from decriminalization.
A push for 1997 campaign finance reform aims to curb spending after a 1996 total exceeding 1.6 billion for presidential and congressional races. McCain Feingold would curb congressional spending and ban unlimited party funds, while incentives would replace hard legal caps. Clinton backs limiting noncitizen contributions and reforming donor access to parties.
Mike Royko reprints a famed 1967 holiday column about Mary and Joe stranded in Chicago. They arrive broke with a baby on the way, face welfare limits, hospital chaos, and a custody fight ending with rehabilitation, relocation, and a hopeful escape by bus to anywhere.
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