Editorial: Incentives for Raising the Minimum Wage
The piece argues Congress should debate raising the lowest pay, criticizing the $4.25 hourly minimum since 1991. It supports Clinton's plan to reach $5.15 over two years, notes inflation, and suggests a multi tiered minimum wage for teens, students, and workers, while acknowledging potential discrimination. It concludes that incentives to work are needed to reduce welfare dependence and boost employment.
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NO KIDDING Protein content in six insects
Grasshoppers reach up to 60 percent protein termites up to 45 percent butterflies up to 38 percent bees up to 25 percent beetles up to 30 percent ants up to 25 percent Source World Features Syndicate SITTING IN JUDGMENT Jury deliberation lengths by offense: homicide five hours thirty minutes rape three hours forty minutes burglary two hours nineteen minutes narcotics two hours twelve minutes theft one hour forty minutes Source It's About Time Michael and Robert Shook Plume 1992
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World Features Syndicate
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Robert Shook
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Herald editors defend balanced coverage amid school board race
In a spirited letter, readers demand fair treatment of both sides in the bond issue debate. They defend Sam Sheldon and argue for broad representation of arguments while criticizing proposed site plans and eminent domain ideas as overreach.
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A Community Forum on Local Dancing and Buildings
Residents discuss a liquor free dance floor in Ottawa and patrols for DUI spikes, while debating library consolidation, building use, and tax priorities. The column cites concerns about policing, library space, renovations, and public budgets with a call in line for the quarterly forum.
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Ottawa University Library
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Embalming gloves and a wrong turn to the ER tale
A lifelong nonhospital patient recounts waking with a fall and a nurse’s IV in a Kansas hallway. He is told dehydration and irregular heart signals may indicate a heart attack, leading to transfer to Overland Park Regional for closer monitoring.
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Franklin County
Overland Park Regional Medical Center
Ottawa Middle School Bond Debate Highlights Renovation Over New
Sam Sheldon argues for renovating the Ottawa Middle School to preserve architectural value and downtown continuity. He notes a nearly four million dollar edge for new construction but stresses intangible cultural and economic costs of demolition. Voters are urged to weigh historical impact before the bond vote.
Fifty Years Ago Too February 6 1945 Allied Advances
American troops capture Gallicano in Italy in a rapid assault to bolster the Allied hold in the Serchio Valley. On the Western Front Allied forces press from Alsace north toward the German frontier. Soviet and German troops clash badly in Poznan Poland and Budapest Hungary.
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