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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1995
Page
2
Jim Hitch notes Bob Dole floated a single term bid to avoid being seen as too old at 73. The piece argues a strong running mate could reassure voters and that vice presidents are one event away from presidency, a point often overlooked.
A century ago on February 7 the Ottawa Herald noted a snowed in train between Ottawa and Burlington with only the caboose escape via the top and a dry weather tone. A storm item described water damage from a frozen faucet leak at Davis & Gilley’s office, and Rock Creek School reported January 1895 enrollment 22 with strong attendance and several students scoring high.
Readers debate school bonds, safe streets, and education in the nineties. Letters urge preserving historic sites, critique officiating, and question city policies on nuisance checks and library moves. Callamities aside, residents urge practical fixes and civic engagement in Ottawa community forum.
A compilation of famous individuals who declined honors and titles. Lawrence of Arabia refused knighthood, Thoreau declined Harvard degree, Conrad Aiken rejected Harvard Class Pact award, Robert E. Lee declined Union field command, and George Bernard Shaw refused England's Order of Merit.
A columnist compares the school board bond plan costing 9.83 million to an alternate proposal at 3.10 million. The board would replace Hawthorne and Eugene Field with a new school and add upgrades, while the alternative renovates both sites and keeps three other elementaries, dropping multi purpose rooms.
Mexican lawmakers file a formal criminal complaint against outgoing President Salinas for fraud and malfeasance with Greenspan named in the indictment for alleged conspiratorial ties. The article links a $10 billion Fed bailout pool and $28 to $48 billion in aid to Salinas' economic strategy, amid claims of leaks to Wall Street and vast personal gains for associates.
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