Editorial on seat belt laws and restraint policy
The piece argues that while increased seat belt use has reduced fatalities, further tightening via single offense citations is unnecessary. It urges avoiding intrusive policing, noting police shortages and only citing belt violations alongside other offenses. It cites 1998 Kansas injuries and argues common sense and education suffice.
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Kansas
Bill Graves
Graves
Ottawa readers debate justice and highway choices in Franklin County
Letters to the Ottawa Herald discuss a domestic violence case where a woman was ridiculed by a lawyer and the jury acquitted the batterer. The exchange then shifts to highway 59 proposals, with residents urging commissioners to delay decisions, seek full maintenance cost data, and oppose costly freeway options that burden local taxpayers. Public officials are praised for seeking information and fiscal restraint.
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Blake Spurney
Ottawa Herald
Franklin County
Diana Waters
Forrest Lowry
Diana
Battered Women
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Margaret Ottaway
Ottawa
KDOT
Franklin
Douglas
Lawrence
Posal
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Reader Forum submissions sought by Ottawa Herald
Readers are invited to send hand-signed letters with full address and phone number. Submissions must be no longer than 500 words and may be emailed to letters ottawa herald com or mailed to Reader Forum The Ottawa Herald 104 Cedar Ottawa Kansas 66067.
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Ottawaherald
Simpler times or wiser days in public schooling
A reflective narrator contrasts childhood schools with today, recalling no PE, ample recess, fights as normal, easy access to firearms, and paddling instead of therapy. He recalls parental roles, lack of social promotion, no testing or federal interference, and belief that education mattered more than rankings.
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Gore and Bradley clash over health care and leadership
AP report from Durham New Hampshire outlines a campaign duel between Al Gore and Bill Bradley, two centrists with overlapping aims on universal health care. They spar over strategy and credibility while debating gun control taxes and how to fund federal programs with Bradley pushing penalties on corporate loopholes and higher energy fees.
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White House
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New Hampshire
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