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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1994
Page
3
An editorial weighs why people persist in rebuilding homes in earthquake prone Southern California and other risky regions. It argues homes can be made to withstand quakes, but code updates lag behind event pace, raising questions about taxpayer and insurer support for high risk living.
The Emporia Gazette argues Governor Joan Finney advocates I R plan to let Kansas residents petition for votes on issues bypassing the Legislature. Critics say voters may be uninformed, but supporters insist the democratic system relies on the people's wisdom and can correct mistakes.
A Kansas Senate maneuver to delay property tax relief for fraternal organizations failed as Democrats opposed a House modified bill cutting the assessment rate from 30 percent to 12 percent. The impassioned note accuses Republicans of appeasing special interests, notably golf courses, over tax relief. It urges constituents to question their local Republican senators.
A century of local pasts from Ottawa area notes recalling a unsigned 1894 poem about winter's end, Richmond’s early shops and needs, a 1944 school quarantine during scarlet fever, onion shortages in wartime Ottawa, a 1969 Central Heights gym opening, a Holstein named Pet aboard a trailer, and Harold DeTar’s 1969 semi retirement at Wellsville Bank.
A rant arguing the American Revolution rested on distrust of power and equal rights, warning that modern Americans surrender liberty for comfort. It warns government expands power, warns against conformity, urges steadfast defense of the Bill of Rights to protect unpopular speech and individual liberty.
A reader urges Ottawa city commissioners to open meetings with prayer and seek God to restore prosperity. The message cites Chronicles 7 14 and urges prayer, moral renewal, and the return of “America the beautiful” to schools, inviting comments via a community forum with the provided phone hours.
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