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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1995
Page
3
Editorial notes Kansas lawmakers seek to ease car taxes by one third to one half but warn of hidden costs. Proposals include freezing state spending, replacing lost auto revenue via expected revenue gains, or shifting county mill levies. Cautions to avoid creating new burdens.
A columnist reframes Newt Gingrich as Brer Rabbit amid political hunt by liberals and media. The piece compares Gingrich’s tactics to classic Brer Rabbit tricks, notes his outmaneuvering of rivals, and predicts continued advantage while Clinton stays in the shadows.
A summary of past Ottawa Herald items notes 1895 schoolhouse oyster supper thefts of buggy whips and robes, early Kansas legislative proposals on road duties teaching exams and dairy standards, plus monuments for Chickamauga soldiers and direct US Senate elections. It also recalls 1945 wartime wool scarcity and a wool rug repair meeting, Art Wilson’s revival remarks, and 1970 Ottawa petitions for city manager government.
A veteran journalist describes reporters outside a courthouse and a courtroom still open to the public. He ridicules a TV crew for focusing on looks over substance, notes lazy coverage, and summarizes that the case was continued for months.
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