What Works: quality services attract industry, not giveaways
John Carlin urges cities to offer good services at fair prices instead of incentives to lure industry. Ottawa’s Main Street remodel and the slow K-68 project illustrate how poor construction management erodes community life. Better oversight by government entities could speed up projects and reduce barriers during work.
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John Carlin
Wichita State University
Kansas Department of Transportation
KDOT
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Weather Cycles and Drought Lessons for Kansas
The piece argues cycles of drought and flood in Kansas over decades, urges focus on soil conservation, and notes long-term water control programs. It urges lawmakers to support shelter belts, terraces, and conservation tillage while questioning fading federal funding and the need for letters to the editor.
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Kansas
Frank Carlson
Congress
Kansas Reservoir
Cancer risk from charcoal grilling and safer cooking tips
A discussion of carcinogenic compounds formed by charcoal grilling explains limited risk with moderation. The American Institute for Cancer Research offers four dietary guidelines and practical steps such as trimming fat, using foil, choosing fish or poultry, and avoiding char while noting uncertainty remains and recommending moderation.
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American Institute For Cancer Research
Tom
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Cancer Research Center
Institute
Road Signs A Lesson In Futility
The author laments poor American road signs and directions while recounting a failed trip from New York to Philadelphia. Signs mislead or withhold crucial turns, leaving travelers frustrated, lost, or arriving late to destinations like the Warwick Hotel.
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America
New York
Philadelphia
Warwick
Phila Center City
the Warwick
Nuclear Kill Update Puts Iowa City in Soviet Strike Zone
Burlington Iowa writer questions FEMA's Nuclear Attack Planning Base 1990 casualty figures amid grim projections. He notes lower first-hour deaths, shifts in target lists, and calls for disarmament while reflecting on Cold War fears and local sensibilities.
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Burlington
Iowa
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Ottawa Herald 1986 subscription rates notice
The Ottawa Herald lists current and post July 1 1986 subscription rates for Ottawa and surrounding area by carrier and by mail. Local monthly rates are four dollars, three months eleven dollars, six months twenty one and a half, one year forty dollars. Franklin and adjacent counties are four seventy five per month, thirteen dollars per quarter, twenty five per half year, forty eight per year. Other areas by mail four seventy five per month, sixteen dollars per quarter, thirty one dollars per half year, forty dollars per year. Out-of-state subscribers face a five and a half percent sales tax.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
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