Editor picks up two shocking crime fronts for Wright
Franklin County newly elected County Attorney Larry Wright reports startling crimes against juveniles and a pervasive drug problem. He cites extensive child abuse and neglect and drug use reaching middle school ages, prompting expanded interdiction and a full time drug prosecutor funded by confiscated property.
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Ounty
Larry Wright
Wright
Franklin County
CIA
Colombia
Law Enforcement Trust Fund
Jim Hitch
NCAA faces plan for eight team playoff by Nike CAA
Guest opinion rips a proposed eight team playoff idea backed by Nike and CAA. It would require unpaid student athletes to work for free while colleges tap vast marketing profits from a rotating bowl selection scheme. The piece notes the NCAA claims tax status as an educational institution and its resistance to more commercial burdens.
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Nike
Creative Artists Agency
Hollywood
CAA
Kansas City
Ncaa Presidents Commission
Overland Park
No Kidding by Karl A Van Asselt
A DOT source lists 1992 air fare comparisons per person for Southwest TWA American Delta United and USAir with prices ranging from 4.81 to 7.44 dollars and totaling six carriers.
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Karl A. van Asselt
Department of Transportation
Rain Rains Down Ruminations On Floods And Roads
A columnist reflects on heavy rain across the region, contrasting local showers with major floods in Iowa Illinois and Missouri. They recount scenes from Herald photographer Ralph Young near Quincy Illinois and note waterlogged rivers, sandbag defenses, and Detroit style warnings about dry riverbeds. Local woes include river flood risk and safer, lighter complaints about county roads.
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Spain
Kansas
Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Herald
Ralph Young
Ralph
Mississippi River
Quincy
Ill
Mississippi
Phoenix
Valley of the Sun
Ottawa
Atlantis
the Herald
Hitch
Reprisal bombing policy faces moral and strategic critique
The piece argues against Iraqi bombings as reprisal, contending evidence is weak and sanctions plus raids fuel hatred. It calls for tackling terrorism by policing and addressing underlying conflicts, noting civilian suffering and political posturing echo in U.S. policy. It warns continued strikes endanger Americans and fail to deter terrorism.
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Iraq
Clinton
George Bush
Baghdad
FBI
New York
Kuwait
Chi
Lyme disease case study prompts chiropractic care notes
A June 29 1993 Ottawa Herald letter discusses Joel Nordeen treated by physicians for an unknown illness later identified as Lyme disease. From February to June 1993 he took six large antibiotic tablets daily with little blood level reduction, then started a new three month course costing about 1300. Johnnie Brockway describes two daily chiropractic treatments since July 1992, with a dramatic drop in Lyme bacteria after blood tests. The writer endorses chiropractic care as a beneficial adjunct to healing.
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Ottawa Herald
Joel Nordeen
Nordeen
Johnnie Brockway
Fences Trimmed for Trailway Amid Welfare Funding Debate
A reader questions who will tend the fences and clear musk thistles for the proposed trailway while planners debate funding. They argue welfare recipients shouldn’t lose pets and urge hunters to target illegal thistles, citing homeless animals and pride.
Move to meters prompts costs for Ottawa property owners
City manager orders relocation of electric meters for about 125 Ottawa property owners to ease city inspections. Owners to bear moving costs with estimates from 150 to 1000 dollars per meter. City utility chief cites increased time, liability, and access as reasons.
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Ottawa
Jim Bradley
Bradley
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