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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1995
Page
3
The City of Ottawa plans to spend 16,075,000 next year from all revenue sources, up 68,286 from this year, with local property taxes rising about 3.2 percent. The school district budgets show a larger rise to 13,268,132, up 486,925, of which 260,000 funds computers. The piece calls for one page cover sheets detailing total and prop tax increases to aid public understanding.
Guest editorials discuss Sen. Bob Dole’s stance on bypassing traditional media to reach the public. The piece accuses him of influence-peddling, highlighting corporate donations and legislative favors, and argues this erodes public accountability.
Reader thanks the Richmond Free Fair for a three day program of athletics and entertainment including a coed volleyball tournament, a pony pull, and a street dance with three afternoons and three nights of activities and shows.
A reader thanks volunteers for the fair and urges local action to create a recreation center for youth. He recalls Ottawa childhood amusements and questions funding while outlining his four children and a call-in forum at 242-4700 for Monday to Thursday evenings and Saturday noon to early Monday morning.
Penny Marshall won Ted Mack Amateur Hour while Patsy Cline took Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts. New Kids on the Block debuted nationally on Star Search. Subby Kaye won Major Bowes radio contest. Ann Margret appeared on Ted Mack's Amateur Hour. The McGuire Sisters won Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts.
A Newsweek view notes only 11 percent of black households own computers, ranking last among major groups. It argues cyberspace feels like a nerdy white domain, with racist incidents online and a costly, overrated technology craze. It questions whether blacks gain much from early access.
A viewpoint argues that external interference has prolonged the Balkan war and costs lives. It urges Serbia’s self-determination, withdraw of UN and NATO involvement, and aims to end outside support to allow a quicker, humanitarian resolution.
Readers are encouraged to send signed letters with the writer’s address. Unsigned letters will not be published. A telephone number should be enclosed to expedite verification.
Allied forces bomb Hamamatsu on Honshu targeting industrial facilities while leaflets warned six of 11 Japanese cities a day earlier. At Okinawa, kamikaze aircraft damaged a U.S. destroyer and a transport ship amid ongoing operations.
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