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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1990
Page
3
Editorial notes the non binding vote produced a landslide margin with 59.67 percent in favor of dividing the Ottawa Department of Public Safety into separate police and fire departments. The piece urges the city commission to plan the transition transparently and promptly, acknowledging staffing and management challenges ahead.
The piece criticizes Dan Finney a Democratic governor candidate and her death penalty proposal. It argues she would let voters decide capital punishment with Legislature setting qualifying crimes and Senate reviewing cases, infringing judicial independence. The column mocks the plan as harebrained and contrasts it with other campaign ideas.
A reader frets over May weather, noting 8.23 inches of rain and only 55 percent sunshine. Using 26 536 minutes of possible May daylight, they estimate 17.7 hours lost, about a day, and wonder how many minutes of sun were recorded by a sunshine recorder.
A veteran recounts freshmen hazing from high school to college and a Navy Academy incident where a female cadet was handcuffed to a urinal. The piece condemns senior cruelty and calls for accountability, including resignation of offending officers.
A Washington observer argues U S farm policy shows entrenched socialism through price controls subsidies and spending. It cites sugar corn soybean subsidies and wool mohair programs with GAO findings on noncommercial payees and ongoing efforts to cut subsidies blocked in Congress.
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