Ottawa Officer Lights Kansas Special Olympics Flame
Ron Puterbaugh of the Department of Public Safety carried Ottawa on his shoulders to light the Kansas Special Olympics Flame at Cessna Stadium in Wichita. He earned the honor by becoming the state’s top fund raiser, collecting 3500 dollars in donations through community efforts.
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Surgeon General Koop Urges Nationwide War on Drunk Driving
Dr. C Everett Koop, nearing the end of his Bush administration tenure, called for a national campaign against drunk driving. He urged restricting alcohol advertising and sponsorships, limiting celebrity endorsements, and higher taxes, plus lowering the legal blood alcohol limit from 0.10 to 0.08 and aiming for 0.04 by 2000. He cited 24,000 alcohol-related deaths last year and urged action on all fronts. Anheuser-Busch criticized advertising as not driving beer consumption, noting brewer spending on sponsorships and ads ran into millions.
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C. Everett Koop
Koop
Anheuser-Busch
Kansas as a living metaphor of land and spirit
A reflective piece extols Kansas as a vast metaphor for weather, plains, community, and endurance. It frames the state through storms, sun, open skies, and social life from farmers to neighbors, arguing Kansas embodies paradoxes and a hard, open ethic.
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Middle of
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unsigned letters not allowed in print urged readers
The notice states letters must be signed and include the writer's address and a telephone number for verification. Unsigned submissions will not be published, and readers are urged to comply with these requirements.
Intrepid scribe heads east on uncharted vacation
The writer details a chaotic start to June plans amid weddings and a book sale, deciding to skip fixed itineraries for a spontaneous eastward road trip. He contemplates Emmaus Pennsylvania and Maine dialects, hinting at a whimsical quest to find the Wizard, hoping he is real.
Wright subject to fall like Nixon in 1974
The piece draws parallels between Jim Wright and Richard Nixon amid Wrights forced resignation as House Speaker. It notes unprecedented departures, media frenzy, and charges of rule-breaking. It argues Foley would bring strong leadership, while Senator Mitchell and Rep Gray rise, shaping Democratic gains and Gingrich’s backlash.
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Thomas Foley
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George Mitchell
Maine
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Democratic Party
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William Gray
Pennsylvania
Newt Gingrich
Blican
Claude Pepper
Reagan
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Dannemeyer amendment on school prayer passes House
Rep William Dannemeyer urged to bar funds for any program under the Vocational Education Act in states denying voluntary prayer in public schools. The amendment, argued amid broader debate on church‑state issues, passed 269 to 125 but faces conference scrutiny and may die in the vocational bill process.
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Engel
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Brace
John Randolph
Roanoke
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates For 1989
Ottawa Herald published daily except Sunday and holidays lists subscription costs effective April 1 1989 for Ottawa and surrounding area by carrier by motor route and by mail in Franklin County adjacent counties and all other areas with monthly quarterly and yearly options then current staff and offices provided.
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