Nuisance on Ottawa streets prompts reader note
A reader requests city action on weeds in the ditch behind the middle blocks 500 and 600 and safety concerns on East Fifth Street where children play. The letter urges signed replies with phone verification and asks why speeds threaten pedestrians. Call 242-4700 to share thoughts for "It's Your Quarter."
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the Herald
Ottawa
East Fifth Street
Fifth Street
Quiey
Fae Salosati
Adda Blu
NO KIDDING PETTING ZOO TALES OF FAMOUS PETS
World Features Syndicate lists famous figures with quirky pets from Mozart grasshopper to Virgil housefly. It also reveals the real names of six dancers, including Bill Robinson and Margot Fonteyn, noting stage names and birth names.
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Mozart
Alexander Dumas
Henrik Ibsen
Beatrix Potter
Virgil
World Features Syndicate
Bill Bojangles" Robinson
Luther Robinson
Balanchine
Gregory Melitonovich
Balanchivadze
Margot Fonteyn
Margaret Hookham
Robert Joffrey
Abdulla Jaffa Anver Bey Kahn
Buddy Ebsen
Christian Rudolph Ebsen
Mitzi Gaynor
Francesca Mitzi von Gerber
Normandy D-Day remembered as turning point in war
A reflective piece ties D-Day to broader wartime turning points. It notes the Allied invasion on June 6, 1944, alongside Soviet counteroffensives and Britain’s Battle of Britain, while contrasting German and American wartime conduct and high human costs. It also recalls atrocities in Crete where a boat carrying hostages and Jews was sunk.
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France
Agincourt
Normandy
U.S
Rome
Russia
Hitler
Paris
Rommel
Germany
Britain
Royal Air Force
Atlantic Wall
Dieppe
England
Wehrmacht
Pearl Harbor
Churchill
Moscow
Romania
America
Stephen Ambrose
Eisenhower
New Orleans
Tocqueville
Sarajevo
Berlin
Saratoga
Gettysburg
United States
Crete
Public officials and politicians as public service critique
A skeptical view of professional politicians argues many are driven by self interest and public manipulation. It cites Clinton and Franklin, notes pay drives corruption, and urges citizens to hold officials accountable while seeing them as temporary employees rather than saviors or villains.
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Bill Clinton
Clinton
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Laximous
Clean up polluted Kansas rivers urged amid hearings
The EPA criticizes Kansas river pollution as too many studies exist and demands action. Amid talks on river standards, Wolf Creek nuclear plant costs rise to 369 million for 2024 and potential disposal of radioactive waste looms as legal battles and compact disputes unfold across Kansas Nebraska and neighboring states.
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OPERA
Kansas
United States
EPA
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Kansas Corporation Commission
Wolf Creek
Burlington
ECC
Manhattan
Hays
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Arkansas
Boyd
Edgy
Sim
Carter
Central States Compact
South Carolina
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Charley Reese
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Publishers Inc
Bison Books Corp
John Marshall
Harris News Service
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