U S Supreme Court ruling challenges Brady gun checks
The court struck down a core part of the 1993 Brady law, ruling the federal government cannot force state and local law enforcement to conduct background checks on handgun buyers. The decision questions whether federal mandates include local police checks, while a national instant background check remains planned for November 1998. Kansas urged laws requiring local checks alongside national efforts.
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High Court
Kansas
U.S. Supreme Court
Government Contacts for Comment Representatives
The list provides contact details for President Bill Clinton's White House comments line, U S Senators Pat Robarts and Sam Brownback with their Washington and district offices, and U S Representative Jim Ryun with federal and Topeka offices. Also includes state offices in Kansas with addresses and phone numbers.
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Bill Clinton
White House
Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, D.C
U.S
Pat Robarts
Dirksen
Fox
Sam Brownback
Hart
Senate
Kansas Ave
Topeka
W. 95Th
Overland Park
Jim Ryun
Cannon
Hob
Ryun
Quincy
Fence Demolition Call Urges Unity Over Town Lines
Vickie Hull urges Lawrence readers to tear down social fences built on heritage class age and gossip. She cites a city council meeting where residents divided along roots residence and status, advocating equal voice for all and inclusion over exclusion to build community through cooperation.
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Arkansas
Germany
Timbuktu
Sheighbors
Ottawa board of education contract talks draw reader concern
A reader questions USD 290 leadership and legal involvement in annual teacher contract negotiations. The letter laments reduced direct talks, questions the board’s salary schedule, pay cuts for veteran teachers, longer school year demands, and the need for face to face discussions with board members to reach a fair agreement.
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Ottawa
Board of Education
USD 290
Cartoon sparks Baptist critique on AIDS satire
A reader from Williamsburg objects to a June 23 Opinion Page cartoon, denouncing it as offensive and disrespectful to Southern Baptists while accusing Disney of promoting immoral lifestyles and linking homosexual behavior to AIDS, urging action.
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Disney
Flota
Robinson
Williamsburg
Speed, US-59 claim another victim in Kansas hometown
A family letter to The Ottawa Herald reacts to the June 17, 1997 front page about a fatal chase on Speed and US-59. The writer blames Deputy Steve Lunger’s speed, implicates Capt. Brad Gilges, and details delays in identifying the victim, a driver who says his son eluded police. The letter condemns the chase’s safety and questions coverage of a supposed stolen property link.
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Ottawa Herald
Kevin Jackson Jr
Steve Lunger
Kevin
Lunger
Brad Gilges
Capt
Gilges
Stella
Lawrence
Highway 59
Riley Road
Kevin Jackson
Ottawe
Herald
Readers propose comic poll to shape family newspaper
Brian Fast of 816 W 9th complains about a 25 percent democracy in comics selection, urging reader input on preferred replacements such as Dennis the Menace Hi and Lois and Haggar the Horrible while suggesting moving or removing Hocus-Focus to fit space.
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Dennis the Menace
Hi and
Lois
Haggar the Horrible
Brian Fast
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Doonesbury
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