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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1990
Page
4
Editorial notes Mission Hills seeks prohibition on sightseeing buses amid complaints of diesel fumes and traffic disruption. City Council next month will consider an ordinance to stop bus tours through the ritzy northeast Johnson County enclave, where residents value quiet above tourism.
The 80 year old Esther Schweitzer of Junction City, a dietary aide at Good Samaritan Center, was cited for perfect attendance. She arrives by 5 am after rising at 4, walking to work in blizzards and snow, embodying reliability and dedication.
The piece cites the Postal Service moving to slow delivery and raise rates, with 4 percent of overnight letters late now rising to 7 percent. Postmaster General Anthony M. Frank argues timeliness will be offset by improvements in consistency, while critics say it requires consumers to lower standards and accept a possible 20 percent rate hike next year.
Readers are urged to send signed letters with the writer's address and enclosed telephone number for verification. Unsigned letters will not be published. The policy emphasizes prompt contact and validation through a verifiable address and phone listing.
A passage from Rev. 1S Kalloch's Western Home Journal of December 1865 extols Ottawa Kansas as a rapidly thriving town. It touts moral character and education, notes Tony Jones Hall and a projected university, and argues land profits and development will attract settlers. It also skewers press motives and cites postwar views on debt and capital punishment.
A writer recalls meeting Malcolm Forbes in 1980 and lunching at his New York offices. He describes Forbes as articulate about wealth, a lover of life, and generous in spirit, but he declines to attend his funeral at St Bartholomew’s, choosing to honor Forbes with his own memories.
A National Law Journal poll shows nearly 60 percent cannot name any Supreme Court member. It highlights Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Rehnquist, Stevens, O Connor, Scalia, and Kennedy, urging readers to learn the nine justices and acknowledge their influence on constitutional law.
Citizens are provided with names and addresses for President George Bush at the White House in Washington and four Kansas and national legislators. The listing includes phone numbers, office room addresses, and Capitol mailing rooms for Sen Dale Dole Sen Nancy Kassebaum Rep Bob Whittaker State Sen Jim Allen and State Rep Bettle Sue Shumway.
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