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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1999
Page
2
Opinion urges statewide referendum on expanding gambling in Kansas. Notes history of lottery and racing votes, cites riverboat casinos and declining track business, and argues economic benefits are overstated. If lawmakers push ahead, voters should decide. gambling’s societal impact warrants caution.
Readers are invited to send opinions to the Reader Forum. Submissions must be hand signed and include the author’s address and telephone number. Submissions should not exceed 500 words.
Don Kaul weighs the 1990s Academy Awards with Shakespeare in Love Saving Private Ryan and Life Is Beautiful favored to sweep. The piece defends Elia Kazan receiving an honorary award despite his 1950s House Un American Activities Committee testimony, noting his central role in American theater and film through the 1930s and 40s and his major works like A Streetcar Named Desire On the Waterfront East of Eden and Eyes Wide Shut. It also notes Kubrick's posthumous directing chances and Kubrick's legacy.
A federal judge barred the NCAA from using a minimum SAT score to determine college sports eligibility, claim of racial discrimination sparks strong objections. Critics argue government overreach and bias claims misread data while others defend standardized testing as a predictor of academic success and stress college sports as extracurricular.
Congress debates President Clinton's Kosovo peacekeeping mission amid broader war powers clashes. The House approved with conditions including a report on duration, while the Senate may weigh the plan this week. Clinton noted broad support yet warned against tying hands in future conflicts.
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