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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1990
Page
3
The piece argues the savings and loan bailout far exceeds initial estimates costing taxpayers up to 530 billion over 30 years. It notes per person impacts, urges citizens to pressure U.S. lawmakers, and warns against unsustainable debt while urging restraint and accountability before November elections.
A reader provides names and contact addresses for several U S figures and offices including President George Bush at The White House Washington D C 20500 and Senators Dole Kassebaum with office addresses in Washington D C 20510 plus representatives Whittaker Allen Shumway and Bettle Site Shumway with street addresses in Topeka Kansas 66612 and phone numbers 202 224 6521 202 224 4774 202 225 3911 and 296 7361 296 7699 respectively.
A Lincoln School teacher urges Ottawa residents to vote YES on a school bond. She argues the high school needs more classrooms and a gym to accommodate athletic events, social programs, and future education. She emphasizes youth, community pride, and a positive future, noting teachers support the project.
Debbie Morgan complains in a public note that a radar detector was taken from her black Cutlass parked near NAPA Auto Parts on a busy daytime Saturday. She accuses the thief of acting brazenly in broad daylight and wishes no hard feelings while lamenting the loss of property.
A columnist riffs on George Bush's broccoli remark and expands into a playful catalog of personal food dislikes and likes. The Bemis disclaims hashing, squash, mincemeat pie, and sloppy Joes as unappealing, while praising grilled meat, pan fried chicken with gravy, round steak with mushroom soup, chili, and broccoli with Wisconsin cheese.
A speculative piece imagines President Bush abandoning democracy and capitalism, installing a socialist system, censorship, and mass imprisonment, while Gorbachev endorses it only reluctantly. Uprisings surge from Hawaii to Texas, Alaska seeks rejoin Russia, and US unity dissolves as the Soviet Union wavers.
Frederick Hart argues public funding for the arts harms public taste while defending a broader cultural struggle. The piece notes a $60,000 NEA grant and New York State Council support for Chelsea's Kitchen Theatre, featuring Annie Sprinkle and live sex shows, prompting a clash over democracy and national values.
Editor invites questions about the 3.389 million bond for Ottawa High School expansion and renovation. A reader asks for published figures to fill a chart on USD 290 historical student population, noting cyclical enrollment and rising grades 1 4 and 5 8 trends and space pressures from new educational programs since 1970.
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