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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1995
Page
3
The Kansas piece argues increasing speed limits on non interstate roads may not improve safety. It notes drivers routinely exceed 55 mph, questions enforcement gaps, and suggests that even higher limits would not ensure safety if laws are not strictly followed.
Guest editorials reflect a bitter rural urban clash over converting an abandoned Burlington Northern track into a 36 mile nature trail. City council pressed for a 100 foot corridor while rural neighbors feared health and security risks. The railroad decision favored landowners, urging future sensitive handling of similar options.
The column lists notable figures like T S Eliot Ursula Andress Brahms Helena Rubinstein and Darwin with ages at motherhood, then shifts to the evolution of the typewriter from its early terms to Edison’s electric version, citing World Features Syndicate and Great Inventions Through History as sources.
A call to organize neighborhood groups and send representatives to city commission and planning meetings urges residents to be better informed and engaged in local governance and planning decisions.
A reader urges civic engagement and student election reform at Ottawa High School. Proposes staggering officer terms and limiting to one office per student to foster harmony and fairness, plus praise for a south end car dealer and a call to contact via comm forum K's Your Guace Cal 242.
In Franklin County, The Herald adopts a county trash reform guiding employees to place paper only in designated wastebaskets and cardboard in large containers on pallets. The change aims to fund a transfer station and cut dumpster use while urging workers to adjust routines and preserve delivery timeliness.
In a retrospective column the writer admits a wrongheaded claim that Middle East terrorists caused the Oklahoma bombing. He notes the flood of criticism, recalls government findings of homegrown culprits, and quips about Norwegians and Swiss involvement in a satirical, period-voice piece.
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