Dry spell grips Ottawa area amid 121 years record
The Fort Hays Experiment Station reports the driest 20 months in 121 years with 17.9 inches of rain from August 1987 to April 30 this year. Hays moves to Phase III conservation next Sunday restricting washing and outdoor watering, with Phase IV possible. An observation well shows a two foot drop, as experts warn of a looming drought monster and phrases like Dirty Nineties echo the era's drought.
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Ottawa
Garden City
Kansas
Fort Hays Experiment Station
Hays
First woman in space suit returns to Kansas Cosmosphere
The space suit worn by the first woman to walk in space is now at the Kansas Cosmosphere in Hutchinson after a weekend delivery by cosmonaut Georgi Grechko. He helped bring back pieces from Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs as part of ongoing restoration efforts linking U S and Soviet space history.
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Kansas Cosmosphere
Kansas
Space Museum
Svetlana Savitskays
the Hyatt
Penmanship Drill and a Family Letter From the 1870s
A note recounts John Nafzinger’s penmanship drills in a 19th century Duntonian writing book. It details repeated phrases, patriotic scribbles, and moral maxims, with dates from 1873 and Nafzinger’s later life as a Kansas farmer, dying in 1924.
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John Nafzinger
A.R. Dunton
Natzinger
Adrian Breech
Breach
Boston
Ernest
Earnest
Shane
Shawn
Maryland
Ohio
Kansas
Sunday Flight Essay Questions Business Leaders
A Sunday flight encounter with a driven woman executive contrasts with a critique of modern business culture. The author laments the worship of overpaid CEOs and 80 hour weeks, urging more humane, compassionate leadership over greed and arrogance, while recalling the plane seat rush and a fingerprick reminder of the intense work ethic.
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Robert Crandall
American Airlines
Crandall
Braniff
World Finance
Abbreviations backlash over U S Postal Service state codes
A reader criticizes the two letter USPS state abbreviations. He favors the traditional three or four letter forms and spells out states like Connecticut Maine and others. He argues for consistency and preservation of state identity, noting examples from CT MA TN WI PA and MI.
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U.S. Postal Service
Connecticut
Postal Service
Mass
Wisconsin
Wis
Pennsylvania
Penn
Montana
Missouri
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Alabama
Alaska
Arkansas
Arizona
California
Cal
Nebraska
Ohio
Utah
Iowa
Hawaii
New
New York
New Jersey
New Mexico
New Hampshire
N.Y
N.S
Washington
Maine
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates 1939 Nearby Areas
Ottawa Herald lists subscription prices effective April 1 1939 for area by carrier and mail. Details cover Ottawa surrounding area motor route and Franklin County regions with monthly quarterly six month and yearly rates and different mail zones including all other areas.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
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Tory Ostmaye
Jim Hornbeck
Mike Goins
Peg Arnstrong
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