Ottawa a town with pride and growing appeal
An out of town visitor considers Ottawa Kansas as a destination and notices its downtown charm, preserved facades, friendly residents, and livable atmosphere. The piece compares Ottawa to Kansas overall, discusses tourism marketing, local infrastructure, and hints at residential appeal beyond tourist stops.
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Ottawa
Lawrence
Kansas City
Kansas
Bonner Springs
Oskaloosa
Rocky Mountains
Main Street
Gun background checks debate shifts in Senate
Times-Picayune notes background check moves at gun shows faced swings in Senate support with Sen Larry Craig framing a “clarification” as progress. Los Angeles Times reports crime declines nationally and locally, yet public fear fueled by nightly crime stories persists despite FBI data showing improvements.
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Times-Picayune
New Orleans
U.S
Larry Craig
Idaho
Littleton
Colo
Simi Valley
Los Angeles
FBI
Political office contacts list for national representatives
National representatives contact details include President Bill Clinton White House Washington DC 20500 Sen Pat Roberts 302 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510 Sen Sam Brownback 303 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20501 Rep Jim Ryan 511 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515.
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White House
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Whitehouse
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Pat Roberts
Hart Senate
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Senate
U.S
Sam Brownback
Washington
D.C
Sam
Jim Ryan
Cannon House
Dead candidates in elections prompt wry reflections
A columnist muses on dead candidates winning votes in Kansas and New York. Ben Ratzlaff and Justice Ruth Moskowitz are cited as examples, highlighting how voters sometimes back the deceased. The piece ends with a tongue in cheek wish to be dead when running for office.
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Ratzlaff
Kansas
New York
Ruth Moskowitz
State Supreme Court
Moskowitz
Glenn Rubenstein
States grow rich yet taxpayers miss out on surplus
Revenues flood state treasuries in the 1990s, producing $36 billion in surpluses and averages of $278 extra per American if limits on spending had been imposed. States mostly kept the money, funding new programs, rather than returning funds to taxpayers, while inflation remained low and costs declined.
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America
Dean Stansel
Stephen Moore
The
Cato Foundation
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New Mexico
Minnesota
Connecticut
Wisconsin
Stansel and Moore
Cato
Washington
Reader Forum letters sought by Ottawa Herald
Reader Forum invites reader opinions with hand signed letters including address and phone number. Submissions must be no longer than 500 words and sent to Ottawa Herald 104 S. Cedar Ottawa KS 66067 or via email to letters ottawaherald.com.
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Ottawa
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Tinel
Vickie Hull
AP Business Analyst
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