Year One crucial to Republican budget reform effort
Rep. Sam Brownback said in Ottawa that Year One will be the hardest and most crucial year to balance the budget. He credits President Clinton for past deficit reduction but warns entitlement spending and Medicare reform will dominate. He notes Medicare costs will double in seven years under current trends and in 11 years under reform, urging swift Contract with America progress.
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Sam Brownback
Ottawa
Brownback
Clinton
America
Ottawa Herald
World Bank
Justice and prejudice in the O J Simpson case
Warren Keane reflects on the Simpson trial, arguing justice was achieved through a trial by peers and cautioning against prejudice and emotionalism. He urges readers to trust divine judgment and notes letters to the editor are welcome with signatures and verifiable contact details.
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Simpson
whiPiany
America
Republican
Charles Wills
R.D. Hunt
Tom Smith
Arch Chandler
Ed Pendleton
Warren Bird
Clark Allen
Paola
Hunt
Smith
After Verdict I Hope Public Sees Both Sides
a senior citizen speaker urges open eyes after the O J Simpson verdict. he attacks political rhetoric, warns against Medicare cuts and argues Republicans won t raise benefits yearly while urging self care and less doctor visits.
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Fuhrman
Community forum prompts budget debate and local concerns
Readers react to trick or treat hours and state regulation, criticise health department travel, question coverage of local bed and breakfast, and debate World Bank fiscal goals. They urge restraint on Medicare growth, condemn consumerism, and invite input via the It s Your Quarter hotline with specified call times.
Ads and memories echo Ottawa's past in 1895 1945 1970
A collage recounts a 1895 shoe ad and bicycle slang from Ottawa Daily Republican, a 1945 revival-column excerpt with local church debate and telecommunication push, and a 1970 note on US 59 traffic and Gibson's store near Town & Country Supply, plus a Wichita State crash remembrance.
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Ottawa Daily Republican
Guy & Piersol
Shoemen
Fourth and Locust
Ottawa
Gibson’s
Town & Country Supply
Gibson's
Newsroom Memories of a Reporter and a Sheriff
A veteran columnist recalls early days in tobacco smoke filled newsrooms bars and courtrooms. He describes mentors and rivals including a volatile detective and a stern sheriff who later befriended him at his farewell party amid leaving for Ft. Bragg.
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New York City
Reese
Bob
Ft. Bragg
Jurors verdict dominated by not guilty in Simpson case
Kansas editorials praise the 12 jurors who sequestered for nine months and returned a not guilty verdict in the OJ Simpson case. They note the jurors faced complex testimony and public pressure, and that their decision followed legal standards despite questions about innocence or doubt.
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Kansas
Dr. Simpson
Parsons Sun
O.J. Simpson
O.J
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