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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1997
Page
2
Gov. Bill Graves rebukes attempts to declare English the official state language. He argues English-only measures ignore diverse Southwestern Kansas meat packing and farming operations reliant on Spanish and Vietnamese workers and undermine multilingual communication.
Opinion pieces provide diverse viewpoints for readers. The Herald notes that views expressed do not necessarily reflect the editor’s stance or the paper’s official position.
A compiled listing provides contact addresses and phone numbers for President Bill Clinton The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave Washington DC 20500 Comments Office and senators Pat Roberts Sam Brownback with their Washington DC and state offices in Topeka and Overland Park. Includes phone and fax numbers for official inquiries and comments.
Kentucky doctors report a possible link between eating squirrel brains and Creutzfeldt Jakob disease, a deadly human variant. The Lancet notes 11 treated over four years, six deaths, far higher than the regional baseline. Local families defend the dish while warnings spread about food safety.
A reader urges Ottawa officials led by Mayor Vicki Cummiskey to halt the demolition of the old Fifth and Main middle school. The letter argues $250,000 should be redirected to constructive uses, proposes consolidating agencies in the building, preserving taxpayer dollars, and possibly selling the property to the public.
Don Kaul argues that money dominates politics and that campaign finance reform is a cyclical partisan game. He notes Buckley v Valeo Supreme Court rulings, McConnell’s defense of free speech, and the rise of soft money to bypass limits. He recalls Harold Hughes and urges public service beyond money influence.
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