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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1998
Page
2
The first term attorney general candidate Stovall seeks funds from sheriffs and police chiefs across Kansas. Critics say the mailer hints at influence-buying and could undermine law enforcement and the attorney general's office. Past gifts and a contingent contract fuel public doubt. campaign funds from officials should be returned.
Guest editorials present a variety of opinions. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect The Herald's stance or editor.
Government officials named include President Bill Clinton at The White House and U S Senators Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback with their Washington and Kansas offices. Also listed are state and Topeka offices with addresses and telephone numbers for public inquiries and comments.
Vickie Hull reflects on becoming a mother in law as her daughter marries. The piece traces the shift from mom to mother in law, the adjustments for the groom and family, and the gift of a new son while honoring strong emotions and humor along the way.
The piece compares Tom Sawyer and Bill Graves to 1978 dynamics. It flags rising electric rate concerns between KPL and KGE, Linda Graves’s proposed 2 million dollar mansion fix, and Graves’ campaign casualty as factors that could turn the race. It urges caution against underestimating Sawyer.
Readers are invited to send hand signed letters with address and phone number. Submissions must be under 500 words and directed to Reader Forum at The Ottawa Herald, 104 S. Cedar, Ottawa Kansas 66067 or via email to leters ottawaherald.com.
Ottawa native Martha Etta Donaldson, later Etta Semple, became a famed Kansas reformer and socialist in Ottawa, facing backlash for atheism and feminism. She ran a sanitarium from 128 Locust, cared for the needy, and survived an attempted assault on her bed in 1905. She died in 1914 at 59, with her Ottawa funeral noted as the largest in the city’s history.
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