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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1992
Page
3
An editorial voice urges young people to choose hard work and education over crime. Willie D. Smith, jailed since age 16 at Kansas Correctional Facility, reflects on greed and the lack of easy paths to wealth, urging readers to follow lawful, educated paths to achieve childhood dreams.
The author argues to abolish FEMA after Hurricane Andrew and return the National Guard to state control, designating it as the primary civil defense agency. They urge light infantry, medical, police, and communications units for disaster relief, criticize past draft and Guard use, and call for keeping combat divisions in regular forces with Guards as the emergency prep arm.
A voice vents against the word relationship in a long riff about love, poetry, and pop songs. The narrator questions when the term became a substitute for romance and muses on how lyrics would sound with the phrase.
The piece condemns Al Gore's environmentalism as a caricature of liberalism, labeling Earth in the Balance as wastebasket worthy. It argues Gore seeks sweeping societal change, large government expansion, and a global Marshall Plan, while noting historical figures and scientists doubt consensus on warming and warning of political manipulation.
A local push targets Congress for tighter control on cable operators amid public outcry over hookup fees and pay channel charges. Ottawa notes a 25 channel system, predicting Ottawa Cable will expand to 30 channels in November, still below the national average of 35.
Readers weigh in on underage cigarette sales suspensions to school discipline and ambulance director pay. They question enforcement, praise on call rules, and urge dropping the program while inviting further community dialogue at the listed call hours.
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