Editorial warns of ominous trend in Ottawa city leadership
Editorial notes a pattern of interference by city commissioners with the manager Randy Wetmore and past managers from 1981 to 1988. It argues the council sets policy while the manager enforces it, cites harassment concerns, and urges a prompt, binding pact to hire a compliant city manager per Kansas law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randy Wetmore
Wetmore
Lyle Dresher
David Wadkins
First
Bob Mills
Wadkins
Dents
Ottawa
Kansas
Municipal golf course proposal rouses supporters in Lawrence
The Lawrence Journal World reports on renewed push by boosters to persuade city leaders to approve a public golf course southwest of Lawrence. Backers praise a lossless fiscally safe plan with Army Corps land, while critics question risks to taxpayers and urge action by county officials.
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Dcials
Lawrence
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Faw
Elf
Lawrence Journal
Contact details for U S government officials
A list of contact addresses and phone numbers for President George Bush The White House Washington D C 20800 Senator Hub Dole 141 Hart Senate Office Building Washington D C 20510 Senator Nancy Kusain 304 Russell Senate Office Building Washington D C 20510 Representative Bob Whittaker 2436 Rayburn House Office Building Washington D C 20815 plus state officials in Topeka with addresses and phones
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George Bush
White House
Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, D.C
Hub Dole
Hart
Senate Ofice
Nancy Kusain
Russell
Senate Ofce
Bob Whittaker
Rayburn House
Dim Allen
Statehouse
Topeka
Warm school welcome as a model for education
Sincere regret to Harold Barnhart as Chanute's Hutton Elementary planned a morning outside welcoming the students with handshakes and applause. The piece argues for humane reform in American schools over costly, test driven approaches and cautions against blindly copying Japan.
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Chanute
Harold Barnhart
Barnhart
Hutton Elementary
Hutton
Japan
America
Korea
Jane
Mama Bear
Happiness is an old gas guzzler
A humor piece by Dwight Jurgens reflects on aging, cars, and obstinate lifestyle choices. The narrator recalls a wild Vegas trip with friend Walter Thomas, denounces a vanity T-shirt moment about UNLV and Jerry Tarkanian, and defends his beat-up 1977 Chrysler New Yorker as a symbol of stubborn self. He jokes about fuel, maintenance, and public reactions while predicting future repercussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Jurgens
Garden City Telegram
Walter Thomas
Walter
Crook
America
Is clean air worth the price tag and the cost debate
The piece weighs the economic impact of stricter clean air rules against benefits. It cites Warren Brookes and Paul Portnoy arguing current controls cost about 85 billion annually, with activists proposing an additional 30 billion, or 400 per household. Portnoy doubts benefits meet costs at 14 billion. It notes potential higher prices, job losses, and taxpayer drains, despite EPA data showing declines in lead, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and particulates over a decade.
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Warren Brookes
Washington Based
Heritage Foundation
U.S
Paul Portnoy
Resources For the Future
Portney
Caner
Senate
Environmental Protection Agency
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Bellie Sue Shumway
George Pyle
Chanute Tribune
Vegas
Buddy
UNLV
Jerry Tarkanian
Tarkanian
Goverment
Congress
Treasury
Philip Clarke
America’s
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