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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1989
Page
1
A Washington Post-ABC poll shows 61 percent of Americans support government child care aid for low and middle income families, while 54 percent see employers bearing a similar duty. Eighty-three percent prefer a home setting for children, yet 84 percent accept daycare if parents must work, highlighting tension between wants and needs in discussions of socialism.
At the Kansas State Fair a poll shows 534 happy and 1,230 unhappy with property appraisals, a strong anti statue on the capitol dome, and broad opposition to burning the flag. Most respondents say their votes don’t matter, reflecting on voting apathy and historic struggle for suffrage.
Daily newspaper details circulation rates effective July 1 1989 and after for Ottawa and surrounding areas by carrier motor route and mail. Rates include one month three months six months and one year figures for Franklin County adjacent counties and all other areas.
The notice asks writers to sign letters and include a return address, with a telephone number for verification. It states unsigned letters will not be published and emphasizes providing contact details to expedite confirmation.
A Kiwanis Club talk by Ottawa University professor Jerry Wyckoff urges middle ground parenting. He argues TV as babysitter and permissive or authoritarian extremes harm children, advocating discipline as teaching with unconditional love and clear, positive rules that reward good choices.
Robert Kile appeals to Ottawa residents to favor Devore Associates over the Hollis Mill er Group for an Ottawa High School addition. He cites local ties, tax contributions, and a 35 year contracting career to argue qualified local bidders deserve consideration, questioning the unanimous board choice.
Local Ottawa post office staff defend service quality and monopoly protections amid critiques of USPS performance. They cite high productivity and favorable rates, urging customers to understand processing challenges and to support minimal future rate hikes while acknowledging distant communities and central processing issues.
A retired registered nurse in Kansas outlines concerns about who can use the Catastrophic Health law, noting long hospital stays rarely reach 60 days and criticizing peer review controls. She mentions Nursing home insurance variability and dwindling insurance options, urging competition and noting correspondence with lawmakers.
Congress faces a long, divisive backlog of bills including parental leave, day care subsidies, catastrophic illness coverage, and 1.75 billion dollar first year costs. House and Senate proposals clash on size of employers, church day care subsidies, and Medicare expansion while appropriations and drug and defense bills loom. A new House leadership may ease clashes but adjournment by Thanksgiving is uncertain.
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