Editorial: Wichita faces unfair electric rate disparity
Guest editorials urge Wichita and southern Kansas communities to challenge Western Resources rates. The piece argues a long standing 30 percent gap versus northeast Kansas, tracing to Wolf Creek plant decisions and 1992 utility merger. It contends the Kansas Corporation Commission should eliminate the disparity rather than merely reduce it.
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Herald
Kansas
Wichita
Bob Knight
Kansas Corporation Commission
Western Resources
Kansas Cities
Western Resources Grid
Knight
KCC
Kg&e
Wolf Creek
Kansas Power & Light
KPL
Eagie
Car Show Aids Beatrice Martin Peck Animal Shelter
Volunteers at a park car show raise funds for the Beatrice Martin Peck Animal Shelter through barbecue desserts and crafts booths. Attendees can buy raffle tickets for a 19 inch TV and a dog cat statue while donations support the privately funded shelter serving the community.
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Beatrice Martin Peck Animal Shelter
Gvill
Animal Shelter
Herald letters policy encourages signed submissions
The Herald invites letters to the editor and requires signatures with writers’ addresses. Unsigned letters will not be published. A telephone number should be included to expedite verification.
Ottawa Herald Department Heads meet on editor’s Hawaii vacation
The Sept 14 1995 Ottawa Herald notebook records a meeting led by Jay Bemis with absent editors. A 50 percent salary raise for the managing editor was approved and his October Hawaii trip funded partly by the paper, plus newsroom upgrades including music, a lounge with a big screen, voicemail and enclosure of the editor’s workspace.
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Ottawa Herald
Jay Bemis
Lake of the Ozarks
Herald
Bemis
Honolulu
Maui
The
Ottawa University
Hawaii
Abortion case stirs debate over late term plan
A New York doctor, Herbert Schwarz, faces scrutiny after performing a seven month abortion on a Long Beach patient who later delivered a stillborn fetus. Officials allege improper fetal measurement and mishandling of ten other abortions. The piece argues common sense dictates limits and questions the timing and motives behind late term decisions.
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R. Herbert Schwarz
New York City
Schwarz
Long Beach
N.Y
America
Mother X
Dr. Schwarz
Woman wins two-year fight over handyman ad bias in Wisconsin
Wisconsin resident Everly Schnell won a two year legal battle over classified ads seeking a mature handyman. The case centered on alleged sex and religious bias in rental advertisements and involved the Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council. Schnell refused settlement offers, pursued trial, and was ruled the prevailing party after the council sought dismissal without trial.
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Everly Schnell
Ms. Schnell
Hartford
Wis
Milwaukee
Metropolitan
Milwaukee Fair Housing Council
Fair Housing Council
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