Ottawa Municipal Auditorium brings diverse season to town
The Ottawa Municipal Auditorium unveils its 1996 97 season with Michael Johnson and Atlantic Express kick offs. The lineup includes Remember When, Wichita Brass Quintet, American Youth Ballet Sleeping Beauty, and St Patrick’s Day Celtic music. Eddie Rabbitt anchors country acts along with Wild Bill and Beth Hunter and Braschler Music Show. CMA four children’s productions accompany adults. Tickets at CMA box office Budge's Sports Center and Beyond Video. John D. Montgomery
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Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
OMA
Michael Johnson
Atlantic
Beth Hunter
Iowa
Branson
CMA
Kansas
Richard Renner
Wichita Children’s Theatre
Dick Smith
Third
Hickory
Budge’s Sports Center
Beyond Video
John D. Montgomery
Reader Forum Submissions Call for Signatures and Contact
Readers are invited to send opinions to the forum each issue. Submissions must be hand signed and include the author’s address and telephone number. Letters may be edited for space to fit the column.
Rug talk in Iraq debate hides rug trade and sheep
The author questions U.S. motives in Iraq citing Kurdish rug trade and sheep as counterpoints. He interviews Chicago rug dealers Sohil Khan and Sarkis Tatosian noting Kurdish kilim rugs, prices from 600 to 15 000, and that Kurds are nomadic with no nation. He argues strategic interests are unclear while preferring Scandinavian rugs.
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Iraq
Saddam Hussein
U.N
Saddam
United States
Chicago
Iran
Sohil Khan
AL Sahara Oriental Rugs
China
Sarkis Tatosian
Oscar Isberian
Evanston, Ill
American Southwest
Pentagon
State Department
Outside money in ads tests candidates in Wyoming and beyond
Independent political advertising by outside groups shapes campaigns with GOP spending in Wyoming Rhode Island and Louisiana totaling at least 700000. Candidates distance themselves from the blitz while acknowledging help from party aligned outside spenders. The Supreme Court allows unlimited coordination free ads as long as not direct. Voters face a flood of negative messaging critics say harms candidates and public trust.
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Jess
Ashington
Mike Enzi
Senate
Wyoming
Wheel of Fortune
Enzi
Kathy Karpan
Karpan
Gale Geringer
National Republican Senatorial Committee
Washington
Geringer
George Bush
Bush
Willie Horton
Massachusetts
Michael Dukakis
Stephen D. Ansolabehere
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ansolabehere
Supreme Court
GOP
Rhode Island
Louisiana
Ellen Miller
Center For Responsive Politics
Brooklyn
Robert Coupe
Nancy Mayer
Special status debates over rights and groups
A columnist argues against government special status for homosexuals and other groups, defending freedom of association and individual rights. He contrasts past racial rights with modern group privileges, criticizes political trend, and calls for a society based on individualism rather than competing groups. He evokes the Bill of Rights and historic corrections for Black Americans, then condemns affirmative action trends affecting women and other groups.
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Ne’ Re
Sessr Saye
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