Senators resist lifting freeze on triple trailer trucks
Missouri Senator Dick Bond joins three colleagues in opposing a move to end the highway ban on triple trailers. The long trucks, described as tall as a 10 story building, now operate in 16 states including Kansas and Missouri. Critics say they belong on railways, not highways, and warn the transportation bill may seek to expand their reach.
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Kansas
Missouri
Dick Bond
U.S. Senate
Bond
Congress
Worrying Health Trends Highlight Mixed CDC Report
A Sun News summary notes that the CDC reports accidents now exceed AIDS deaths, infant mortality hits a new low, life expectancy rises, and homicide and crisis reports fall. It cautions a persistent racial health gap and suggests overall progress despite lingering concerns.
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Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
CDC
the Sun News
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Guest editorials present varied reader opinions
Opinion pieces accompany The Herald offering reader viewpoints. Editorials may reflect perspectives not necessarily endorsed by the editor.
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Herald
Tomatos and garden tale ends with first hard freeze
A small backyard garden owner laments a failing season with pests and weeds. Four tomato plants produced mostly small, unappealing fruit despite effort and a pesticide rescue. The plot will be plowed up after the first freeze, with plans to restart next season with sturdier cages.
Trans-racial politics shift in New York mayors race
The piece argues that big city leaders move beyond race based power blocs toward inclusive governance. It cites Rudolph Giuliani and rivals like David Dinkins Ruth Messinger Al Sharpton and other mayors showing coalition building. It warns that race politics persist but stresses ethnic realism civic identity and balanced outreach without defining the polities by race.
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Ashington
New York City
Rudolph Giuliani
David Dinkins
Dinkins
America
Europe
Giuliani
Ruth Messinger
al Sharpton
Dennis Archer
Detroit
Michael White
Cleveland
Richard M. Daley
Chicago
Edward Rendell
Philadelphia
Richard Riordan
Los Angeles
Jim Sleeper
New York
Jonathan Coleman
Sleeper
Reader Forum on Rail Trails and Private Property Rights
A guest editor laments farm hog operations and opposition to rail trails as many property owners near trails report intimidation harassment and trespassing. He questions Sierra Club lobbyists rails to trails conservancy and NFU roles urging Kansas law that abandoned rail corridors revert to owners and calls for defending private property rights nationwide.
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Sierra Club
Kansas Prairie
National Farmers Union
Washington D.C
Rails To Trails Conservancy
National Trails Agenda
NFU
Supreme Court
Kansas
Reader Forum accepts signed letters to Ottawa Herald
Readers may submit hand signed letters with address and phone, sent to Reader Forum Ottawa Herald 104 S Cedar Ottawa KS 66067 or via letters ottawaherald.com Submissions must not exceed 500 words.
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Ottawa Herald
Cedar
Ottawa
Ottawaherald
Government Contact Details for Public Inquiries
A list of government officials with contact addresses and phone numbers includes President Bill Clinton at The White House in Washington D C, U S Senators Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback with Topeka and Washington offices, and U S Representative Jim Ryan with both Washington and Topeka offices and corresponding phone lines. The material provides office locations and numbers for each official.
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Bill Clinton
White House
Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, D.C
U.S
Pat Roberts
Dirksen
Washington
D.C
Fox
Topeka
Frank Carlson
S.E. Quincy
Sam Brownback
Hart
Senate
Kansas Ave
W. 95Th
Suite
Overland Park
Jim Ryan
Cannon, Hob
Ryan
Quincy
Suita
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Brooklyn
Clarence Page
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Doonesbury
Ebon
Mallard Fillmore
WY Queen
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