Editorial Buy American and the Trade Deficit
The piece argues against Ann Landers urging to buy foreign goods by claiming the US trade deficit reflects consumers voting with money. It contends Americans should increasingly buy American made products to support domestic jobs, noting cheap foreign labor harms both sides and that some products are already manufactured here. It cautions against subsidies for cheap labor and warns of national decline.
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Ann Landers
Ann
U.S
United States
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh
It's Your Quarter column weighs in on library move
A reader laments moving the library from its pleasant grounds across the street from a school and questions losing the courthouse. The letter favors expansion in place, noting Ottawa's hunger for more business and dining options and inviting more opinions via a phone line with restricted hours.
Pasteur remembered across eras in three anniversaries
A century after Louis Pasteur’s death, tributes recall his rabies cure work and vaccination insights while noting modern encyclopedias focus more on vaccination than hydrophobia. Other items recount 1945 bird swarm at Franklin County courthouse and 1970 hospital addition bond plan plus historical society leadership.
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Louis Pasteur
Pasteur
Ottawa Daily Republican
M. Pasteur
Republican
Dad’ Martin
Baldwin
Lower Middle Creek
Ottawa
Main
Locust
Florence King
Franklin County
Herald
Lamar Phillips
Blair
Lucas Pharmacy
Phillips
Doc Starkweather
Ottawa Herald
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Nuisance laws should target obvious pollution in public
A letter argues nuisance definitions miss main polluters on private yards, urging enforcement against noise and toxic emissions from local cars, cycles, and shops. The writer cites measured noise levels and EPA limits, urging open application of law to major sources before fringe cases, and warns against more lawsuits between citizens and government.
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EPA
Ottawa
Public thanks for paint on Old 50 safety line
Letter from 1209 Indiana Terrace applauds highway crews for painting center lines on Old 50. The writer cites fog and darkness causing near accidents and safety hazards, praising efforts as helping prevent potential fatal crashes.
Pastor urges cheerleader role for children and youth
Rev Scott Dickinson urges readers to be an example worth following in a timely column on Recognition Appreciation Communication and Instruction. The note mentions Ottawa Donohue returning Monday and questions about Dr Donohue Heloise and Ann Landers columns in The Herald.
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Scott Dickinson
Herald Church
Dr. Donohue
Heloise
Ann Landers
the Herald
OJ trial ends in sight as lunch crowd weighs story
A lunch group discusses the OJ Simpson trial, noting media excess and public fatigue. They acknowledge the trial's seriousness, compare it to a real story rather than entertainment, and predict possible verdicts with mixed certainty. The piece ends with a humorous vow to rejoin the grouch if the jury stalls.
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O.J. Simpson
Court TV
CNN
O.J
L.A
New York
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