Governors Games Prompt Kansas Bridge Delays and Tax Debate
In Garden City Gov John Carlin met with local officials to pressure support for a severance tax linked to the US-50 bypass The group urged lawmakers to halt political maneuvering The controversy also touched a Santa Fe line bridge at Ottawa with a delay now planned for a year or more State Senator Jim Allen opposes the tax while pushing for steady highway and school funding policy
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How Much Longer For Nuclear Waste Dilemma
The piece argues the nation must stop producing nuclear waste or stop creating junk as oceans face danger. Navy plans to bury five old submarines by sinking them or placing them on land, with three to four more retired yearly. Two deep dumping grounds near North Carolina and off California have been surveyed. After decades and billions spent, no practical solution exists for waste on land, sea, or space.
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TV Tonight Listings Tie Up Night With Classic Films
TV schedule shows HBO movies including The Immigrants Part 7 and Happy Birthday to Me, plus MASH and Love and Bullets. NBC and ABC offerings feature Evening News, Nightline, sports, and comedy. late-night options include Rockford Files and Twilight Zone.
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Don King
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J.D. Cannon
Susan St. James
Beatles
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Animals
Herman's Hermits
Dust storms roam western Kansas like deserts of the past
John McCormally writes from Garden City about a day driving through a western Kansas dust storm in April 1982. He recalls tumbleweeds, black skies, 97 mile per hour gusts, roofs blown off, and the stark beauty of wide open spaces as oil wells, cattle, and shelterbelts persevere amid the storm.
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Inflation Retreat Clouds Jobless Toll in 1980s Report
AP describes how inflation cools alongside rising unemployment. About 9 percent jobless rate, 9.9 million unemployed, 5.7 million part time, 1.3 million discouraged workers. Combined affected people reach 16.9 million, with further youth job prospects dim. Rising home prices and high rates dampen demand, aiding slower CPI gains amid energy price declines and efficiency gains.
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Medal of Honor Ray examines a troubled Black war hero
PBS American Playhouse presents Medal of Honor Ray, a dramatic look at D J Johnson a Black Vietnam veteran in a psychiatric ward. He recalls his tank unit fate and a killing spree while a psychiatrist offers shared survivor guilt insight. The piece contrasts heroism with alienation and the civilian return.
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American Playhouse
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Traumatic arthritis may follow finger joint injury
A reader asks about arthritis after a hand fracture. Dr Donahue explains arthritis means joint inflammation and that a fracture can cause traumatic arthritis limited to the injured finger joint, unlike rheumatoid arthritis which is a systemic illness.
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates Listing
Ottawa Herald publishes daily except Sunday with subscription prices for in trade area and outside trade area. Rates include monthly, quarterly, semi annual and yearly options, with tax details and out of state tax deduction.
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