Get Tough on Moscow Embassy Security Debate
The U S government fears listening devices in prefabricated Moscow embassy panels. Embassy cost about 190 million with opening planned in 1989. Deactivation could cost 20 to 40 million or require tearing down. Senator Leahy proposes halting Soviet embassy openings in Washington until Moscow is secure, with Moscow paying.
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U.S
Moscow
Patrick J. Leahy
Vermont
Soviet Union
Washington
Kansas image problem fuels debate on economic future
Scholars gathered in Salina to discuss Kansas perception and economic goals. They urged focusing incentives on small firms, noting 46 000 firms exist with only 71 employing 500 or more. They urged selling work ethic over old tropes and myths like The Wizard of Oz.
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Kansas
Salina
Colorado
Donald R. McCoy
University of Kansas
McCoy
Misused words and baseball cards in a columnist note
A columnist laments misspellings and misused words in a long note about writing, language pitfalls, and collecting baseball cards. The piece references editors missing errors, hobby projects like top making and a battery powered yo yo, and asks who Zoilo Versailles and several Hall of Famers are, noting a waning interest in gum and catalogs.
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Warren White
Jim Casteel
W. 2Nd
Kmart
Brooklyn
Los Angeles
October
Zoilo Versailles
Rollie Fingers
Jeff Burroughs
Fred Lynn
George Foster
Jim Rice
Don Baylor
Ottawa Faces Hart Fallout and Town Promotion
From Our Readers questions Ottawa readiness for Gary Hart's presidential bid and ensuing publicity. John Mark Lambertson suggests careful town promotion while protecting Ottawa’s flavor, asks about signs, cleanup, and long term impacts amid potential media spotlight.
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Ottawa
Sea
Gary Haart
John Mark Lambertson
Cedar
Ottawa Herald Letter Calls For Unity Against Negativism
A reader from Ottawa criticizes local pessimism and urges positive community effort. He praises Ottawa’s opportunities, notes Midwest visits, and commends Ransom Memorial Hospital staff including Dr. F. A. Reyes Jr. for patient care. He expresses hometown pride.
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Ransom Memorial Hospital
F.A. Reyes Jr
Ottawa
Mrs Caliban a Frog Romance Gains California Buzz
SIMI VALLEY Calif Californians are urged to read Mrs Caliban a novel by Rachel Ingalls praised as one of the 20 best postwar American novels. The quirky tale follows a bored housewife who falls for a six-foot frog like creature held in a Marine institute who becomes her lover, killer, and companion in a California backdrop.
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Simi Valley
Calif
California
British Book Marketing Council
Rachel Ingalls
Fation
Marine Institute
Monsterman
Larry
Golden State
The Peculiar Politics of Kansas in Inflation Era
Analyzes Kansas state spending from 1967 to 1986 under Docking Bennett and Carlin, showing inflation and rising federal aid shape budgets. Notes constant-dollar concept, doubling of state outlays, and growing dependence on Washington funding across decades. Concludes inflation drives fiscal strain beyond any single governor.
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United States
Kansas
Flint Hills
Franklin County
Chippewa Hills
Robert Docking
Docking
Lyndon Johnson
America
Ford
Robert Bennett
John Carlin
Bennett
Carlin
Washington
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates Effective July 1 1986
Ottawa Herald lists new subscription prices for delivery in Ottawa and surrounding areas by carrier and motor routes, Franklin and adjacent counties by mail, and all other areas by mail with monthly, quarterly, semi annual and yearly options. Out-of-state subscribers incur 5.5 percent sales tax.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
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Marshall
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Jim R. Hitch
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Mike Geiss
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