Kansas Lawmakers Stand Pat On Pension Boost for Legislators
Kansas House refused to act on a 43 percent pension rise granted to legislators in 1988. The Senate defeated a change attempt by voice vote, leaving a new pension program costing taxpayers an extra 400000 annually. Critics say the Legislature gave itself special status and voter memory lapses may let it stand.
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State Capitol
Deran
Kansas House of Representatives
Senate
Wint Winter Jr
Lawrence
Pension Plan
Washburn funding clash fuels Topeka political fight
Bill Biinten of Topeka criticizes the Kansas Legislature for not placing Washburn University under the Regents System and vows to push for a higher state funding increase. The dispute centers on an operating grant of 5.4 million versus 6.3 million approved by the House, with Senate negotiators offering the same uplift as for community colleges. Booster groups press lawmakers to adopt Washburn’s higher budget.
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Bill Biinten
Topeka
House Appropriations Committee
Kansas
Washburn University
Washburn
Senate
House
Hane Fough
Tower confirmation and press morality clash in Senate debates
A critic argues the Tower controversy exposed media bias toward the Senate and shows a broader shift in American tolerance for drinking and drunkenness. The piece contends morality labels miss practical concerns about leadership and highlights historical examples of reformers over fallen figures.
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Tower
Sunbelt
George Will
Senate
Daniel Webster
Will
Webster
Bilbo
Mississippi
Glenn
Hollings
Nunn
Washington
Theodore Bilbo
John Tower
Washington Press
Ottawa Center Demonstrates Modern Distribution Success
Our Own Hardware Co in Ottawa operates a large, modern distribution center serving 480 stores and 15 states with 135 workers. The 291000 square foot facility holds 37000 items, ships 36000 miles weekly, and highlights abundant labor, good highway access, and potential expansion into Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas.
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Olathe
Pepsi Cola
Dillards
Ottawa
Our Own Hardware Co
Davis
Bob Barkley
Jay’s
Barkley
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
South
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Kansas City
Volcker plan on federal pay would boost judges and executives
Congress will not act soon on a Volcker commission report proposing pay raises for federal judges and top executives. The piece argues for tying pay to executive and judicial scales, notes private-sector salaries exceed federal ones, and urges first class salaries to retain top talent. It calls for decentralized decisions and easier firing of incompetents, but laments lack of public support.
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Washington
Paul Volcker
Congress
Department of Health and Human Services
U.S
National Law Journal
Skadden, Arps
New York
Sullivan & Cromwell
Columbus
Dayton
Ohio
Supreme Court
Chicago
Houston
Volcker Commission
Office of Personnel Management
Commission
Leering Toronto professor banned from pool sparks debate
A 60-year-old University of Toronto engineering professor, Richard Hummel, was barred from the campus pool for five years after complaints of persistent leering at female swimmers. Readers debate gender norms, age issues, and the ethics of subtlety in voyeuristic behavior.
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Richard Hummel
Hummel
University of Toronto
Smitty
Ottawa Herald subscription rates listed for 1989
The Ottawa Herald announces delivery and mail subscription prices effective April 1 1989 in Ottawa and surrounding areas. Rates include carrier one month five dollars three months fourteen dollars six months twenty six seventy five cents one year fifty one twenty five cents. motor route one month five twenty five three months fourteen fifty six months twenty eight dollars one year fifty three fifty. Franklin County and adjacent counties by mail one month five twenty five three months fifteen thirty six months twenty nine fifty one year fifty six seventy five. all other areas by mail one month six twenty five three months eighteen seventy five six months thirty six one year sixty nine fifty.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
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Ottawa Herald
Jack Kilpatrick
Mike Royko
S. Cedar
Jin A. Hitch
Terry Ostmeyer
Dim Hornbeck
Mike Geiss
Peg Armstrong
Wayne Snow
Jean Rossman
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