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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1987
Page
2
New city commissioner Dan Fogle proposes delaying the North Main widening to 1988 and redirecting 100000 in sales tax revenue to an economic development fund. He argues for incentives to attract industries, while critics question legality and long term street quality.
The IRS scrutinizes PTL. 1984 and 1985 tax-exempt status questioned as Jim and Tammy Bakker face scrutiny over high compensation and lavish spending. A confidential 1985 report says Bakker was paid nearly $1 million more than allowed 1981-83, with $8,000 dinners and $350 hotel rooms. PTL revenue included $1.6 million in pay last year and $640,000 in the first three months of this year.
The Hutchinson News argues that Kansas public buildings should be smoke free starting July 1 unless officials designate smoking areas. The piece criticizes the school board for inaction and portrays the dilemma as choosing to ban smoking to protect non-smokers, with smokers reacting negatively to policy limits.
The Lawrence Journal World discusses per capita alcohol use in the United States sizing up the social costs. It notes an average yearly intake of 2.65 gallons of pure alcohol per person fourteen and older, while acknowledging widespread relaxation and camaraderie from drinking. It weighs economic benefits against harms such as broken homes, divorces, accidents, injuries, and crime.
A first-person reminiscence reflects on growing up in south central Kansas during an oil boom era. The narrator recalls a chicken-house birthday home, frugal grandparents with strong savings, early home ownership, and shifts in family fortunes. The piece contrasts past self reliance with current worries about a possible new economic low mood and forgotten unemployed individuals.
A nostalgic reminiscence on Easter hats from past decades. The writer recalls elegant leghorns milans and panamas, a local milliner Sue Connell, and vivid hat stories from the Roaring Twenties to midcentury Kansas themes. She reflects on fashion, memory, and a preference to leave hats in the past.
Hollywood Women’s Political Committee HWPC urged campaign finance reform before the Senate Rules and Administration Committee while highlighting their fundraising influence from a 1986 Barbara Streisand concert that netted $1.5 million. They noted efforts by S 2 to cap PAC spending and public funding, and praised Rep. Mike Synar for declining PAC money.
The Ottawa Herald lists new subscription prices for delivery in Ottawa and surrounding areas by carrier and motor routes, Franklin County and adjacent counties, and all other areas by mail. Rates include one month 4.00 to 5.50, three months 11.00 to 16.00, six months 2.05 to 31.00, one year 40.00 to 60.00, with out of state subject to 5.5 percent sales tax.
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