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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1987
Page
1
A recent disclosure shows CIA ordered TOW missiles to Iran with mispriced charges to the Army and a batch shipped with defective parts. Ollie North is highlighted as sharper than first thought, as the memo ties to Iran Contra hearings and questions top level accountability.
From Other Editors notes profits from arms sales went to Swiss accounts controlled by middlemen. Rep. Les Aspin calls the saga soap opera like. About 500 of over 2,000 TOW missiles were fizzlers due to faulty batteries. Army is not accused of deliberate involvement in diverting profits to the Contra rebels.
In Baton Rouge Jimmy Swaggart and Jerry Falwell push for a watchdog agency to monitor evangelist salaries and mailings and to censure ministers on ethical matters. They call for public hearings, salary boards with non family domination, and detailed disclosure of income and spending by contributors.
A reader defends Saddleback Lounge owners after the Jari Wills murder noting the tragedy could occur anywhere. The writer condemns the violence, defends club owners and rejects collective blame on patrons or the Aesthetes M.C. confirming letters should be signed with an address and a phone number for verification.
Ottawa Herald lists updated subscription prices for daily delivery by carrier or mail. Local rates: one month four dollars, three months eleven dollars, six months twenty one dollars and one year forty dollars. Franklin and adjacent counties: one month four fifty, three months thirteen, six months twenty five, one year forty eight. All other areas by mail: one month five fifty, three months sixteen, six months thirty one, one year sixty. Out of state subscribers incur 5.5 percent sales tax.
Gov Hayden promises a late August special session to push a 1.7 billion dollar highway program, with total costs over 3 billion including financing. The plan splits Republicans and alarms Democrats, amid disputes over regional benefits, nuclear waste issues, and a possible shift in legislative power ahead of an election year.
A Wilkes-Barre case where a mother and father were found guilty of simple assault and endangering a child led to an appeal arguing parental discipline can include banging a toddler against walls and burning their face with hot spaghetti sauce. Two Superior Court judges sided with the parents, triggering protests from prosecutors and a dissenting third judge.
Whitley Austin reflects on John Marshall’s Kansas reapportionment series and the debate over EastWest representation. He argues against pure population-based House control, proposing Senate regions to curb majority tyranny and noting opposition from Populist slogans and federal rulings.
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