Kansans face five ballot amendments this fall
The coming months will bring five proposed amendments with three labeled as sins liquor by the drink pari mutuel wagering and a state lottery likely drawing the most attention. A property classification amendment aims to curb residential tax shifts while targeting business and industry, with residential properties taxed at 12 percent of fair market value and agricultural land on income.
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State Board of Education
Kansas
Tax Trust Fund Debate Highlights IRS Funding Need
A Kansas City newspaper recalls a minority group publisher who paid in cash and rejected receipts, then parallels Washington debates over a proposed trust fund for the IRS. The Senate backs a funding pool to boost collections, while the House resists extra operating money, underscoring the need for adequate resources to enforce tax collection.
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Kansas City
Washington
House
Senate
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Congress
TRS
Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird TV Guide Highlight
TV Tonight lists HBO and CBS programming with multiple films and series including Sesame Street Present Follow That Bird and The Wild Life. Featured items include The Wrecking Crew Commando and McCloud with news and talk segments, plus health advice from Dear Dr Donohue on bicycle saddle sores and skin care.
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HBO
Phil Donahue
CBS News
Atlantic City
Paters
London
Wrecking Crew
Queneggon
DR. Donohue
Repeal 22nd Amendment and Bring Back Baseball
Washington columnist argues for repealing the 22nd Amendment to allow a third presidential term and to revive Major League Baseball in the capital. He links constitutional reform to bringing back the Washington baseball franchise, praising Reagan and citing Nixon era context and national benefits. The piece lampoons political motives, urges action to restore baseball, and closes with a two line manifesto: Repeat the Twenty Second and Bring back the Nine.
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Padres
Braves
Son Voyage
Charlie Brown
Gunsmoke
Perfect Strangers
National Geographic
Black Sheep Squadron
Mr. Sunshine
HBO
MacGyver
Rita Rita Moreno
David S. Broder
Washington
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
George Bush
Reagan
Oval Office
Washington Senators
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Dodgers
Normandy Beach
Olympics
Statue of Liberty
Lee Iacocca
Chariton Heston
Tigers
FDR
America
Senate
Prohibition In Kansas book review highlights history
Whitley Austin notes Prohibition In Kansas A History by Robert Smith Bader from University Press of Kansas. The work surveys Kansas temperance history with figures like Carry A. Nation, Lillian Mitchner, John P. St. John, Frank Carlson, Mugler v Kansas, and Laura Mitchell Johns, stressing policy aims and societal impact.
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Whitley Austin
Louisiana
Kansas
Robert Smith Bader
University Press of Kansas
University Press
Carruth
Lawrence
Bader
K-State
A. Nation
Hutchinson
Lillian Mitchner
John P. St. John
Frank Carlson
Salinans
U.S. Supreme Court
Salina
John Foster
Saline County
High Court
Mugler
Peter Mugler
Supreme Court
Laura Mitchell Johns
Austin
Salina Journal
Memo From Mac Warns Of Defense Computers And Worries
A humorous critique notes disarmament fears and defense computer failures may mirror bureaucratic errors in drought relief. It cites misallocated subsidies in Georgia and Illinois, plus a plan to sell grain to the Russians below market price, illustrating why trusting complex systems can misfire. The piece ends by mocking the misdirection of funds and policies.
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John
NASA
Dan
Reagan
Georgia
South Carolina
House Agriculture Committee
Towa
Illinois
Southeastern
Defense Department
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
Len
Sam Nunn
Congressional Defense
Cap
Ottawa Herald subscription rates 1986 update
The Ottawa Herald lists subscription prices effective July 1 1986 for delivery by carrier or mail in Ottawa and surrounding areas Franklin County and outside areas. Rates include one month four dollars up to one year forty dollars in Ottawa. in Franklin County monthly four fifty up to one year forty eight. outside Franklin County monthly five fifty up to one year sixty. Out of state subscriptions incur a 5.5 percent sales tax.
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S. Cedar
Ottawa
Kansas
Robert B. Wellington
Franklin County
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McCloud
Simon and Simon
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Mac
John McCormally
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