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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1986
Page
6
Local school boards approve their budgets for the 1986 87 school year. Page 3 notes Jon Werald, Kansas State University's new proxy, as guest at a county alumni picnic. Page 3 also highlights the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall stirring West German officials. Page 8.
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium aims to become the cultural hub of Franklin County under new director Barry Tucker. He plans more local talent, community events, and broader entertainment while preserving the Fine Arts Series. Tucker seeks partnerships, smarter scheduling, and mass talent buying to boost profits and visibility.
Dozens of detainees are reported freed across South Africa after months of emergency regulations. The National Party debates white power preservation while considering a nationwide black election for an advisory constitutional council. Justice Smuts confirms releases in Frankfort. Lenasia activists freed. officials assess the ruling impact. President Botha signals potential referendum or early election amid black demands and a continuing white rule framework.
President Reagan, returning from Chicago, says Soviet issues bolster hope for progress at a future superpower summit. He also weighs talks with South Africa, defends voluntary drug testing, and notes hostages in Lebanon. Reagan cautions sanctions split and notes ANC’s radical stance.
Washington says 270 federal agents arrested 55 defendants in a San Juan drug ring moving marijuana cocaine heroin and hydromorphone into the United States. Seizures include 16 properties three aircraft 11 vehicles and three speedboats.
Senior U.S. and Soviet arms negotiators who met in Moscow for two days will reconvene soon, likely in Washington, to press discussions. White House spokesman Larry Speakes called the talks serious and substantive and said a date would be set via diplomatic channels. The next round will reuse the same top level teams with some additional negotiators. Speakes declined to declare progress on narrowing differences. Also included is a local weather note: Ottawa recorded a 80 degree high and 63 degree low with .20 inch rainfall, and an updated county forecast calling for showers or thunder showers tonight and a high in the low 90s Thursday.
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