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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1983
Page
6
A brief page note reports overall numbers down at Ransom Memorial Hospital while the bottom line stays steady. It mentions a new KU football coach who favors his own methods regardless of Big Eight norms.
National generosity toward foreign policy is slipping as commentators note a growing impatience with aid and intervention. The piece cites budget strains and shifting public opinion, arguing policymakers face tougher choices amid competing domestic priorities.
Former Gov. Robert F. Bennett predicts a strong Kansas Republican chance to win the 1986 governorship. He flags Attorney General Bob Stephan as the leading GOP contender and Dan Glickman as the Democratic front runner if he pursues the race. Bennett cites Carlin's eight-year tenure as a drag on Democrats and notes Stephan's status as an ex-sedgwick County judge in his second term as attorney general.
New products flood shelves signaling optimism in the 1983 market. Analysts note 181 July launches set an all time high, with a 28 percent rise from 1982, reflecting shifts in consumer wants toward lower sodium and caffeine and the microwave era.
Ottawa city commissioners approved plans to rebuild the Municipal Airport runway fund a new Franklin Plaza HQ and expand power capacity. They also awarded LAM Industries a $364,252.43 bid for runway resurfacing and taxiway, with FAA grants covering about 90 percent.
John McCormally and his wife Peggy return from a 24 day trip to Russia traveling Paris Moscow the Volga and Don rivers with stops at Kiev and Leningrad. They describe a welcoming airport scene quiet customs and a first night in Moscow near Red Square noting contrasts between regimes and daily life and the start of their reports on Russians from dissidents to bureaucrats.
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