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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1985
Page
1
The Garcia ruling from the U S Supreme Court extends the Fair Labor Standards Act to state and local governments. It sets minimum wages and overtime rules, affecting firefighters police hospitals and public service. Local officials warn of higher taxes layoffs and reduced services unless Congress acts to exempt public workers.
Rep Bob Whittaker charges the United Nations employs about 1000 Soviet or Eastern bloc natives with 20 percent suspected as KGB operatives. He cites FBI counterintelligence saying KGB meetings occur in UN halls and notes 90 percent of UN salaries are funded by other nations. He claims American taxpayers pay $20 million yearly to U N salaries that fund K G B activity.
TV listings show Red Dawn with Pa Swayze and C Thomas Howell on HBO plus Carpool Anastasia and The Hangman. The guide includes The A Team and Moonlighting episodes, sports notes and late night lineup with Tonight Show and ESPN features.
A reader asks about hammer toe causes and treatment. Early management, proper footwear, and expert evaluation matter. surgery may be needed if joints are fixed.
ACritical column questions U S policy on Nicaragua and South Africa. It cites McFarlane North and other backers raising funds for the Contras, IRS tax exemptions, and potential US Marine intervention, arguing Reagan administration belief in tough measures despite congressional limits and civil rights tensions.
Congress is in recess as the Capitol undergoes a $49 million West Front restoration and a $600,000 Calder mobile installation in the Hart Building atrium. Crews replace sandstone, install stainless tie rods, and repair frescoes while safeguarding hidden artist credits and restoring statues, with completion eyed for November 1984.
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