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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1989
Page
1
The Kansas Legislature's brief special session offered little progress on property taxes. Complex issues, limited data, and two days of work meant a satisfactory resolution was unlikely. Local governments may gain early access to needed messages, but overall spending growth outpaces taxpayers' earnings.
The piece argues that Europe events could allow the United States to cut defense spending. It notes Sen. Bob Dole warning about troop cuts hurting unemployed veterans and questions reliance on Gorbachev's timeline. The author urges using any savings to balance the budget and cautions about future threats from nuclear-armed smaller nations.
The Ottawa Herald publishes a rates table effective July 1 1989 detailing subscription costs for various delivery methods. In Ottawa and surrounding areas carriers charge monthly and quarterly rates, with motor route and mail options varying by duration and region including Franklin and adjacent counties.
The Herald editor recalls a tall rugged man who visited several months ago, later identified as actor Hugh Gillin. Gillin, a Kansas native and KU geology graduate, had worked at Standard Oil before turning to acting. He has roles in Prime Cut and The Facts of Life, with a film in Back to the Future III mentioned. the writer plans to watch Matlock to catch his appearance.
The OTA 377 page report Facing America's Trash warns the US generates over 160 million tons of municipal waste annually, with 130 million dumped in landfills and only about 10 percent recycled. States lead in disposal and recycling, Oregon's 1972 program and its 1983 Act cut waste and boosted recycling. A national policy, fees, taxes, and grants are proposed, but NIMBY opposition and sorting hurdles slow progress.
In the wake of the Cold War détente the piece questions how to replace defense spending with domestic investment. It argues defense profits funded Reagan prosperity, warns of a looming deficit, and urges redirecting funds to housing, highways, inner cities, and schools while employing displaced workers. It calls for paying as we go and expects a 1992 re election theme.
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