Kansas Senate panel backs tobacco tax plan in irony
The Assessment and Taxation Committee approved a nickel per pack cigarette tax and a 50 percent tax on other tobacco products to raise about 12 million dollars annually for Kansas Board of Regents universities. The columnist notes the irony of funding education with a product that kills and questions the committee's timid stance.
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Kansas Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee
Kansas Board of Regents
Assessment and Taxation Committee
Graves backs easy voter access and mail ballots in Kansas
Secretary of State Bill Graves argues for easier voter registration and mail ballots to boost participation. He favors registering at state agencies and relaxed rules with a sunset provision, allowing a trial election cycle before reverting to current laws. Graves notes complex rules depress turnout and advocates nonpartisan city and school board mail ballot elections.
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Kansas
Graves
Secretary of State
Bill Graves
Readers urged to sign letters with address and phone
The newspaper invites letters to the editor, requiring signatures and the writer’s address. Unsigned letters will not be published and a telephone number should be provided to speed verification.
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates Effective July 1 1989
The Ottawa Herald lists new subscription rates for Ottawa and surrounding areas by carrier, motor route and mail. Rates vary by location with monthly, quarterly, semiannual and yearly options, including Franklin County adjacent counties and all other areas.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
Ottawa High School needs expansion to serve growing enrollment
The piece argues Ottawa High School is bursting with 580 students now and projected to 750 by decade's end, urging a May bond vote to fund a $3 million expansion including 12 classrooms an added gym and library. It stresses community responsibility and willingness to raise taxes to improve the city’s educational future.
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Ottawa High School
U.S.C
OHS
Ottawa
Geographical musings from a map loving reader
A reader shares wide ranging geography notes and curiosities from the United States to Chile and Australia. He lists border states with Canada and Mexico, reflects on Chilean shape and the Andes, discusses Arctic shoreline Russia, and notes distant cities like Seattle and Miami while mentioning Madagascar and Antananarivo.
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United States
Canada
Associated Press
Alaska
Washington
Idaho
Montana
North Dakota
Minnesota
Michigan
New York
Vermont
New Hamp Shire
Maine
Mexico
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
South America
Chile
Bolivia
Argentina
Pacific Ocean
Russia
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Arctic Ocean
Colorado
Wyoming
South Dakota
Contiguous
Seattle
Wash
Miami
Fla
Jesse Jackson for DC mayor? a satirical take
The piece mocks Jesse Jackson as a potential Washington mayor, arguing his talkative nature, focus on grand topics, and unfitness for nuts and bolts governance. It suggests his best path would be statehood for DC leading to a U.S. Senate seat, or a presidential bid, with sharp references to Daley and Koch and political exhaust.
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Jesse Jackson
Washington, D.C
Jackson
William Perry
Ed Koch
New York
Oratory
Sonny Bono
Palm Springs
Frankie
White House
Jesse
Washington
District of Columbia
U.S
Cspan
D.C
Bush
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Terry Ostmeyer
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Peg Armstrong
Wayne Snow
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Andy
Montana- Wyoming
St. Joseph
Atlantic Ocean
Ireland
Bering Sea
Jane
Navy
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Pacific
Middle East
Balkans
China
Egypt
Algeria
Iran
India
Burma
South Africa
Israel
Japan
Philippines
Australia
New Zealand
Hong Kong
Calcutta
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Zambia
Zimbabwe
Madagascar
Indian Ocean
Africa
Antananarivo
Andy Rooney
Tibune Media Ser
We Andelsin
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
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George Washington
Delaware
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