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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1986
Page
4
Pauline Darrah, 67, of Kansas City, declines a $34,000 Jaguar won in a Mayor's Christmas Tree Fund drawing. She says she does not drive, cannot handle taxes, and prefers the car go to someone else as officials consider alternatives to honor her wish. The fund raised over $55,000 toward a $155,000 goal.
The Joint Committee on State Building Construction in Topeka approved Kansas university system spending of 14.2 million for fiscal year starting July. Notable items include 4.6 million for a Wichita State University library and 4.2 million for a Kansas State biology chemistry building, with 175 thousand added for WSU science classroom planning.
AP News Analysis reports President Reagan's chief economist Beryl Sprinkel predicts stronger economic growth than private forecasters. Analysts note the administration's optimism may require around $50 billion in cuts to meet the Gramm Rudman Hollings deficit ceiling, with a 4 percent real GNP growth assumption versus a 3.1 percent private forecast.
Rev. Jerry Falwell announces a new Liberty Federation to broaden goals beyond the Moral Majority while keeping the original group. He cites press criticism and aims to expand defense, foreign policy, and anti-communism, with Robertson rumored to seek the presidency and Bush backed for 1988.
The plan links a proposed 1 cent sales tax increase to prison construction costs with funds from current and future budgets. It notes overcrowding projections through 1990, expands Ellsworth prison capacity, and cites renovations at KCIL and Winfield State Hospital as ongoing fiscal pressures.
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