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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1987
Page
1
In a Southeast Kansas clipping Gov elect Hayden calls for voluntary 3.8 percent salary cuts for all state judges and high officials to trim spending. Judges threaten a suit if forced cuts occur, arguing judiciary salaries are set by law and adequate pay is needed to attract capable lawyers amid heavy caseloads.
A Defense Department project builds a 10 foot tall 17 foot long aluminum insect shaped vehicle designed to traverse rough terrain. Tested last week in Ohio it failed prompting design revisions. Eight million dollars already spent. The machine may serve a public interest and could be parked outside Congress for daily viewing as lawmakers enter the Capitol to review the defense budget.
The postmaster general announced rates will stay stable this year while urging focus on service. A nearby weekly editor, relying on mail, conducted a readership survey showing 32 percent of subscribers do not receive the paper on time.
A dense listing covers evening shows, HBO films, and local sports. Highlights include NBC and ABC movie nights, Conexion with The Falcon and the Snowman and Creepshow, Wichita State at Kansas State basketball, and Nightline and Rockford Files long forms among late programs.
A Kansas agriculture column critiques rural seminars that dodge core issues. It calls for scrapping corporate farming bans, ending the property tax as tied to land, and funding roads and schools by income and sales taxes instead. The piece urges a decisive 21st century farm policy shift led by Kansas.
In a measured take on President Reagan's budget, analysts from both sides of the spectrum find merit in increased user fees for benefits to corporations and affluent groups, privatization ideas, and cuts in several programs. Liberal and conservative economists see potential savings, while cautioning against discarding the overall plan due to deficits.
Dear reader questions cover whether silent gallstones can be left alone and the timing of removal, plus guidance on interpreting urinary urobilinogen and a color blind reader seeking reliable glucose testing. The reply notes some stones are small but opinions vary and suggests modern digital glucose meters as a clearer reading option.
Richard Dean Anderson of MacGyver fame joined New York Rangers warmups in a charity celebrity appearance at Madison Square Garden. The Minnesotan actor, who once aspired to pro hockey, said the moment felt like a boyhood dream and he would have traded acting for the sport, though he remains proud of the show's non-violent premise.
Ottawa Herald lists delivery and mail rates effective July 1 1986 for Ottawa and surrounding areas Franklin County and out of state. Local one month four dollars three months eleven dollars six months twenty one dollars one year forty dollars. Franklin County rates match four fifty thirteen dollars twenty five dollars forty eight dollars. Outside Franklin County rates one five fifty five dollars thirty five dollars sixty one dollars. Subscriptions taxed at five point five percent.
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