Lottery proves poor revenue bet for Los Angeles schools
Los Angeles Unified School District lottery proceeds slumped from 30 million in the first quarter to 12 million in the quarter ending September. Board president Rita Walters warns that new games fail to boost sales as hoped, with profitability hinging on promotion and population density.
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Los Angeles
Board of Education
Rita Walters
Los Angeles Unified School District
Kansas
Booze and the Bring-Your-Own-Bottle Debate in Hays
The Hays Chamber of Commerce planned a fund raising dance as a BYOB event but found the venue’s liquor license made attendance illegal. The paper argues antiquated liquor laws and questions whether alcohol truly boosts a community, noting states with open saloons still face recession woes.
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Hays
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Hays America
Huck-Harry Marks of Kansas politicians remembered
Huck Boyd of Phillipsburg and Harry Darby of Kansas City Kans died recently. Both were devoted Republicans who loved Kansas. Boyd edited the Phillips County Review and mentored leaders including U.S. Sen. Bob Dole. Darby helped flood control projects across the Midwest and river management from Pomona to Ottawa. His belief: involvement proves democracy and country.
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Huck Boyd
Phillipsburg
Harry Darby
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas
Boyd
Phillips County Review
U.S
Bob Dole
Ronald Reagan
Darby
Midwest
Kaw
Missouri
Pomona
Melvern
Ottawa
Marais Des Cygnes
New Ottawa Editor Encounters Signs Lights and Library Card
A writer settling in Ottawa observes the city’s lack of street signs, glowing Main Street lights, and a lively downtown at 11:30 p.m. He visits the Ottawa Library seeking a card, meets librarian Barbara Dew and library director, and notes help from Robert Wellington as he starts his new role at The Herald.
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Uptown
Ottawa
The
Herald
Barbara Dew
Reagan Style Resign Notion Grows In Crisis
A reader and columnist debate whether Reagan should resign amid Iran Contra fallout. The piece links Reagan’s health and attention lapses to White House evasions, McFarlane remarks, NASA comparisons, and a public swayed by PR. It condemns the administration as morally sunk and resigned in practice if not in name.
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New York Times
White House
Iran
National Security
Robert McFarlane
Tehran
McFarlane
Sen. Sarbanes
NASA
Morton-Thiokol
Rogers Commission
Honduras
Iraq
Ronald Reagan
Mildew and Weather Mood Here in the Northeast
A reflective, humor-tinged diary lament on a snowless Northeast winter. The writer contrasts warm spells with memories of heavy snows, notes mildew on stored firewood, and jokes about weather predictions and lifestyle mismatches with the season.
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Europe
How To Cure Winter Blahs In Chicago
A columnist lists quirky expert tips to beat January through March blues in Chicago, mixing humorous warns with offbeat ideas. It covers drinking advisories, brooding, lifestyle changes, winter sports, binocular voyeurism, hostage fantasies, and cautions against unhealthy comforts, inviting readers to share safer alternatives.
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Chicago
Finland
Ottawa Herald subscription rates 1986 change notice
Local newspaper lists new subscription prices effective July 1 1986 for Ottawa Franklin County and surrounding areas. Details include carrier motor route and mail rates varying by region with monthly quarterly semiannual and annual options and a 5.5 percent out of state sales tax deduction.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
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