Ottawa Plans Major Thoroughfare Projects This Summer
The city aims to finish major road work in Ottawa this year with South Main and North Ottawa projects. An overlay on K-68 from Logan to the city limits should take three to four days. Main Street from Logan to Wilson will be widened resurfaced and improved with water lines lighting and sidewalks to avoid a winter delay.
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Ottawa
South Main
Logan
Main
Logan North
Wilson
Windfall Tax Reform Sparks Kansan Debate
The Tax Reform Act creates a windfall of over 100 million dollars for Kansas, while weakening tax shelters and raising state taxes. Voters and lawmakers debate whether to return the windfall to taxpayers or fund needy programs. A poll shows most favor higher taxes over program cuts, targeting higher earners and state employees in dispute over who bears the burden.
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Kansas
Mike Hayden
Christmas Lights Impress Ottawa Visitors
Leon and Myrtle Nelson of Laramie Wyoming praise Ottawa for outstanding Christmas displays. They traveled from Michigan Oklahoma and Ottawa to see the lights and thanked those responsible for the decorations including the Troutman home and the downtown lighting.
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Ottawa
Leon
Myrtle Nelson
Laramie
Wyo
Old People and Insurance Bias in Budget Debates
Walter R Banks of Wellsville laments how older Americans face higher Medicare costs and diminished benefits amid budget cuts while national leaders and big business push lobbying gains. He questions the fairness of the system and the double standard in how influence is viewed depending on who benefits.
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Walter R
Banks Wellsville
Wintery Recollections by Whitley Austin
Whitley Austin recalls snowy weekends in Kansas and Wisconsin. He contrasts Emporia cold mornings with Madison winters where outdoor hockey ice boating and brisk campus life shaped youthful memories. Prohibition era saloons, lake Mendota tales, and frosty rituals frame veteran reflections on nature and manhood.
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Whitley Austin Harris
Kansas
Emporia
Madison
Wis
Lake Mendota
State Street
University
Zuny
Wisconsin
Wait Austin
Salina
The Millionaire Lottery Dream and a Stranger’s Name
A writer recounts entering a sweepstakes promising ten million dollars, awaiting Ed McMahon on the Tonight Show. He networks with three listed winners, only to strike out finding their phone numbers. He tracks down Rebecca Wright, discovers a swath of confusion over identity and missing listings.
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Ed McMahon
Jim Hitch
T. Blakeslee
Pittsburgh
Steven Knutson
Denver
Rebecca Wright
Detroit
Mich
Knutson
Colorado
Steve Knutson
Steve
Blakeslee
Wright
Rebecca
American Family Publishers
Sunnybrook Farm
Government Drug Testing Rights Debate Shapes Policy
A pair of opinions split on mandatory urine tests for federal workers in sensitive posts. Judge Collins of New Orleans halted Customs Service testing as an unconstitutional invasion of privacy, while proposing a balance that a magistrate must approve non discriminatory testing with safeguards. Legal scholar John Banzhaf suggests distinguishing criminal from facilitative searches and adding due process, safeguards against error, and privacy protections to keep government interests and civil rights intact.
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State Department
Department of Defense
U.S. District Court
New Orleans
Customs Service
Robert F. Collins
Collins
Bureau
FBI
Secret
Service
CIA
National Law Journal
John F. Banzhaf
Banzhaf
National Law Center
George Washington University
Press Has A Role In Wooing Business
In Kansas, caution is urged over economic development tactics and press involvement. Analysts contrast lofty rhetoric with real gains, noting skepticism toward business journalism and the need for responsible reporting that links corporate deals to social and political impact.
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Press
Kansas
Ivan Boesky
Drexel Burnham
Ross Perot
General Motors
Wall Street
Shrine of America
Unes
Lordy Were In Trouble Now Euphemism Protest Letter
A Washington column mocks House rules changes allowing direct reference to the Senate and warns of euphemism erosion. It laments naming shifts from Defense to War Department to restructuring as selling assets. The piece invites readers to submit cherished euphemisms to SAVE and notes dubious political payoffs.
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Washington
House of Representatives
House
Senate of the
United States
Senate
America
Department of Defense
War Department
Superkiller
Safeguard America’s
SAVE
Freedom Fighters
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates 1986
Ottawa Herald lists monthly quarterly half year and annual rates for local Franklin County surrounding areas and all other regions with different mall and carrier options. Out-of-state subscribers are taxed 5.6 percent.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
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Michigan
Oklahoma
Ken
Jim
White House
Plainfield
N.J
Passaic
Newark
James Kilpatrick
Savings Bank
Fed
Fanny Mae
Wall Street Journal
John Marshall
David Broder
Ottawa Herald
Cedar
Jim R. Hitch
Terry Ostmeyer
Jim Hornbeck
Mike Geiss
Peg Armstrong
Wayne Snow
Jean Rossman
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