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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1988
Page
1
A columnist argues property ownership remains the true wealth measure while noting property tax fairness is flawed. It contrasts homeowners with mortgages, explains mortgage holders as true owners, and asserts property taxes tax wealth whereas income taxes may not. The piece calls for reform to make taxation fairer.
Kansas Legislature educational planning committee advances a plan to forgive one seventh of a teacher’s student loan each year they remain in the state. It targets “critically underserved fields” defined by the State Board of Education, likely math and science. Critics call it discriminatory, arguing pay scales, not loan forgiveness, drive shortages.
In Ottawa, Ottawa High School seniors urged residents to participate in city governance after a classroom forum with City Commission members Jim McCrea and Dan Fogle, DPS changes, and economic development plans. They pressed for end to wasteful spending, private bids for services, and broader public engagement to attract new industry and restore confidence in local leadership.
A columnist muses on bowling and golf as perfecting yet humble games, recalling Bob Benoit’s 300 and Mark Roth’s 255 in the Quaker State Open, while confessing personal struggles, quirks, and a joke on practice and luck. He notes watching Jay Haas win the Bob Hope Classic and admits erratic form, sick days, and an afterthought hole in one.
Washington Post argues U S pressure on Colombia grows necessary as cartel power and violence undermine justice. It cites Jorge Luis Ochoa's release, weak extradition leverage, and the need for tougher sanctions to curb the American demand fueling the drug trade.
The Hutchinson News reports Gov. Mike Hayden proposes 4.58 million in state funds from the Kansas Board of Regents to cover Topeka municipal services next year. Critics denounce it as a political payoff shifting costs to other Kansas taxpayers.
Don Concannon, longtime Kansas Republican figure and former state chairman, critiques party power brokers and reapportionment battles from the 1970s. He laments urban-rural splits, asserts people, not bosses, should judge, and questions moves to influence nominating processes for figures like Bob Dole.
Ottawa Herald lists monthly quarterly and yearly subscription prices for delivery in Ottawa and surrounding area Franklin County and adjacent counties with mail rates for all other regions. Rates reflect October 1 1987 and include carrier motor routes and out of state sales tax 5.5 percent.
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