Guns Ottawan's Art Form
Joe Stephenson, a 60-year-old Ottawan, turns hunting interest into custom gun stocks. He spends about 75 hours per gun, finishing wood, in-letting metal, and shaping stocks to ensure fit and durability. A former 3M traveler, he treats stock making as a hobby, not a business, and also converts military rifles to sporting ones.
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Jay Bemis
Joe Stephenson
Colorado
Wyoming
Stephenson
South Central
St. Joseph
Perry
Rose
Trade Deficit Hits Record 1986 High Despite December Drop
Washington AP reports the United States ended 1986 with a $169.8 billion trade deficit, the largest on record, though December showed improvement as imports exceeded exports by $10.7 billion versus $19.2 billion the prior month. Exports rose 2 percent to $217.3 billion while imports reached $387.1 billion. Japan remained the largest deficit partner at $58.6 billion, with the European Economic Community at $26.4 billion.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Reagan
U.S
Japan
European Economic Community
Kansas House votes to reinstate death penalty in Kansas
The Kansas House approved a bill to reinstate capital punishment, 71 to 53, sending it to the Senate. Gov. Hayden backs the measure, disputing projected $10.9 million annual capital murder costs, while opponents cite fiscal strain. The bill limits penalties to premeditated murders and killings during kidnapping, rape, or sodomy, with separate juries for guilt and punishment.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas House of Representatives
Senate
Kansas
Ottawa
Jack Beauchamp
House
Mike Hayden
Hayden
Legislative Research Department
Robert T. Stephan
Marvin Barkis
Graeber
R-Leavenworth
Reagan Vetoes Water Cleanup Bill for Second Time
President Reagan vetoed a $20 billion water cleanup bill calling it wasteful and pork laden. He warned the veto would likely be overridden as he lacks votes to sustain it. The House plans a next week override vote while Senate action is anticipated.
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Washington
Reagan
House
Senate
Ottawa Water Plant 24 Hour High Reaches 56 Degrees
The high for the 24-hour period ending 6 p.m. Thursday at the Ottawa Water Plant was 56 degrees with a low of 39. The county forecast calls for increasing cloudiness tonight with lows in the upper 20s, and Saturday will be mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and highs in the mid to upper 40s.
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Ottawa
Pay Raise Controversy Shifts to House
The Senate rejected a $12,100 congressional pay raise 88 to 6 and added an amendment tying the raises to a $50 million homeless aid measure. The raise would lift senators and representatives to $89,500 next week unless both houses reject it. House hearings on the issue follow, with leadership signaling possible inaction.
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Washington
Senate
House
Sen
Gordon J. Humphrey
R-N.h
Democratic House
Kansas unemployment rolls swell in December
Kansas' unemployment rate rose to 5.6 percent in December from 5.4 percent in November due to seasonal losses in construction farming and education. Oil and gas added 500 jobs in Wichita as education and farming trimmed payrolls across the state. County rates spiked in Franklin Harvey and Neosho counties with job losses linked to factory layoffs and a fire at Rigid Farm in Richmond.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Wichita
Shelby Smith
Franklin County
Rigid
Richmond
Anderson County
Miami County
Harvey County
Neosho County
Jackson County
Jewell
Neosho
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