Subsidy Reform May Cut Airline Support for Small Cities
Government subsidies to airlines serving small cities face scrutiny as Congress moves to cap subsidies at 300 per ticket. Garden City, Hays, Hutchinson, and Parsons illustrate misuse where per ticket costs rise with few users. Critics argue subsidies should be fair to taxpayers and reflect actual demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City
Hays
Hutchinson
Mid-Continent
Wichita
Parsons
Tri-Cities
Independence
Coffeyville
Congress
Kansan Lottery to Cancel Bonanza Game Show
Kansas Lottery officials announce the cancellation of the TV game show Bonanza Game later this month as earnings fall short. They had hoped state funding would continue, but projections show revenues will miss the 70 million dollar target by about a million. The piece notes growing public impatience and rising government belt tightening.
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Kansas Lottery
Lottery
Kansas
Letters To The Editor On Flag Protection And Duty
A reader argues for enforceable flag protection laws and respect for the flag. They reference The Flag Code and recall experiences from military service, urging Congress and citizens to act and express themselves to defend national symbols. The piece blends patriotic sentiment with calls for action and reflection on American values.
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National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution
Iwo Jima
Vietnam
Air Force Bases
Stone street markers praised by local resident letters
Mrs Albert Williams of 116 West 10th writes in support of distinctive stone street markers. She credits David L Shields, minister of Ottawa First Christian Church, and aligns with remarks by John Mark Lambertson and Isabel Hernandez from recent city commission coverage.
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David L. Shields
Ottawa
Stone
Albert Williams
Vacation Columns Pose Newspaper Dilemma
Our editor laments travelogue style vacation columns, noting peers in New Mexico and Emporia. He recalls famed writers, questions the value of personal trips as public content, and explains his own plan to travel West for a family gathering while weighing possible harness racing visits and notes.
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Jim Hitch
Ol’ John
John P. Harris
William Allen White
Emporia
Way Out West
California
Fantasyland
HUD debacle echoes Irish saying on stealing pennies
The piece indicts Reagan era officials including James Watt Samuel Pierce and others for profiting from housing programs for the homeless while criticizing President Bush's YES Youth Engaged in Service. It contrasts GOP self enrichment with calls for volunteer aid, invoking the Irish proverb about stealing pennies from a dead man's eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Watt
Reagan
Interior
Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Samual Pierce
Watt
Pierce
John Mitchell
Nixon
Frederick Bush
George
Capitol Hill
Bush
Rose Garden
Jim Waitt
Ezekiel
Vision of a Billionaire Town Planner
A speaker imagines spending 2 billion dollars to reshape a town by buying and tearing down houses to create vacant lots, replacing malls with farms, and restoring wetlands. The plan includes riverfront redevelopment, winding roads, and relocating commerce to agricultural production for a simpler childhood and greener environment.
Ottawa Herald subscription rates and postal details
Ottawa Herald lists subscription prices and mailing options for 1989 and after. Rates vary by delivery type and region including Ottawa area, Franklin County, and surrounding counties, with monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and annual options for carrier, motor route, and mail subscriptions.
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Coda
Ottawa
Kansas
R. Hiteh
Franklin County
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Joyce
New Hampshire
Branson
Jim
Boreoun
Colorado
Terry Ostmeyer
The
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Washington
Sam Pierce
John Imccormally
Harris News Service
Andy
United States
Little Harbor
River Front
Andy Rooney
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