What's New, Ron and the Iran Contra Testimony
John Poindexter portrays himself as holding a smoking gun to reveal Iran arms profits diverted to the Contras. Reagan questions the legitimacy of any new revelation, while the core issue remains whether the president knew of or was blind to the alleged coverup.
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John Poindexter
National Security
Reagan
Iran
Poindexter
Orrin Hatch
Utah
National Security Council
North
Congress
Ayatollah Khomneini
DPS Relief Welcomed in City Commission Vote
Mayor Fred Heathman introduced a motion to have City Manager Lyle Dresher seek the resignation of DPS Director Oren Skiles. Commissioner Dan Fogle supported the motion, while Jerry Thompson Jim McCrea and Marvin Calliham opposed it. Calliham’s alternative motion passed to delay further DPS accusations with a January 1988 progress report.
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Fred Heathman
Lyle Dresher
Oren Skiles
Department of Public Safety
Dan Fogle
Jerry Thompson
Jim McCrea
Marvin Calliham
Calliham
DPS
Skiles
Dresher
Fall Guy Question Lingers After North Testimony
The piece argues Ollie North has shifted from potential fall guy to national hero after six days of hearings. It questions who, if anyone, could bear blame, suggesting John Poindexter unlikely and proposing William Casey as the unseen mastermind. The tone is acerbic and speculative about leadership accountability.
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Ollie North
North
Reagan
Ollie
Robert McFarlane
White House
McFarlane
Rodney Dangerfield
Adm
John Poindexter
National Security Council
Poindexter
Congress
Sen
George Mitchell
Maine
Mitchell
New Hairdog Traffic Hazard
A man reflects on hair and change from childhood burrs to 1970s protests and a 1977 wrong side parting, ending with a body permanent for his wedding 11 days away. He compares male and female attitudes toward styling and notes his future incognito at the altar after a transformative hair experience.
Government by feeling prevails in North inquiry
Washington coverage portrays Rep Henry Hyde as delivery boy to a spectacle around Oliver North. The hearing piles adultery telegrams and political theater amid bipartisan clash on constitutional powers, with Orrin Hatch defending North yet lamenting prosecution. The piece argues governance by feeling overrides law.
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Washington
Oliver North
Henry Hyde
Hyde
John Nields
Arthur Liman
North
Reagan
Rotary and BPW in Olathe Embrace Women Members
A local columnist recounts leaving the all male Rotary Club for the Olathe Business & Professional Women, detailing the shift in attire toward gender inclusive clubs. He notes Rotary and Kiwanis moves toward female membership after a court ruling, predicting women joining by September amid pro female professional support.
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Olathe
Olathe Business & Professional Women's Club
Olathe Bpw
Olathe Rotary Club
BPW
Kansas
Rotary
Olathe Junior Service League
Service League
Kiwanis
Keith Bell
Olathe Rotary
Ottawa Herald subscriber rates and office staff listing
Ottawa Herald provides subscription prices for Ottawa area carriers and mail, Franklin and adjacent counties, and all other areas with monthly, quarterly, semiannual and yearly rates. It lists staff including Editor Publisher Jim R Hitch Managing Editor Terry Ostmeyer Advertising Mike Geiss Circulation Peg Armstrong Office Wayne Snow Press Foreman Jean Rossman and notes a 5.5 percent sales tax.
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Jim R. Hitch
Terry Ostmeyer
Jim Hornbeck
Mike Geiss
Peg Armstrong
Wayne Snow
Jean Rossman
Ottawa
Franklin County
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Danny
Partridge Family
Jim Hitch
Ottawa Herald
Daniel Inouye
Hawaii
Paul Trible
R-Va
Richard Secord
Air Force
Trible
Secord
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Supreme Court
Robert Bork
Mary McGrory
Iversal Press Syndicate
Rotary Clubs
Biko Hurd
Harris News Service
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