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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1987
Page
1
The piece lampoons lies by politicians and asks if North would face the same scrutiny if he testified to groups other than lawmakers. It questions deceit in Iran-Contra era figures and ponders public trust amid ongoing congressional scrutiny.
The magazine reports air traffic control computers are old and poorly maintained with near miss incidents cited. A June Dakota near collision occurred while a four day computer outage forced use of a backup. In Chicago, a controller directed a plane toward a storm after a communications failure. The FAA program from 1981 lags, while staff cuts limit maintenance. About $5 billion in Aviation Trust Fund surplus sits unspent as Congress and the White House refuse to release it to improve safety. Airline passengers deserve the funds for safety improvements.
A vacation observer watches deer at dawn and notes their daytime hiding habits among woods, yards, and a pentagonal writing shack. He muses on wildlife adaptation, human–animal coexistence, fears of mice, and a rare memory of deer with young while reflecting on hunting and cookies.
Bill Bennett of 609 S Hickory showcases a 53 year art collection in a display titled Things Framed at the Municipal Auditorium Gallery. More than 40 works include Catlin buffalo lithographs, Manet and Whistler etchings, Goya’s Follies, a 1914 nude photograph, a Brigit Riley serigraph, and a hair wreath, with hours 2-4 p.m. weekends and 9 a.m.–5 p.m. weekdays through Aug 1.
In this Des Moines Register opinion piece, the author likens Oliver North to George Armstrong Custer, arguing North’s testimony is unreliable and that plausible deniability and a hidden agenda threaten American democracy. The piece urges Reagan to disclose truth, avoid pardons, and restore credibility.
Kansas backs the $6 billion federal super collider project to place the nation at physics frontiers while Missouri considers Lee Summit as a site for a semiconductor research center expected to create about 1,000 jobs. Governors pledge cooperation over the Kansas City region to boost both states.
The piece argues that property tax reform in Kansas and Oklahoma is illusory, with Kansas relying on flawed reassessment methods and a 30 percent value basis for some properties, while Oklahoma enforces a minimum 10 percent ratio. It calls the reforms a carnival, noting mis aligned assessments, costly reappraisals, and the real need to fund people services through income, sales, and user fees rather than property values. It criticizes lawmakers for shifting taxes rather than reforming them, warning of future headaches from tinkering with the system.
Ottawa Herald circulates daily except Sundays and holidays with pricing for Ottawa area Franklin County and adjacent counties. Rates list one month to one year options by carrier by mail with differing regional charges and out-of-state tax details for July 1 1986 and after.
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