Benjamin seeks health care focus in Fifth District bid
Democrat Charles Benjamin, Harvey County commissioner and Bethel College instructor, campaigns for the Fifth District seat in the Aug. 7 primary. He cites health insurance costs as top voter worry, urges shrinking urban rural Medicare gaps, and pledges government cost improvements while leveraging party majorities for funding. He notes his record cutting mill levies and expanding services for the elderly.
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Diane Yeamans
Herald
America
Fifth
Charles Benjamin
U.S
House of Representatives
Ottawa Herald
Kansas
Benjamin
Harvey County
Wichita
Bethel College
Newton
Arkle
United States
Soviet Union
Europe
Japan
Mikhail Gorbachev
U.S.A
S&l
Congress
Fifth party forum set in Winfield for 5th district race
The Winfield Daily Courier reports a major joint appearance by nine of ten candidates seeking Democratic and Republican nominations for Kansas 5th District Congress. Republican lineup includes Barr Hodges Nichols Otto Reitz Talkington. Democrats Benjamin Myers Wingert. forum August 1 at Baden Square Community Center, with Republicans 7 to 8 15 p.m. and Democrats 8 35 to 9 35 p.m. Sponsored by local news media and area chambers of commerce.
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Winfield
Kan
Sth
Kansas
Dave Seaton
Seaton
Winfield Daily Courier
John A. Bames
Cherryvale
Charles Benjamin
Kym Myers
George Wingert
Sheila Barr
Kent Hodges
Dick Nichols
Bill Otto
Ed Reitz
Doyis Talkington
Paul Rhodes
Talkington
Cowley County
Winfield and
Arkansas City
Bush S&L bailout fund near empty by Sept 30
The Resolution Trust Corp Oversight Board says the bailout program could have as little as 7.3 billion in borrowing authority left when the new fiscal year starts October 1 if 77 institutions are not closed or sold by September 30. Regulators would be forced to slow resolutions without more congressional borrowing, unless assets from repossessed real estate and sour loans are sold faster.
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Washington
Bush
Resolution Trust Corp. Oversight Board
Congress
S&l
Local Forum: Ottawa Library Q and A Highlights
Ottawa Library answers this week cover topics from presidential history to fabric terms. Questions include who led the United States in 1901 and 1902 and what pongee color is, with confidential inquiries available by phone, mail, or visiting Fifth and Main.
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Ottawa
U.S
Theodore Roosevelt
William McKinley
Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Random House
Library Line stands for Extension Homemaker Units
Extension Home Economist Marcia Mages notes 18 EHU groups in Franklin County join for fellowship and education. EHU Council coordinates yearly plans across units.
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Marcia Mages
Franklin County Extension Service
EHU
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Higginson
Massachusetts
Emily Dickinson
Collier's Encyclopedia
Unitarian Church
Weather Forecast: Cloudy Tonight With Rain Likely
Cloudy tonight with a 70 percent chance of rain and upper sixties lows. Extended statewide forecast through Tuesday shows a chance of showers and thunderstorms Sunday and Monday, then drying Tuesday. Cooler than normal with highs in the 80s and 60s overnight.
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Kansas
Regional Tax Proposals Echo Reappraisal Costs Across Counties
Paola deputies plan a five percent voter protest to force a state ordered reappraisal costing about 200000 dollars. Gardner reports a mill levy of 19913 with a 25 percent spending rise to 5.5 million dollars, funded by higher property and sales taxes. Chanute sees building permits totaling 10.7 million over two years, including Chanute High renovation and a new Wal Mart, among numerous projects.
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Paola
Miami County
Gardner
Chanute
Chanute High
Casey’s General
Chanute Manufacturing
Cleaver’s Farm Supply
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Nu-Wa Industries
Automate
Tioga
Young’s
Chanute Housing Authority
Hi-Lo
Wal-Mart
Humbolt National Bank
Neosho County Community College
Third Nu-Wa Industries
Linger Longer program in Kansas in limbo
Kansas tourism officials report a drop in the Linger Longer program since its May 25 start. Coupon books redeemed average 172 weekly this year versus 417 weekly in early 1989. State aims to boost visitation with an attractions guide and border-state advertising while avoiding an premature end.
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Hays
Kan
State Commission On Travel and Tourism
Bob Murray
Kansas Department of Commerce
Appeals court reverses North Iran-Contra verdicts
A federal appeals panel ordered a new trial on one charge and a full tainted evidence hearing for Oliver North after ruling Gesell gave faulty jury instructions. The decision addresses whether immunized congressional testimony influenced the 1989 conviction on altering NSC documents and potentially affects two other counts.
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Washington
Oliver North
National Security Council
Reagan Administration
North
NSC
U.S. District Court
Gerhard Gesell
Congress
Gesell
Local MDA fund-raiser heads to 13th year in Franklin County
Gary Kuntz, Ottawa High school teacher, serves as Franklin County coordinator for the Muscular Dystrophy Association campaign to run through Labor Day weekend. The 13th annual drive includes a bowl-a-thon at Indian Lanes on Sept 3 with packets available from Barb Wolken. Kuntz urges groups to help with bake sales, garage sales, or softball tournaments to boost pledges as researchers near a potential cure.
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Gary Kuntz
Ottawa High
Franklin County
Kuntz
MDA
Indian Lanes Bowling Alley
Barb Wolken
Indian Lanes
Ottawa Herald publisher and classified rates list
A column lists Ottawa Herald staff roles including editor publisher and managing editor and details newspaper subscription prices effective April 1 1990 for Ottawa and surrounding counties by carrier motor route and mail with monthly quarterly semiannual and annual rates for in state and out of state subscribers.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
State of Kansas
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