Kansas Commerce Ad Flap Triggers Embarrassing Mistake
The Kansas Commerce Department aborted a glossy campaign after an ad showed a 60 story skyline and an elk, neither of which fit Kansas. Admark of Topeka created the spot and officials blamed the lapse on avoiding favoritism by using a foreign landscape. The debacle could hurt the pro Kansas push.
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Incumbent's fund drive targets Joan Finney aid
In Kansas, Democratic Chairman Jim Parrish urges state residents to donate one or two dollars to Finney's financial ministry to cover a recent payment to the State Peedeurge. He asserts posters were not campaign material while noting Finney reimbursed $2,004 for an indiscretion.
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Hutchinson News
If I Were In Charge Ottawa Readers Propose City Improvements
Ottawan readers offer ideas for Ottawa Kansas including better sidewalk use, fewer blocked paths, more shade trees at Garfield Grade School, preserving brick streets, banning smoking in restaurants, and strict enforcement against sidewalk obstructions while collecting revenue for the city. Submit thoughts to The Ottawa Herald.
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Buchanan softens with age on North Poindexter pardon debate
The writer argues Patrick Buchanan has evolved to favor presidential clemency for Oliver North and John Poindexter, citing motives of patriotism. It recalls past civil rights protests and war critics, noting Buchanan’s softened stance and lingering persona as a droll, hopeful liberal-conservative commentator.
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Fruit Stand To Turn A Profit Theme In Satirical Plan
In a satirical riff, a columnist envisions a fruit stand named Orange Is Us profiting from contraband style deals tied to Iran Contra era figures. The piece parodies code names, democratic rhetoric, and shady financials from Oliver North, Richard Secord, Albert Hakim, and others while imagining patriotic pricing and spectacle.
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Col. North
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Richard Secord
Albert Hakim
Aid Won't Change Nicaragua Opinion Piece by Whitley Austin
Retired Salina Journal editor argues Iran-Contra hearings reveal public concern over Central America policy. He questions whether military action in Nicaragua would convert it to a democracy, noting hostages, Marxist fears, ally strains, and the dangers of foreign intervention. He emphasizes constitutional governance and honest leadership as core issues.
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Ottawa Herald pricing notice for 1986 subscriptions
Ottawa Herald announces subscription rates effective July 1, 1986, for Ottawa area, Franklin County, and all other areas. Carrier and motor routes: one month four dollars, three months eleven dollars, six months twenty one dollars, one year forty dollars. Mail: Franklin County and adjacents four forty nine, six months twenty five dollars, one year forty eight dollars. All other areas five fifty per month, sixteen dollars per quarter, thirty one dollars six months, sixty dollars per year. Out of state add five point five percent sales tax.
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