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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1986
Page
5
Local Ottawans sort craft, mind state issues in Kansas care for the mentally retarded. Celtics have Rockets on the ropes as Saberhagen finds his elusive groove in baseball coverage across pages 4, 6, and 8.
Ottawa City Commission renewed a two year contract with the Department of Social and Rehabilitative Services. SRS will fund wages while the city provides supervision for four to six jobs weekly in streets parks and vehicle maintenance. The panel raised building permit fees and approved multiple drainage project changes and a highway water main line easement with AT SF for Princeton supply.
Ottawa planners approve the 1996 87 CIP dropping an extra half cent sales tax funding, keeping a public works facility and a fire substation in 1987 while moving a recreation center to 1993 and adding a 1992 library elevator project, signaling doubt that voters will support new taxes now.
Senate debate on a 2,847 page tax overhaul begins as Bob Dole warns against adding amendments that add costs such as IRA deductions. Leaders clash over middle class relief and wealthier taxpayers, with Packwood pressing to resist amendments until a compromise version is drafted.
Ransom Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees unanimously voted to buy Port a deck equipment for about 3250 dollars to allow local dentists to perform procedures such as wisdom tooth extractions at RMH. Administrator Dewey Smith said meetings with three local dentists showed demand for in house services and additional revenue.
Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole ran a taxpayer funded postage bill of 252,892 for mass mailings in the six months to March 31, distributing 1.8 million pieces. Nancy Kassebaum spent 57,604 for 399,172 pieces, as Senate total mailing costs reached 24.7 million. The mailings cover newsletters, town notices, letters, and targeted outreach to farmers, veterans, and the elderly. The disclosures come as concerns over rising costs grow and a new spending limit is imposed.
President Reagan urged defense supporters to tell it to the Marines at Parris Island where about 200 graduates finished 11 weeks of training. He then backed Rep. James Broyhill in a fundraiser, praising his tax overhaul stance while noting trade differences and ongoing industry pains in the region.
The Ottawa Water Plant reported a high of 82 and a low of 62 for the 24 hour period ending 6 p.m. Tuesday. Rainfall totaled .03 inches as of 7 this morning. County forecast calls for partly cloudy tonight with a 30 percent rain chance and lows 65 to 70. Thursday should be partly sunny with a chance of rain and highs in the low to mid 80s.
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