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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1990
Page
3
An editorial notes Massachusetts tax pressures and explains Monson's cash raise by auctioning 49 confiscated firearms. It lists items including two 9 mm pistols, a bolt action rifle, and a Daisy Red Ryder air rifle, with assurances buyers were vetted. The piece argues guns and laws have limited effect compared to money.
Guest Opinion condemns Addis and Joe Renfro for a May 30 courthouse brawl. The piece argues they lied after the incident and calls for their resignation or recall as tensions with Labette County commissioners worsen. It notes prior conflicts including Renfro's call to Sheriff Bringle and observers in the county courthouse.
In Salem Hall district near Wellsville, the one room Salem Hall School operated as a school and community center from the 19th century until 1944. District 11 merged with Wellsville in 1950, the building was sold and torn down, and land returned to former owners. The last teacher was Jean Lytle and notable pupils included Areta Latimer, John Alden, and Mary Chilton Nickerson.
The piece lists attendees at Soviet Embassy lunches and a White House dinner during the Soviet president's visit. Notables include Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, Isaac Asimov, John Kenneth Galbraith, Robert Gale, Billy Graham, Jesse Jackson, Van Cliburn, Ray Bradbury, Dizzy Gillespie, Eugene McCarthy, Henry Kissinger, Armand Hammer, Tom Brokaw, Dan Rather, Peter Jennings, Hugh Sidey, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman, George F. Kennan, Frederica von Stade, and William Webster. several guests are highlighted for cross cultural reach and potential influence on future coverage.
AP report details gifts from the 1987 summit as Mikhail Gorbachev and Raisa receive two horseshoes and a handbag, while Bush gives a Life of George Washington and Raisa receives an enameled tea set. The second horseshoe was later found in Raisa’s purse, official says.
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