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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1987
Page
2
Kansas City Teamsters local president John Couts Jr. says the union must shed Mafia influence as the federal government weighs a sweeping trusteeship to take over the 21 member executive board. Couts supports the move to restore member and officer self rule amid corruption allegations.
United Rubber Workers face plant shutdowns as Armstrong Tire Co and Firestone negotiation drift apart. Firestone workers earned 16 per hour with cuts since 1985, while Armstrong pays 22. Plunging farm tire demand drives closures. unions resist concessions, highlighting erosion of trust between management and workers.
The Governor's Highway Task Force pushes a 1,443 mile 1.8 billion plan while critics warn portions like the Witchita to Neodesha four lane and Topeka to Holton four lanes are unnecessary. Proposals favor reducing to super two and reallocating 480 million to optimize a regional network across Kansas. Garden City Telegram reports.
A reflective account traces decades of car ownership from a 1941 Ford to a 1962 Mercury Comet and beyond. The narrator describes shaping vehicles with improvised fixes, treating cars as companions, and learning restraint as reliability grows. Noting frequent oil checks, tuneups, and miles, the piece blends humor with nostalgia for vehicles as sentient allies.
John Buzbee, a KU student and Panhandle News Journal correspondent, survived a severe auto crash that cost him part of a leg and left leg injuries. His father, publisher of the Hutchinson News, recounts the 4:20 a.m. call, helicopter ride to Kansas City, surgeries, and the long road of recovery. Friends and KU students stayed by his side as he faced infection, phantom pain, and rehabilitation with humor and grit. John was to become campus editor at KU and had planned summer work in Pensacola, Florida.
The Ottawa Herald lists new subscription rates effective July 1 1986 for Ottawa and surrounding area by carrier or mail and for Franklin County nearby counties and out of state subscribers. Local rates: one month four dollars, three months eleven, six months twenty one five, one year forty.
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