Hayden backs Burlington as a waste disposal site in Kansas
Gov. Mike Hayden endorses studying a radioactive waste facility near the Wolf Creek nuclear plant if Kansas hosts. The Central Interstate Low Level Radioactive Waste Compact Commission, including Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Nebraska, will pick a site by Jan. 1. Northern Kansas residents protest the plan and push for withdrawal from the compact. Hayden remains reluctant to pull out.
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Mike Hayden
Burlington
Wolf Creek
Kansas
Central Interstate Low Level Radioactive Waste Compact Commission
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Nebraska
Hayden
Kassebaum Inouye Proposal Overhauls Budget Process
Senators plan a sweeping reform of federal budgeting. They would create a leadership panel to resolve spending, merge authorization with appropriations, abolish budget committees, and shift to two year budgets with strong enforcement powers for leaders.
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Nancy Kassebaum
Kansas
Daniel Inouye
Hawaii
Kassebaum
Congress
House
Senate
Legislature’s Smoking Law Debate Draws Heat
Attorney General Robert Stephan says proprietors need not designate non smoking sections. The remark follows a long Kansas Legislature effort on a smoking law, with critics accusing lawmakers of lacking courage while overreaching on policy.
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Kansas
Robert Stephan
Where Were You On June 6
A Wichita survey reveals only two of ten recall June 6 as the 48th anniversary of D Day. Don Blaine, a WWII artilleryman, reflects on memory, futility of war, and how veterans meet occasionally. Jamies Gray, a retired professor, discusses Normandy with clinical, historical tone.
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Don Blaine
Haysville
Wichita
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Normandy
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Dorchester
England
France
English Channel
Pacific
Jamies Gray
Wichita State University
Normanday
Mid-June Heat Sparks Air Conditioning Reflections
A Northwest Kansas writer vents about an 80 degree heat wave, recalling pre air conditioning days and modern cooling culture. He notes the humor of spending time outdoors despite the heat, describes golf, fishing, and family life, and jokes about dehydration and the looming arrival of fall.
Love Wins Love-Hate Relationship
A memoir fragment reflects on a son’s complex bond with his late father and the enduring influence of father figures. It contrasts harsh early expectations with gratitude for mentors who offered guidance, shaping the author’s sense of manhood and forgiveness. The piece ends with a hopeful note on Father’s Day and the pursuit of connection.
Father, a Tulsa union man in memory and humor
In a rural Oklahoma burial, the writer recalls his stepfather Raymond Lee, a union shop steward who prized humor over materialism. The piece sketches his defiant pride, pranks, politics, and smoking habit, plus long drives, adoptions, and a swift, certain death, ending with a wry nod to mortality.
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Calif
Yale
Okla
Oklahoma
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Dad
Harry Dee
Tulsa
Sion
Walter Mondale
Mondale
Fort Sill
Jeff
Tommy
Charles Darwin
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates 1986 Ottawa KS
Ottawa Herald lists monthly and annual subscription prices effective July 1 1986. Local carrier rates start at 4.00 for one month and 40.00 yearly. Franklin County and adjacent areas 4.50 monthly up to 60.00 yearly. all other areas by mail 5.50 monthly up to 60.00 yearly. Tax applies for out of state subscribers.
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Franklin County
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