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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1987
Page
1
President Reagan demands deficit reduction without tax hikes while Congress favors a $134 billion shortfall for the year starting Oct 1. House and Senate votes pass a resolution with spending and tax implications, setting up a veto clash over defense cuts and social programs amid a partisan stalemate.
In 1987 Kansas Governor Mike Hayden proposed a special legislative session to focus solely on a $1.8 billion highway plan. Critics warned the move could unleash broad agenda items from lobbyists and disrupt regular lawmaking, urging restraint and reliance on normal sessions.
A reader is provided with names and addresses for President Ronald Reagan and senators Bob Dole and Nancy Kassebaum, plus Rep. Bob Whittaker and state officials Jim Allen and Jack Beauchamp, including their Washington and Topeka offices and telephone numbers.
William Bryan of Garden City took his wife and three daughters to Cedar Bluff Reservoir when a rattlesnake emerged from the gas tank vent. Mayflies swarmed the Burlington bridge approach near the Mississippi, closing the road briefly. A Newton man plans a July return to film an automobile stunt in Kanopolis and nearby areas. Charles Pitts fished at Kanopolis but entered only a crabby report, while $4,000 in prizes circulated in a local fishing event. Motel operator Jeff Harsh pursues a film Health Wars about natural treatments, seeking funding after blood testing requests. Weather boosts air conditioning spending by $300 million in May, and Burt Parker’s 1966 Chevrolet pickup rolled into Big Hill Lake due to transmission issues. Great Bend promotes a local fight song to boost economies amid oilfield blues.
Opinion argues against making Washington D C a state. It notes the House District Committee passed a New Columbia proposal 6 5 with high profile support, but warns the plan is unconstitutional and impractical. It emphasizes DC remains the capital serving all Americans.
The piece contrasts Tammy Faye Bakker and Meese’s reactions with the White House response amid the Iran Contra hearings. It notes seven independent counsels, Reagan’s fading authority, and the Venice summit backdrop. It highlights Hamilton’s impeachment hint and White House discomfort as trust erodes in the administration.
The Ottawa Herald lists subscription prices for the Ottawa area Franklin and adjacent counties and all other areas. Rates show monthly, quarterly, semiannual and annual terms by carrier or mail with different regional pricing and a 5.5 percent sales tax for out of state subscribers.
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