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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1987
Page
1
A Senate committee probes reducing capital punishment costs as Kansas debates reinstating the death penalty. Proposals include removing the two jury system and giving prosecutors a choice between death or life with 25 year parole. Critics warn against undermining equity and shift leadership on a controversial issue.
A Kansas Open Meetings Act reform proposal, stemming from Attorney General Robert Stephan's opinion, would allow officials to travel and socialize unless meetings are pre arranged to discuss business. Critics say enforcement is impossible and urge area senators to oppose the bill. The previous measure was defeated after protests.
A personal reminiscence of Grandpa Leo inspires a wonderment at a Friday night performance by Mr Jack Daniel's Original Silver Cornet Band at Municipal Auditorium. The show, staged in period costume, evokes 1910 Lynchburg Tenn and a vivid time machine feeling with lively solos and nostalgic brass harmonies.
Veteran actor Joel McCrea retires after Ride the High Country. He joins Randolph Scott and others in condemning vulgarity and violence in 1970s and 1980s films, arguing classic westerns upheld morality and offered genuine entertainment.
A columnist derides NPR pledge drives and questions Saudi generosity to the Iran Contra era while praising NPR reporters Cokie Roberts and Linda Wertheimer. He contrasts radio's morning calm with TV chatter and muses on public funding and political money influencing media.
U S District Judge William Hand found secular humanism, as defined in the Humanist Manifestos, constitutes religion for First Amendment purposes and ordered removal of 44 Alabama textbooks. The ACLU plans to appeal while supporters argue the ruling oversteps. expert testimony suggested the texts underplay religion in American life.
The Ottawa Herald lists delivery and mail subscription rates effective July 1 1986 for Ottawa and surrounding areas. Carrier and motor routes: one month four dollars, three months eleven dollars, six months twenty one dollars and one year forty dollars. Franklin County and adjacent counties: one month four fifty, three months thirteen dollars, six months twenty five dollars, one year forty eight dollars. All other areas by mail: one month five fifty, three months sixteen dollars, six months thirty one dollars, one year sixty dollars. Out-of-state subscribers add five point five percent sales tax.
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