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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1987
Page
1
TV evangelist Jim Bakker resigns as PTL evangelism ministry chairman after revealing he was manipulated into a sexual encounter by former friends, which led to blackmail payments. His wife Tammy Bakker Brown faces drug dependency treatment as the couple faces scrutiny over televangelism.
The piece recaps Vice President George H. W. Bush expressing reservations about Reagan's Iranian arms sale, then backing it. It contrasts his timing with earlier anti Reagan tax and budget attacks, notes loyalty over instincts, and compares Bush's political prospects to Hubert Humphrey and Bob Dole.
Peggy F. Coen recalls her husband Marion, a 1961 postal worker, who once guided four visitors in a black car to Colbern's Restaurant on Main Street. The chance meeting reportedly contributed to the Parmelee Factory story in Ottawa and ties to a 25 year anniversary narrative.
A reader defends Ottawa city governance, arguing complaints belong at City Hall and questions delays, costs, and external consultants. The writer urges local action, faith in residents, and unity to improve Ottawa rather than outsourcing.
Ottawa Herald lists subscription prices effective July 1 1986 for local Franklin County Ottawa area mail and out of state subscriptions with monthly, quarterly, semiannual and annual rates and notices a 5.5 percent sales tax deduction for out of state subscribers.
The report describes Senator Bob Doles Campaign America PAC soliciting supporters for dues as high as 70 dollars and pledging a signed Reagan photo, while detailing PAC activity and fundraising prowess. It questions Doles motive and notes PACs political leverage with 1988 presidential plans.
A critiquing reader surveys The London Observer noting large front page ads and wide format. He highlights disaster emphasis, a tell-all Navy officer tale about smuggling gear to Nicaragua, and British spellings like Gorbachev while contrasting U.S. coverage and a flavor of tabloid excess.
A reader dispute over a Parsons Sun editorial questions Bob Dole's claimed conservatism and labels him wind driven. The letter accuses the paper of leftward bias and references a Kansas claim of communist fronts. The editor defends press diversity and highlights a Gordon Parks exhibit at Parsons Public Library with ties to Parks' remarks on library access and equality.
Andy Rooney delivers a mock press conference detailing staff changes at home, firing a grass cutter, hiring a son of a neighbor with a new mower, and ending upstairs window washing. He dodges questions on a daughter's house loan and admits a childhood ice cream cone purchase. reporters press about messes, desk committee, and rumors about his wife, ending with a sharp exit.
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