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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1987
Page
1
The Kansas House passed 75 to 49 a 584.1 million dollar education appropriation for 1987-88. A school finance conference committee failed to agree on how to distribute the funds, prompting a second six member panel to seek revisions. A deadline looms to adjust the IDEA formula by Saturday.
Thomas Bloch, president of H&R Bloch, visited the Ottawa franchise during a nationwide tax season tour. He warns the new tax code, though it exempts the very poor and curbs shelters, rearranges winners and losers and complicates forms like W 4. He argues for keeping the current system to avoid confusion and loss of mortgage interest deductions under новый rules.
Rex Cummings outlines reasons for running citing leadership roles with Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce Ottawa Retail Association and Ottawa Jaycees. He notes budget pressures in the Ottawa school district due to state funding and supports careful study of vocational education and class size teaming before changes. He stresses not rushing decisions and aims to improve programs while keeping Ottawa a good place to live and raise a family.
About 70 people attended a candidate forum at Ottawa Middle School sponsored by the Ottawa Education Association and local parents groups. Seven school board hopefuls discussed finances, salaries, smoking, drugs, space, and how to balance duties with family. Candidates Linda Heiniger and Edie Derousseau faced specific questions about activities and time, while Debora Gamblian urged more counselors and Beets noted space shortages at Eisenhower and Garfield.
Washington reports show 325 top earners paid no federal income tax on 1985 returns, with 3,605 high income individuals paying under 10 percent. The share of zero tax filers among those earning over 200,000 fell to the second lowest level since 1976. Analysts attribute changes to 1984 tax rules and crackdown on shelter schemes, though net effect remains uncertain.
Washington report details how 325 high income filers avoided federal income tax in 1985. It lists itemized deductions and income sources with averages for interest, medical, charity, casualty losses, wages, interest, dividends, business and farm results, partnership activity, capital gains, and untaxed capital gains percentages.
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