Veto Has Virtues Push to Override Reagan Highway Veto
Dan Glickman urges Kansas Governor Hayden to lobby for an override of President Reagan’s veto on the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act. He cites potential loss of 142 million dollars for Kansas highway work, including Sedgwick Johnson Douglas and Lyons Counties, and calls on Dole and Kassebaum to back overriding the veto. The piece notes local political maneuvering and skepticism toward the bill’s pork barrel elements.
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Dan Glickman
Wichita
Mike Hayden
Reagan
Glickman
Kansas
Sedgwick
Johnson
Douglas
Lyons
Hayden
Bob Dole
Nancy Kassebaum
Dole
Senate
Bob Whittaker
TV Tops News Sources in Roper Poll Findings
A Roper Poll commissioned by a TV research group shows 66 percent of Americans rely on television as a primary news source though not the sole one. Respondents prefer talking with others, TV, and mail, with TV news rated the most trusted.
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Roper
Television Research Organization
Automatic seat belts and air bags debate today
A columnist argues for mandatory automatic restraints and airbags as Kansas and auto industry face deadlines. He reflects on frustrations with belts, tests restraints, and notes a four year extension for air bag installation by 1989. He also muses on portion sizes and a car radio riddle.
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Kansas
Department of Transportation
From Our Readers Unity On Our City Commission
A reader endorses Dorothy Nichols and supports a panel investigating alleged favoritism and record changing within the Department of Public Safety. The writer cites DPS efficiency, urges unity for Ottawa's future, and praises local figures Bemmels Jackson and Keim.
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Dorothy Nichols
Ottawa Herald
Department of Public Safety
Ottawa
Bemmels
Jackson
Keim
City of
Irangate and Pearlygate: twin scandals unfold in faith and state
A Washington critique compares Iran-Contra and Jim Bakker’s PTL saga as parallel shocks to trust in church and government. The piece notes claims of arms profits, blackmail payments, and televised moral fallout, with figures like Tammy Faye Bakker, Jessica Hahn, Jerry Falwell, Oral Roberts, and Pat Robertson cited as central actors in a culture of excess and coverups.
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Washington
Reagan
Jim Bakker
Ayatollah Khomeini
Bakker
Jessica Hahn
Jessica
Fawn Hall
Oliver North
White House
Ms. Hahn
Scarlett
Hester Prynne
Viper
Tammy Faye
PTL
Alfonso Robelo
Saviour of Souls
Jimmy Swaggart
Defense and State
Oral Roberts
Swaggart
Jerry Falwell
Norman Roy Grutman
Tammy Faye Bakker
Those With Complaints Have Right To Be Heard
A letter from Gail McFadden argues Ottawa voters should focus on local issues and rights of employees at the Department of Public Safety. She urges listening to complaints at city hall and voting for Ottawa rather than a candidate on April 7.
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Dagwood
City Hall
Department of Public Safety
DPS
Ottawa Department of Public Safety
Ottawa
Alco
Pizza Hut
Gail McFadden
S. Pe
Watch Your Bags In Paris
A traveler recounts a chaotic Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport incident where a stray unattended suitcase triggers a security scare. An explosives demo destroys the briefcase while onlookers watch, with a gendarme shrugging as the scene settles and travelers resume baggage claim.
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Charles de Gaulle Airport
Belfast
Bureau DE Change
Paris
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates Notice 1986
Ottawa Herald lists new subscription rates effective July 1 1986 for local Ottawa area Franklin County and surrounding counties and all other areas by mail with different monthly quarterly and annual prices and a 5.5 percent sales tax for out of state subscribers.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
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House of Representatives
Automakers
Hitch
Pearlygate
Pat Robertson
Mary MacGrory
Fred Heathman
Mr. Heathman
Kansas City
Louis Vuitton
Charles de Gaulle
Blome
Andy
Rooney
S. Cedar
Jim R. Hitch
Terry Ostmeyer
Jim Hornbeck
Mike Geiss
Peg Armstrong
Wayne Snow
Jean Rossman
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