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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1989
Page
1
Ottawa residents show heavy library use with 9 400 card carrying patrons and 5 698 new or renewed cards in 1988. The 1903 building no longer suffices as items checked out rose from 26 327 in 1910 to over 160 000 last year, yet the collection remains below recommended standards.
The political community views Gov. Mike Hayden as securing a major majority win in the longest wrapup session in legislative history. His program including highway and prison construction, educational funding, and the windfall tax returns pass intact, but higher taxes loom with sales, gasoline, and auto registration fees. Hayden aims to run on his record, though its meaning may shift by next year.
The Ottawa Herald lists subscription prices effective April 1, 1989 with options by carrier and by mail. Rates cover Ottawa area, Franklin County and adjacent counties, and all other areas, showing monthly, quarterly, half yearly, and yearly totals.
A Kansas rumor claims GOP leaders may push Gov. Hayden aside and install Sen. Nancy Kassebaum as governor. The plan would keep the governor’s mansion Republican and keep Kassebaum politically active, possibly for a future national role, while risking the Senate seat and facing Democratic challengers.
An aging Chicago detective named Big Whitey, 6 feet 6 inches tall and 300 pounds, sees his duty as restraining trouble without brutality. He shares stories of regulars who get into fights, including a son whose mother’s pleas mask a pattern of violence. The narrative sketch details a night of chaos and a distant giant in the doorway, leaving Whitey to ponder solving the case if the son acts up again.
The columnist shifts from personal schadenfreude to a broad defense of democracy as citizens worldwide demand political systems over leaders. He highlights students in Beijing and Poland, changes in the Soviet Union, and Paraguay's vote after Stroessner’s dictatorship, urging pride in democratic progress and U.S. democratic influence. He ends with contact details for U.S. politicians.
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