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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1986
Page
1
A Kansas Legislature facing a tight budget and declining tax income boosted its own pay and housing allowances by 15 percent, with total increases since 1961 reaching about 30 percent. Critics question if lawmakers earn their pay, noting the $17,000 part time salary and a high re-election filing rate among House members.
David E Drumright, RMH trustee for Franklin County, voices frustration over administration and department heads defensiveness after questions on finances and records. He cites a retaliatory pattern at meetings, supports addressing board survey results, and alleges a derogatory memo about the nursing director placed in her file.
Ronald Reagan is credited with inspiring a geriatric boom in achievement as 1996 standouts from Jack Nicklaus to Vladimir Horowitz, Bill Shoemaker, and others push past age barriers. The piece argues senior figures defy diminishing returns while noting the Supreme Court remains an outlier in aging.
A reader asks about Shy-Drager syndrome and its effect on blood pressure regulation. The condition causes chronic fainting due to impaired brain signals to vessels, with treatments including a high-salt diet, tight leotards, and drugs like fluorohydrocortisone.
A dense TV schedule of 1980s and 1990s programs includes CBS primetime features like Gunsmoke and MacGyver, HBO movies such as The Hills Have Eyes II and No Small Affair, plus specials on 60 Minutes style news and Evening Talk. Notable names: Margot Kidder, Ted Danson, Sam Elliott, Mary Tyler Moore.
The Ottawa Herald lists subscription pricing for trade area residents and subscribers outside the area. Rates cover carrier and motor routes, mail in trade area, and mail outside trade area, with monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and annual terms and a 4.5 percent sales tax deduction for out-of-state subscribers.
Television pilots for 1986 87 emphasize real life themes from city to country and space with offbeat and escapist series. Networks plan ten new shows featuring stars like Lucille Ball Ellen Burstyn and Ed Asner as CBS ABC and NBC prepare their fall lineups after ordering dozens of pilots and reshaping schedules.
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