Northeastern states face 5.6 billion budget shortfall
Massachusetts New York New Jersey and Connecticut join Rhode Island West Virginia Louisiana Missouri and Arizona in a 5.6 billion deficit crisis sparked by overestimated revenue gains from the 1986 Tax Reform Act and the 1987 stock market crash. Governors move to cuts and tax measures while public services feel the strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell Landsberg
Associated Press
Michael Dukakis
Mario Cuomo
Thomas Kean
William O’neill
Massachusetts
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
Rhode Island
West Virginia
Louisiana
Missouri
Arizona
Jim Verdier
Harvard University
Kennedy School of Goverment
Danl Forsythe
New York State
Fonune 500
Soviet spacesuit arrives for Cosmosphere display
The first flown Soviet spacesuit seen in the West goes on exhibit at the Kansas Cosmosphere in Hutchinson. Cosmosphere director Max Ary hails the artifact as a lifetime chance while cosmonaut Georgy Grechko and Gus Saverin present the suit, with remarks on U S Soviet space cooperation and safety advances in suit design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jan Biles
Harris
Hutchinson
Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center
Max Ary
Ary
Hutchinson Helidome
Georgy Grechko
Gus Saverin
Saverin
Svetlana Savitskaya
Grechko
Hall of Space
Ron Evans
Evans
St. Francis
Kansas
Soviet Union
U.S
Signature 125th pages detail Kansas lands and sculptors
The article traces treaties opening Kansas lands to Indian tribes since 1825 and notes Ottawa settlement in 1833. It profiles sculptors Norton Bass Kahle, detailing Prairie Image and Tall Grass works, materials, and statements. An Ottawan panel narrowed choices to three with Charles Gillette among members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Flint Hills
Norton
Thomas
Logan County
Kansas State Museum of History
Bass
Kahle
General Electric
Lawrence
Charles Gillette
Bridge workdesign plans and county funding eyed next steps
Shofner shows a bridge priority map and plans a follow up with commissioners to decide replacements, then prepare cost estimates and explore partial federal financing. Franklin County and its cities would gain 2.6 million in special highway funds over eight years under a state Legislature program, with FY 1990 figures listed for Ottawa and surrounding towns. Ottawa connects funds total 836,024 over eight years, broader county totals project 1.55 million. Local sculpture panel rejects two Indian legend inspired proposals for poor execution and notes height and visibility issues for other works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Lane
Ottawa
Pomona
Princeton
Rantoul
Richmond
Wellsville
Williamsburg
KDOT
City of
Jane Westrum
Ottawa Community Arts Council
Jack Bushman
Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce
John Mark Lambertson
Frank Lemp
Ottawa University
Earl Devore
Kim Tefft
David Seiwert
David de Rousseau
Also Mentioned on This Page
Northeast
Denly
Kean
Dukakis
Edward DiPrete
O'Neill
Gaspar Caperton
Ple
Boucek
Frear
Peters
Washington
Kansas Agriculture
Sam Brownback
Great Bend
House
Agriculture
Amarillo
Texas
Barton County Community College
Dan Glickman
Pat Robens
Dodge City
Glickman
Mike Hayden
Cosmosphere
NASA
Jim Lovell
Gemini
Apollo
Shuttle
Side
Topeka
Shofner
Chamberlin
U.S.C
Central Heights School Board
William Nettleship
Stan Shafer
Richard Bergen
State Capitol Dome
John Spence
Jon Havener
Sidney Buchanan
James Wind
Allegre
Betty Reynolds
Ace
Tim Ahrens
S. Main
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!