Vacations then and now from a sportswriter's memory
The author recalls older family summer trips from Colorado to Chicago and Las Vegas, contrasts them with today’s scattered vacations, and notes how work demands and kids’ activities have altered travel. He cherishes memories of Bear Creek Canyon, Comiskey Park, Wrigley Field, and a rock‑solid love of baseball amid family travel lore.
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Rocky Mountains
Colorado
Ottawa
Rockies
Kansas
Denver
Chicago
Cubs
White Sox
Rock Island
Phillipsburg
Windy City
Old Comiskey Park
Wrigley Field
Sox
Dad
Hal Jeffcoat
Brooklyn Dodgers
Herald
Mom
St. Louis
Cardinals
San Diego
Los Angeles
West Coast
Las Vegas
Vegas
Ottawa board hears youth drug abuse concerns in city
Ottawa residents hear Barbara Whitacre citing 293 Franklin County juveniles arrested in the past year with 90 drug related cases and 81 under 14. The piece urges recognition of drug illness, whole-community action, and prompt school-district long-range plans to combat the problem.
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Ottawa
Barbara Whitacre
Ottawa Citizens Against Substance Abuse
Franklin County
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates Effective July 1 1986
Subscription prices updated for Ottawa and surrounding area by carrier or mail. Local one month four dollars, three months eleven dollars, six months twenty one dollars and five cents, one year forty dollars. Franklin County and adjacent counties four fifty, thirteen dollars, twenty five dollars, forty eight dollars. other areas five fifty, sixteen dollars, thirty one dollars, sixty dollars. Out of state adds five and a half percent sales tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Franklin County
The Boland Amendment in Iran Contra Hearings
An overview of the five Boland amendments, their dates, and their focus on restricting U S funding for CIA and DOD activities in Central America. The piece notes distinctions among the amendments, their provisions, and cautions against assuming criminal guilt without proof.
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Washington
Boland
Edward P. Boland
Massachusetts
House
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Department of Defense
DOD
Nicaragua
Honduras
Roland II
United States
Boland II
Central America
National Security Council
White House
A Sad Case In Point Hausers leave Hutchinson for Phoenix
The Hausers Marc Ann and daughter Whitney seven move from Hutchinson Kansas to Phoenix after accepting a Sun Belt offer. They loved Kansas life and neighbors but business opportunities in Arizona won out. Their departure foreshadows a broader brain drain and raises questions about the human cost behind economic growth. Letters to the editor are invited with signatures and addresses.
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Hutchinson
Hausers
Phoenix
Windemere Court
Marc
Ann
Whitney
Kansas
Clint Eastwood
Rowdy Yates
Sheena Easton
Mare
Marion County
Salina
Arizona
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Evergreen
Bear Creek Canyon
Comiskey
Mickey Mantle
Ball Park
Busch Brewery
Terry
Ostmeyer
Delbert Gross
Hays
Osage County
Wolf Creek
Gross
Anymere
AAA
Ottawa Herald
S. Cedar
Jim R. Hitch
Terry Ostmeyer
Jim Hornbeck
Mike Geiss
Peg Armstrong
Wayne Snow
Jean Rossman
Alabama
Howell Heflin
Hawaii
Daniel Inouye
Senate
George Mason
James
Suro
Ann Hauser
John
Marshall
Harris News Service
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