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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1989
Page
1
The piece argues honoraria amounts to legalized bribery and that Congress should ban honoraria before considering any pay raise. It notes public opposition to a 50 percent hike, sparked by fees paid for speaking, and calls for reform as distrust in how legislators profit from public service.
The National Safety Council predicted 370 to 470 highway deaths for Memorial Day weekend with 415 initially reported. Alcohol is cited as a factor in many fatalities across diverse cases from drownings to motorcycle crashes and criminal cases, per the Kansas Board of Regents data.
Ottawa Herald lists delivery and mail rates for Ottawa area and surrounding counties. Carrier one month five dollars and up to one year fifty one twenty five by mail Franklin and adjacent counties five twenty five for one month and fifty six seventy five per year for all other areas sixty six twenty five for one month and sixty nine fifty per year.
A Kansas observer recalls filming the NBC mini series Cross of Fire in Ottawa where 1920s cars were hauled in for authenticity. A crowd gathered as actors and locals mingled at a Ramada Inn reception, and a mistaken greeter turned out to be a Capitol-Journal reporter, prompting a reshoot.
A columnist argues Gorbachev must be taken seriously as a transformative world figure. He compares Gorbachev to Pope John XXIII in timing and impact, noting the risks and uncertainties ahead while urging proactive U.S. leadership to shape a better era. The piece contrasts cold war inertia with potential reforms and recalls Henry Ford as a warning against dismissing change.
A narrator recounts Murphy's law antics linked to laundry day mishaps. A brother-in-law arrives shirtless at a drive through, shirts go missing, a customer faces a pricey counterfeit-like shirt swap, and a new computer fails to run. The piece ends with a Washington address and garbled contact details.
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