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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1987
Page
1
The U S Conference of Mayors rejects automatic cuts under Gramm Rudman aiming to balance the budget. They prefer deficit reduction via tax increases and selective cuts to protect city funding, while Congress flirts with across the board cuts amid financial fears.
A Council Bluffs woman with a son undergoing chemotherapy says Medicaid cut off aid after she started a part time job, then reinstated after appeals. She laments government policy pressures that keep people poor and questions incentives to re-enter the workforce.
Jerry Harnden argues that parental discipline and respected authority guide youth, warns Ottawa could become anarchy, and urges residents to consider the collective city as themselves. He defends public service funding but opposes suing neighbors, urging Tony DeLaTorres to rethink lawsuits and seek gentler outreach.
Subscription rates for delivery October 1 1987 and when in Kansas and surrounding area by carrier and motor routes one month four fifty three months twelve fifty six months twenty four oh five one year forty six by mail in Franklin County and adjacent counties one month four fifty three months thirteen oh zero six months twenty five oh zero one year forty eight all other areas by mail one month five fifty three months fourteen oh zero six months thirty one oh zero one year sixty zero zero Out of state subscribers deduct five point five percent sales tax.
A childhood memoir recalls Halloween mischief in a small town. Roy, a local water and sewer chief and town marshal, detains the author and friends after attempting to move a freight car. The night ends with a foiled breakout and a disastrous outhouse push that leaves Len trapped in the pit, prompting a panicked scramble and long lasting unease.
Washington debate centers on special interests over Bork nominations with the NRA portrayed as dominant. It highlights Florida gun laws, rising licensed owners, and NRA victories in Congress and lobbying against plastic guns while contrasting with liberal groups and the ACLU.
A travelogue from New Mexico to Arizona contrasts a desert journey with the stock market crash news. In Taos and Santa Fe residents seem detached from national panic while the narrator ponders the vast landscape and the governor Evan Mecham crisis in Phoenix. The piece notes recalls, petitions, and investigations surrounding Mecham and his aides.
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