Dole backs 4 cent fuel tax hike to rebuild highways
The text outlines Bob Dole advocating a four cent increase in the federal gasoline tax to fund highway rebuilding, including quake damaged sections. It criticizes income tax rises, notes Bush opposition, and argues highway funding should come from fuel taxes while condemning a tax system with persistent levies and tax loopholes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Dole
California
Bush
Congress
Dole
San Francisco
Hummer Could Hit Main Street From Army Surplus Roots
LTV Corp AM General Division weighs selling a civilian Hummer after success with military models. The multi terrain vehicle converts into up to 12 configurations from ambulance to missile carrier. A commercial version would resemble the military one, heavier than its Jeep predecessor, with capability to tackle steep hills and tow two tons. China buys four for remote oil and gas work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LTV Corp
AM General Division
Ford
Kansas National
LTV
China
Ottawa Herald subscription rates 1989 update
Ottawa Herald lists delivery options and prices effective July 1 1989 for Ottawa area Franklin County and surrounding counties by carrier motor route and mail. Rates include one month three months six months and one year with varying figures per region and delivery method.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
Mary Smith at 93 Birthday Celebration in Richmond
Mary Smith, a widow living alone since 15 years, turns 93 in Richmond at R B's as family and friends gather. She bakes cookies for Oak Haven Nursing Home, once moved to town in 1933, and recalls Richmond's past with fond, vivid detail.
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Richmond
Mary
Mary Smith
Main Street
Bruno
Richard
Daii Booker Smith
Pat Rossman
Oak Haven Nursing Home
Caney
Phillips 66
Jack
Shreveport
Methodist Church
Cheyenne Bottoms water dispute reflects broader drought era
A HNS correspondent recalls repeated water releases from Cheyenne Bottoms to avert flood damage and the 1987 release tied to a 1981 crop loss case. He notes the refuge’s water rights from 1948 and 1954, over-appropriated aquifers, and similar shortages across the Arkansas River region, warning of a troubled future for irrigators and public policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Ranney
HNS
Cheyenne Bottoms
Kansas
Midwest
Walnut Creek
Arkansas River
Quivita Wildlife Refuge
Lake McKinney
Cedar Bluff
Keith Sebelius
Finney Wildlife Area
Meade Lake
Public figures face sentencing and lack of remorse
The piece notes Jim Bakker and Zsa Zsa Gabor receiving heavy sentences and fines for defrauding followers and traffic violations. It laments widespread public cynicism, citing other high profile cases and their absence of genuine apologies, suggesting remorse is rare among the powerful. It argues for sincere contrition to restore trust.
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PTL
Jim Bakker
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Bakker
Miss Gabor
Beverly Hills
Gabor
Letters to the Editor Policy Encourages Signatures
Readers are urged to send signed letters with the writer's address and a telephone number for verification. Unsigned submissions will not be published, and the paper seeks authentic community input through verifiable correspondence.
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Jim R. Hitch
Terry Ostmeyer
Jim Hornbeck
Mike Geiss
Peg Armstrong
Wayne Snow
Jean Rossman
Jim Hitch
The
Grandma Smith
Department of Wildlife and Parks
Kansas Wildlife Federation
Perdition
Tammy
Ble
Ollie North
Leona Helmsley
Jim Wright
Pete Rose
Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Dave Owen
Mike Hayden
Bruce Buchanan
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