Kansas Highway Plan Fails To Stir Legislature's Courage
In a special session last week the Kansas Legislature effectively blocked Gov. Mike Hayden's 1.7 billion highway plan. Hayden campaigned across the state, but lawmakers resisted, arguing the program would burden fuel and registration taxes and offering safety and convenience as the only solid merits. Grassroots concerns about economic development via four-lane highways underpinned the opposition.
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Mike Hayden
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Hayden
First Ever Combine Tourney Gears Up Near McPherson Kansas
A groundbreaking combine demolition event is planned northwest of McPherson in Central Kansas. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily through Friday, Deutz Allis Gleaners John Deere Massey Ferguson Case International and New Holland combines will compete in a mile field with winners decided by unknown rules. Spectators can view the quirky showcase just four miles west of the drive-in theater along US-81.
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New Holland
Alf Landon Birthday Saga Captures Kansas Patriots Power
Retired Salina Journal editor Whitley Austin recalls Alf Landon turning 100 in Topeka with family, friends, and national figures present. Nancy Landon Kassebaum led the tribute as Secret Service preps, Dole and Hayden attend, KU band played free, police and security costs noted, all framed as celebrating a Kansas icon.
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Howard Baker
Nancy Kassebaum
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University of Kansas
Topeka
London
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Landon House
Alf Landon
Hart Shifts From Politics as Late Night Forum Backfires
Gary Hart faced questions on Nightline about his adultery as he announced he is not running for president. The interview left viewers with more unresolved questions about his personal life and future plans. Hart acknowledged past mistakes and suggested a role in public debate, while debt and fundraising issues weighed on his decision. The piece concludes Hart failed to fully separate his past from any political comeback.
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Gary Hart
Nightline
Ted Koppel
Koppel
Hart-Koppel
Hart
Donna Rice
Kappel
Gail Sheehy
Vanity Fair
Mr. Koppel
Sheehy Slams Ottawa in Hart Vanity Fair Tale
Ottawa residents face a harsh Vanity Fair portrayal by Gail Sheehy linking Gary Hart to a failed bid for the presidency and painting life in the city as dull. The author questions Sheehy’s bias, arguing Hart’s upbringing and Ottawa’s character are mischaracterized.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Gary Hart
Ike Eisenhower
Abilene
Bob Dole
Russell
Hart
Gail Sheehy
Vanity Fair
Capote's Answered Prayers Hits Bookshelves at $16.95
Garden City notes Truman Capote's unfinished novel Answered Prayers is issued in hardback at 16.95 with a paperback to follow. Three chapters appeared in Esquire a decade ago and the rest remains unwritten or missing, amid sharp criticisms of Capote by peers and critics.
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Garden City
Truman Capote
Esquire Magazine
Herb Clutter
Holcomb
Froust
Esquire
Capote
Beautiful People
BOMC
Michael Kilian
Chicago Tribune
Readers defend Oren Skiles after biased headline
A letter to the Ottawa Herald criticizes a September 1 headline claiming Skiles founded refuge in another state. The writer praises reporter Jay Bemis for fair reporting and urges readers to overlook the biased headline while wishing Skiles well in his new job and residence.
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Department of Public Safety
Cominy
Oren Skiles
Jay Bemis
Skites
Ottawa
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates Effective July 1 1986
The Ottawa Herald lists subscription prices for delivery in Ottawa and surrounding areas by carrier and motor routes, by mail in Franklin County and adjacent counties, and all other areas. Rates: one month four dollars, three months eleven dollars, six months twenty one dollars and one year forty dollars for local deliveries. Franklin and adjacent counties one month four fifty, three months thirteen dollars, six months twenty five dollars, one year forty nine dollars. all other areas one month five fifty, three months sixteen dollars, six months thirty one dollars, one year sixty dollars. Out-of-state subscribers add five and one half percent sales tax.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
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