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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1982
Page
1
A tale from August 19 describes an Angola man attempting fuel siphoning from an RV with five gallon cans. He instead uncapped a sewage tank, sucked its contents through a hose, and vomited beside the vehicle, a grim yet ironic twist the column calls poetic justice.
The Kansas Corporation Commission weighs whether to investigate municipal franchise fees charged to utilities. Cities argue franchise agreements fall outside KCC jurisdiction, while critics urge a state probe into whether these charges are fair compensation or hidden taxes.
TV listings feature HBO Inside the NFL and NBC/CBS/ABC programs with interviews and movies. Notable entries include Looker with Albert Finney, Sabrina with Humphrey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn, The Cannonball Run, The Martian Chronicles Part 1, and St Helens. Also airing news programs like Washington Week and Nightline.
AP Special Correspondent notes Reagan’s bipartisan commission on Social Security faces a three month deadline to deliver a plan amid campaign season. The 15 member panel seeks a bipartisan solution to fund benefits for 36 million recipients and 115 million taxpayers, with proposed options including later retirement ages and faster tax increases.
AP analysis notes July household savings rose to 8.1 percent from 7.2 amid data revisions for 1977–81. The piece questions how revisions, not just current figures, shape views on Reaganomics, tax cuts, and capital formation, stressing risks of poor decisions from flawed data.
AP writer Fred Rothenberg reports a PBS series targets censorship as towns Gardner Kansas Fairfax County Virginia Anderson California ban titles such as Jaws Huckleberry Finn and Catch 22. Burlington Iowa bans Car and Driver while Rockville Maryland bans Sport magazine in a broader public debate.
Ottawa Herald item lists subscription rates and office details while a television program review on Ms. magazine censorship critiques bans on reading lists and accused guardians of American values. The discussion highlights Barbara Jordan Nat Hentoff Mel Gabler and Norma Gabler and cites censorship battles in Texas Maine and Woodland.
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