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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1981
Page
1
Commentary notes President’s push to cut waste and spending faces resistance from aides over closing marginal military bases. Defense Department names about 20 bases for possible closure with potential annual savings around half a billion dollars through base closings and consolidation of support.
Page notes that recommendations to close bases have not yet reached Congress and argues political dynamics hinder action. It warns that closing a base provokes urgent local pleas and economy fears, while suggesting times may be changing as Reagan supporters push harder.
The FCC after two years endorses ending the Fairness Doctrine equal time and reasonable access provisions. It argues these rules cede programming control to politicians, hinder controversial topics, and clutter air time with fringe candidates. Congress should approve the shift.
TV listings mix with notes on movies and shows from 1980s HBO and local channels. Features Caddyshack and Park Chop Hill style war drama, with sports and talk segments and late night movie teasers across ABC NBC CBS PBS and HBO blocks.
Congress would have 60 days to veto any Nixon library agreement under the Presidential Libraries Act. The issue hinges on preserving research access while limiting museum aspects, with lawmakers and Duke officials weighing the shrine versus scholarly use.
Ted Koppel, the top late night figure at ABC, favors continuing Nightline over anchoring a traditional evening newscast. He argues the show suits his interviewing strengths and avoids the constraints of standard newsreading, while noting no talks with ABC News President Roone Arledge about a move to the nightly desk. He recalls resisting CBS and NBC offers and credits Arledge with keeping him.
AP analysis of Buffalo Savings Bank’s 8.5 percent five year mortgages that carried balloon renewals. With national rates near 17–18 percent, the bank began recalling loans offering payoff, new rate at 14 percent, or negotiations with other banks. Borrowers say misled at signing. bank acknowledges mistake and fixes it.
A note from the American Liver Foundation responds to a hepatitis article, stressing that transmission occurs in many ways beyond sexual contact. It cites ear piercing, smoking, kissing, tattooing, environmental factors, and other viruses, and urges careful, nonjudgmental public education.
A devotional meditation cites Psalm 23 verse 4 and presents the Lord's Prayer asking for guidance protection and daily bread. The prayer asks God to honor His name advance His kingdom and do His will on earth while seeking forgiveness and safety from temptation and harm. It ends with Amen.
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