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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1985
Page
1
Ottawa voters eye three school seats and three city seats
Ottawa voters will choose three of six candidates for the Board of Education with incumbents Dan Andrews and Bud Beeman seeking re election. Challenger list includes Jerry Harnden Peg Armstrong Phil Gibson and Bud Gollier. In the city commission race three incumbents Charlene Lister Jim McCrea and Jerry Thompson face challengers Richard Jackson and Jim Richardson. Polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Board of Education
Ottawa City Commission
Ottawa
U.S.C
Dan Andrews
Bud Beeman
Andrews
COF
Beeman
Town & Country Supply
S. Walnut
Jerry Harnden
Harnden
First United Methodist Church of
Bud Gollier
City Commission
Charlene Lister
Jim McCrea
Jerry Thompson
Lister
McCrea
Ottawa Lumber
Thompson
Loyd Builders of
Richard Jackson
Jim Richardson
Jackson
ECEAN
Commission
Richardson
Ottawa Department of Public Safety
Diseases Ganging Up On Kansas Wheat Crop
CLEARWATER Kansas soil borne mosaic and spindle streak viruses appear to be jointly damaging Kansas wheat. Experts say the combo can cut yields 10 to 20 percent more than mosaic alone. Identified in 26 eastern Kansas counties, with 20 more showing symptoms. Researchers from Kansas State University and Nickerson American Plant Breeders study varieties that resist the disease pairing. Field tests at Sedgwick County show about 5,000 entries planted for evaluation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearwater
Kan
Kansas
Newton
Arkan
Kansas State University
Steve Lommel
Kansas State Agronomy Department
Lommel
Kansas State
Nickerson American
Sedgwick County
Area Weather Report for Ottawa County
The National Weather Service station at the Ottawa Water Plant logged early Friday low 41 and high 65, Saturday low 38 and high 44, Sunday low 39 and high 41. Rain totals were 0.30 inches Friday, 0.10 inches Saturday, and a trace Sunday. Tonight clear with lows mid 30s, Tuesday mostly sunny and warmer with highs mid to upper 60s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
School Aid Bill Challenges Veto in Kansas Legislature
In Kansas, the House passed a school finance bill 70 to 55 and sent it to Gov. John Carlin. The measure would raise the state aid with new $30 million funding and authorize districts to increase budgets 4 to 8 percent, aiming for teacher pay raises. Carlin vowed to veto, warning the plan lacks adequacy and could trigger a veto as the session nears its end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
House
John Carlin
Kansas
Stout
Mike Swenson
Carlin
Swenson
GOP
Defense PACs A Game Of Give And Take
The AP reports that since Reagan took office the 20 top defense firms doubled their PAC contributions to 1980 to 1984 totaling 3.64 million dollars. Their share of Pentagon contracts grew about 150 percent to 69 billion dollars last year amid a 1.8 trillion dollar defense buildup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reagan
Pentagon
PAC
House
Sen. J. Bennett Johnston
D-La
Rockwell International Corp
Federal Election Commission
Rockwell
Audit Pressure Grows Over Pentagon Weapon Costs
Lawmakers urge contractors to halt questionable charges as 14 auditors from GAO and DCAA begin a 45 day review across General Dynamics Boeing Sperry Rand Newport News Bell Helicopter McDonnell Douglas and Rockwell International. Separate PAC data show Rockwell donations surged amid rising defense contracts and MX missile votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Accounting Office
Defense Contract Audit Agency
General Dynamics
St Louis
Boeing
Seattle
Sperry Rand Corp
New York City
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co
Virginia
Bell Helicopter
Ft. Worth
Texas
McDonnell Douglas Corp
St. Louis
Rockwell International Corp
Pittsburgh
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Rollie
Ted Kennedy
Kirk Simone
Us-59
Sand Creek Road
Daily Report
Wes Wilson
Congress
John Warner
R-Va
Fred Wertheimer
Common Cause
Citizens Lobby
House Armed Services Committee
William Nichols
D-Ala
Cess
Associated Press
Senate
House Armed Services Or
Appropriations Committees
Nichols
Rep
Charles E. Bennett
D-Fla
Seapower Subcommittee
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