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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1986
Page
6
A brief sports note discusses professional wrestling's mainstream appeal, while a separate April Fool's joke in the Legislature is described as falling flat. The items appear on different pages, Page 4 and Page 7, and reflect light, local-interest reportage.
The Kansas Senate backed two resolutions to place constitutional amendments before voters in November. They would permit pari mutuel wagering on horse and dog racing and create a state run lottery. The measures require voter ratification, not gubernatorial approval, and will share a busy ballot with liquor by the drink and a property classification proposal.
Dave E. Mullin, 42, of Topeka, working at Gaines dog food plant, won Missouri Lottery’s third big jackpot of 1,783,509 dollars at KCPT TV studio in Kansas City. He is the 19th of 30 contestants to spin the wheel. previous winners include Glenora Mitchell, 39, of Warrenton, Mo, with 5.2 million and Johnnie Magers, 70, retired grocer from Kansas City, Kan.
Astronauts Robert Crippen and John Young testified to the Challenger disaster inquiry about booster rocket seal issues and flight readiness review gaps. Crippen said a waiver acknowledging potential catastrophe affected his seriousness, while Young noted no prior warnings on solid rocket motor seals and discussed an overextended launch schedule and safety pressures.
The Kansas House passed a package of business incentive measures, including a proposed constitutional amendment. If the Senate approves, the amendment would allow local tax exemptions for land and buildings to spur new jobs in manufacturing research or storage, and a new state Department of Commerce would be created amid minority concerns over budget cuts to the existing economic development agency.
The 24 hour period ended at 6 pm Wednesday saw a high of 64 degrees and a low of 52. Rainfall totaled 0.82 inches as of 7 am today. County forecast calls for cloudy skies tonight with a 70 percent chance of rain and lull in the upper 40s to low 50s. Friday remains cloudy and cooler with a 40 percent rain chance and highs in the mid to upper 50s.
Harris News Service reports a slow-moving rural crisis across Kansas as farm economies shrink. A 1975 study by Herman Lujan warned lawmakers to fund rural communities or risk decay, with out-migration and aging populations pressuring schools health care roads and taxes. Population shifts, job losses, and rising foreclosures threaten Main Streets as energy markets fall and federal aid wanes. The article cites Kansas State University data predicting 4,000 farms may go out of business and 20 to 25 percent of rural residents displaced by 1991, amid aging farmers and shuttered local services.
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