Skyhook and King Radio Cut Jobs in Local Layoffs
Harold Sader announced a near one third job cut at Skyhook Ottawa plant with 50 hourly workers reduced as demand slackens. Skyhook satellite operations in Olathe halved staff, while King Radio plans a second layoff phase effective April 14 affecting probationary workers and part timers amid falling sales of new small aircraft.
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Ottawa
Skyhook
S. Main
Harold Sader
Sader
Olathe
King Radio
H. L. Claterbas
Claterbos
King
Lance Acquitted On 10 Counts In Tax Fraud Trial
Federal judge acquitted Bert Lance on 10 of 22 charges after a long trial that included 159 witnesses. The defense began presenting counts against Lance, who planned to testify but did not reveal if he would be the lead witness. Reported character witnesses included Jack Carter and Lillian Carter, the president’s mother, in Lance’s Calhoun hometown.
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Atlanta
Bert Lance
U.S
Lance
Jack Carter
Calhoun
The
Atlanta Constitution
Lillian Carter
Post
Joseph Subic Jr
Bedford Township
Mich
Times
Washington
Carter
America
Iran
Cyrus Vance
Europe
Legislative Coffee to brief Kansas Legislature in Ottawa
Ottawa leaders host third legislative coffee at 10 a.m. Saturday at Peoples Bank. State Sen. Wint Winter and State Rep. Jim Allen will brief attendees on Kansas Legislature developments and take questions. Event is sponsored by Ottawa Chamber of Commerce governmental affairs committee.
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Peoples Bank
Main
Ottawa
Wint Winter
Jim Allen
Kansas
The
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Controversial paving planned for Spruce Street shift approved
Ottawa city officials push ahead with a 312000 paving project to improve Spruce Street from Wilson to Logan despite a failed petition to halt the work. City attorney ruled signatures insufficient. landowners would pay about two thirds of the cost.
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George B. Pyle
Spruce Street
Wilson
Logan
Ottawa
John Richeson
Fairway Drive
Blackhawk Street
Legislative Gridlock Marks Topeka Adjournment
In Topeka the 1980 Kansas Legislature adjourned first for a three week recess amid a rural urban feud on school finance. Major bills passed include a death penalty measure likely vetoed by Gov Carlin and a new state pay plan. Critical issues left unresolved include school aid formula, highway funding, mortgage rate bills, public television funding, and an open records revision. Carlin seeks an internal improvements amendment for the November ballot.
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Topeka
Kan
Guy
John Carlin
Congress
Kansas
Hutchinson
Fish and Game Commission
House
Senate
Carlin
Treasury
Ottawa area weather report and forecast
The National Weather Service station at the Ottawa Power Plant logged a low of 34 degrees and a high of 64 with no precipitation. The forecast calls for increasing cloudiness tonight and Friday with a 50 percent chance of rain, lows in the 40s and highs in the 50s, and southeasterly winds 5 to 15 mph.
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National Weather Service
Ottawa
Iran Hails Diplomats After U.S. Breaks Ties
Thousands in Tehran welcomed 34 Iranian diplomats expelled from the United States as President Carter cut diplomatic relations and imposed an economic embargo. The ceremony featured Foreign Minister Ghotbzadeh and Archbishop Capudji, with crowds cheering and flowers thrown.
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Associated Press
America
Tehran
United States
Carter
Iran
Ali Agah
Washington
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
Hilarion Capudji
U.S
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Los Angeles Times
Washington Post
Dole Warns of Taxflation Burden on Kansans
Kansas Senator Bob Dole accused the federal government of taxflation costing Kansans about 119 million this year and 200 million in 1981, urging an inflation-indexed tax system tied to the CPI. He spoke in Manhattan and Hutchinson, warning of a Carter-era recession impact on farmers, workers, and real estate in Kansas.
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Kan
James Maher
U.S. Senate
Senate
Maher
Overland Park Investments
Bob Dole
Kansas
Manhattan
Dole
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Hutchinson
Carter
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Kevin Mesloh
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