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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1979
Page
10
A brief note highlights a local cancer drive launching soon with community volunteers leading fundraising efforts and school groups promoting participation. Juvenile court updates appear elsewhere detailing cases involving young offenders and related court actions.
New York AP reports industry sources fear tight gasoline supplies will persist through the year amid high demand and inventories well below last year. Mark Emond of the Lundberg Letter warns through August, while API figures show last week’s supply at 235.5 million barrels versus 264.1 million a year ago.
County forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy conditions through Saturday with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s and overnight lows from the upper 20s to the low 40s. Winds will ease to light southwesterly tonight.
Gov. John Carlin and Attorney General Robert T. Stephan led a small state visit to the Wolf Creek nuclear project in Coffey County, Kansas, with 15 officials and media aboard. They toured the 10,500 acre site and its 5,000 acre cooling lake, addressing safety contrasts with Three Mile Island and stressing public duty and informed oversight.
Kansas Supreme Court ruling sparks clash as Ottawa district teachers walk out of a bargaining session. The Ottawa Education Association and board officials dispute whether reductions in personnel policy must be negotiated, with 140 of 160 teachers in OFA. Gentner says he will brief members. the board declares no further talks on reductions.
CAPE TOWN AP South Africa impounds the U S Embassy twin engine C 12A claiming it was used for aerial espionage and orders the crew to depart within a week after stripping all photographic gear. Prime Minister Botha cited a systematic campaign of photography of sensitive sites and demanded an apology from the Carter administration.
City officials say they are surprised by County Attorney Jim Clark s planned inquest into the utility department copper wire scandal. DPS findings implicate two former officials and a returning employee in the sale of over 3000 dollars worth of city owned scrap copper, with wire sold in Kansas City dating back to March 1978. Clark has not confirmed the inquest set for Wednesday at 9 a.m. Subpoenas target 17 city employees including Pete Smith and Mary Graham.
In Kampala Parliament Square Yusufu Lule and cabinet take oath as Uganda’s new provisional government is sworn in. Tanzanian commandos hunt Idi Amin with security tight and looting reported after Kampala’s capture. Lule urges Amin’s soldiers to surrender.
Gov John Carlin signed a law allowing Kansas Blue Cross Blue Shield to form a health maintenance organization. The bill followed a report from the Commission on Health Care Costs which urged lifting the prior ban on nonprofit hospital and medical service corporations entering HMOs to encourage development as public policy.
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