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Newspaper

Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Apr 13, 1981

Page

7

Portrait Of A Happy Homemaker By LOUISE COOK AP Writer

A Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborne study finds full time homemakers feel no inferiority from staying at home yet face social pressure to work. It reports 52 percent of women 16+ in the labor force as of Feb 1981, and shows feminists fear ads misrepresent women.

Louise Cook Associated Press of Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborne, Inc Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborne BBDO Hase Department of Labor

Inside Highlights and Local Arts Tops Nine-School Contest

The page lists local young artists as top entrants in a nine-school competition. It highlights "Count Your Kid In" and notes OHS girls adding another track crown. Sunday featured Kansas City teams, including the Royals, Kings, and golfer Tom Watson, with mentions on pages 4. A nationwide note calls higher gasoline taxes a growing trend across the US on page 8.

OHS Kansas Citions Royals Kings Tom Watson

Volunteers Prepare to Teach as “Teacher for A Day” Program

About 30 volunteers have signed up to teach a local class for a day in area schools next week under the UniServ district sponsored Teacher for A Day program of the Kansas National Education Association. Participants include officials such as Senator Jim Allen and City Manager Robert Mills, with assignments across Garfield Eugene Field Ottawa Junior High Ottawa High School Lincoln Eisenhower Hawthorne.

Area UniServ Kansas National Education Association Janice Ford UniServ Ford Jim Allen Ottawa Dorothy Nichols Robert Mills Leonard Larson Oren Skiles Department of Public Safety Robert E. Shaw Ottawa University Ottawa Board of Education Garfield Eugene Field Ottawa Junior High Ottawa High School Lincoln Eisenhower Hawthorne

Delays Selection Of Super 290 Superintendent

The Ottawa Board of Education postpones choosing a new superintendent for U S C 290 until later this week. Two finalists from Kangas and Missouri are under consideration, with names undisclosed. board members plan community visits to gauge local support before Ken Woods completes his resignation July 1.

Ottawa Board of Education U.S.C Jack Patty Kangas Missouri Patty Don Philgreen Philgreen Ken Woods Woods

Columbia Crew Tests Shuttle Systems Ahead of Reentry

NASA reported Columbia’s Day Two tests showed all systems functioning with no major problems as John Young and Robert Crippen prepared for the planned reentry. The crew awoke to a country tune and continued extensive checks on the ship’s heat shield and other systems under clear California skies.

Cape Canaveral Fla Columbia Rogers Dry California Shuttle Control John Young Young Crippen Shuttle Space Team

Reagan Resting At White House As He Recovers At Home

President Reagan remains upstairs in the White House under doctor orders not to work in the Oval Office while he builds strength after a gunshot wound. He may tape a brief economic radio address this week, with plans for a TV address delayed.

Washington Reagan Oval Office White House Larry Speakes Alexander M. Haig Jr Europe Middle East Speakes Congress Nancy Reagan

Unusual red sky lights over wide regions puzzled observers

The Associated Press reports a southward reaching red glow across the West, Midwest, and South on Sunday night. Meteorologists differ on causes with theories including noctilucent clouds from sunlit cosmic dust and reflections from dust in the air, while the space shuttle orbiting Earth was ruled out as the source.

Associated Press California Louisiana Earth West Midwest Tennessee South Dakota Cape Canaveral Florida National Weather Service St. Louis Arnold M. Heiser Nashville Dave Torshin McChord Air Force Base Tacoma Wash

City Planners Set Tuesday Meeting on Capital Plan

Ottawa Planning Commission members meet at 7 p.m. to review a six year capital improvements plan. Agenda includes Main Street reconstruction, Skunk Run drainage work, a new bridge over the Marais des Cygnes River, and a public hearing to rezone 1644 S. Main from industrial to general commercial. Citizens asked to join downtown revitalization committee representation.

Ottawa Planning Commission Main Street Skunk Run Marais Des Cygnes S. Main Dave Watkins Central Business District Inc City Hall Fourth and Walnut

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