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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1979
Page
5
Washington AP profile of Jerome Kurtz 47 IRS commissioner under Carter. He defends tax fairness and enforcement, notes budget limits and audit levels, and reveals he filed his own return on a recent Sunday using the long form. He works long hours and cooks little.
Floods along the Pearl River force 17,200 from homes in Jackson as water reaches rooftop levels and 5 feet in downtown areas. The city’s $48 million sewage plant is flooded, prompting a shift to a lagoon system. President Carter declares a disaster area while state and local officials race to sandbag levees.
Ottawa man Terry Ray Baker, 26, facing 14 burglary counts, seeks new continuance as arson probe into the Sacred Heart Church fire intensifies. DPS and Fire Marshal lean toward arson. a new prep hearing is set for April 26 at 10 am.
Teachers and USD 290 board resolved a dispute over a Kansas Supreme Court ruling on reduction in personnel policy and agreed to negotiate the policy. Ottawa teachers, citing the Ottawa Education Association, push for a negotiated settlement including recall procedures and salary raises. A Thursday session is set with district enrollment in decline and potential layoffs in the future. County forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy conditions with a slight shower chance tonight. Highs in the upper 80s, lows around 50s, south to southeast winds 5 to 25 mph.
A three hour riot at Herman Hill Park injures 28 police and 37 concertgoers, the worst in Wichita history. About 500 officers used tear gas to quell the disturbance in a four block south Wichita area. 100 arrested as four stayed hospitalized, including an officer.
BELGRADE AP Tens of thousands spent Easter night outdoors as a Magnitude 6.5 quake ravaged over 60 miles of Yugoslav Adriatic coast and Albania, killing at least 235 people. Aftershocks lingered while doctors and rescue teams worked in makeshift centers amid collapsed hotels and slumped roads.
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