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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1983
Page
6
Local fall telenet lineup announced and sports notes tracking Hal Sutton leading PGA pace. An overnight shipping firm sacks its own game winner in the Brett Bat incident. State pessimism clouds late planted corn crop on page six.
The Kansas Water Office presents the first draft of the 50 year Water Plan at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Courts Building basement Ottawa region 1. Director Harkins notes the draft is preliminary and hearings moved to accommodate larger crowds after Western Kansas responses.
Kansas doctors face financial pressures from a Blue Cross Blue Shield reimbursement shift to fixed payment limits and a 50 percent surcharge on malpractice premiums. The fund-backed surcharge aims to stabilize rising costs after large settlements. Dutton notes high premiums for surgeons, with averages around $5,700 escalating to $8,550. The fund paid out $6 million last year, $3 million the prior year, and $2 million the year before. Meanwhile, water plan hearings near final drafts, with pipelines proposed to ease regional shortages, costing up to $224 million and funded by taxes, fees, and conservation storage rights.
Governor John Carlin will hold 11 town meetings in August across Manhattan Pittsburg Wichita Emporia Kansas City Topeka Garden City Winfield Colby Concordia and Atchison to hear Kansans on how to improve public schools. He aims to listen rather than poll and says funding will be needed from state and federal levels to support proposals like merit pay longer school days and better teacher training while avoiding local option tax paths.
The USDA published meal plans for low income households costing about 58 dollars weekly for a family of four. Secretary John Block promoted free distribution of a booklet Making Food Dollars Count with two week menus and shopping tips. Menus stress economical foods like dry beans and grains and include peanut butter based lunches and meat dinners such as pork roast and beef cholcey with rice.
Governmental agencies in Kansas spent 3.85 million on out-of-state travel in fiscal year 1983, down 13 percent from the prior year, with 7,709 trips at an average cost of 500.71 dollars. Gov. John Carlin cited the decline as notable amid rising travel costs, noting much travel was by agencies outside the governor’s jurisdiction such as the judiciary, Legislature, state universities, Insurance Department and Attorney General’s office.
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