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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1985
Page
7
The local parade and dance in Richmond mark the finale of the Franklin County fair season. Democratic leaders report debts paid at a weekend summit.
A Japan Air Lines Boeing 747 with 524 people on board crashed in the central Japan Alps after reporting door problems on a domestic Tokyo to Osaka flight. Rescue teams reached the mountainside near Mount Ogura as a thunderstorm raged, with early reports indicating no survivors. The disaster would surpass the Tenerife 1977 crash in fatalities.
Abbeville Louisiana saw Chef Paul Prudhomme and fellow Cajun cooks prepare a 5000 egg omelet using onions peppers butter milk and grease over a 12 foot cast iron skillet for the French Market Festival. French chefs from Francé and New Caledonia assisted as Guinness confirms the event as the second largest omelet ever cooked in the world. Largest recorded was a 20117 egg omelet in Calgary in 1981.
Emergency system at Union Carbide plant in Institute failed to warn locals after a chemical leak linked to aldicarb oxime and MIC. Six employees injured, about 130 residents sought hospital care for irritation as officials blame late warnings while the company defends timely notifications. Local mayors say information came too late and the siren alert did not reach Charleston authorities promptly.
A government study shows 1982 spending across federal, state, and local levels totaled 1.2 trillion dollars with only 18.6 billion for police and 34.7 billion for the entire justice system. The report notes criminal justice received about 3 cents per dollar, far below health, education, housing, and defense sectors.
Reagan aides warned South Africa that Congress may impose sanctions if apartheid persists. McFarlane briefed Pik Botha in Vienna on the administration’s stance and the president’s veto risks, while Sen and House negotiators outlined possible limits on Krugerrand sales, nuclear production goods, and a code of conduct for U.S. firms in South Africa.
The National Weather Service station reports Friday highs to 95 and lows near 71, Saturday 93 with a 62 low and a trace of moisture, and Sunday 88 with a 61 low. County forecast calls for partly cloudy skies, 40 percent thunderstorm chance tonight, upper 60s lows, southeast winds 5 to 15 mph, then partly cloudy Tuesday with highs in the upper 80s and southeast winds up to 15 mph.
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