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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1980
Page
6
Missouri and Kansas launch state investigations into pest exterminators amid a hot dry summer. Officials cite uninvited door visits and pressure on seniors to buy services. Kansas reports 27 complaints. none have gone to court, but firms must redo work or compensate customers.
Partly cloudy and warmer Saturday with a high near 0. Partly cloudy Saturday night and Sunday. Low Saturday night 65 to 70, high Sunday in the low 908. Winds from the south 10 to 15 mph Saturday.
An armored truck heist at San Francisco International Airport led to a $1.85 million haul believed to be Federal Reserve funds from Honolulu. Brink's guard George Bosgie, 25, is sought by the FBI after abandoning the truck at the airport hotel and fleeing with cash via a gunpoint accomplice. A hotel maid was forced into a car but escaped unharmed. the suspect car is a tan 1971 Oldsmobile Cutlass.
AP reports Kansas Democrats at a COPE AFL-CIO gathering in Topeka pressed a jobs plan blending Carter and Kennedy proposals. John Simpson warned 1980 elections will shape labor fate while Steineger said a Democratic sweep could curb business vetoes and shift workers' compensation laws toward fairness.
Kansas Senator Bob Dole said he has no oil stock or income and only uses oil in his car as he dismissed Democratic claims of heavy oil funding. He noted the tax plan exemptions for royalty holders and referenced opponent Simpon's oil income, while touring Mead, Plains, Hugoton, and Elkhart en route to Kansas City for a GOP brunch.
President Carter, claiming his fortunes have turned, expects Democrats to unite to defeat Ronald Reagan. He tours Picasso works at Camp David, outlines a sober general election path, and emphasizes minority support as key to overcoming Reagan.
The world press showed little enthusiasm for Carter’s renomination, with Tass calling his speech militaristic and editors across Oslo Madrid and New Delhi warning of a calamitous U.S. choice. Some praised Carter as better than Reagan, while others feared renewed arms races and political splits. Foreign analysts highlighted Kennedy as a potential pivot for Carter’s future.
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