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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1985
Page
6
Eastern states endure heat wave as humidity from Hurricane Danny swirls. Local housing boards discuss library line item impacts and community needs amid soaring temperatures and rising utility costs.
Willie Nelson announces a 12hour Farm Aid benefit for American farmers to be held September 22 at Memorial Stadium in Champaign Illinois. Neil Young Waylon Jennings Johnny Cash Merle Haggard John Cougar Mellencamp and Bob Dylan will join, with plans for a benefit album to raise funds and draw attention to farmers' struggles.
The Reagan administration urged South Africa to begin serious negotiations to end apartheid and warned of turmoil in townships. Chester Crocker said the United States would pursue quiet diplomacy, urging concessions and engagement while rejecting sanctions. McFarlane opposed the continued state of emergency and pressed Pretoria to move faster away from apartheid.
Gov. John Carlin says no plan to push a tax hike but urges open public discussion on Kansas finances. He argues education, prisons, welfare and other services face limits without additional revenue and that counties may struggle with the property reappraisal program. He notes revised revenue projections due to tax receipts and growth, urging advocates to persuade voters for any increase.
The Soroptimist Club raised 2000 dollars for Lifeline emergency gear benefiting the elderly and disabled at Ransom Memorial Hospital. With 7000 of a 10000 goal raised, funds come from pecan sales, farmers market concessions and a stew dinner. Lifeline links a neck medallion to a base unit in the ER to call responders and arrange care if needed. A training session is planned at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday in the hospital conference room.
Partly cloudy today with a high in the upper 80s and southerly winds 5 to 15 mph. Partly cloudy tonight with a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms and a low in the mid-60s. Mostly sunny Sunday with a high in the upper 70s or low 80s.
On a calm June day six years ago a cropduster sprayed Supracide over a Douglas County alfalfa field killing bees and contaminating a Shafer garden. The Shafers sued. the pilot was fined 350 dollars and they settled for similar. The case highlighted rare prosecutions and spurred Kansans for Safe Pest Control to press for tighter pesticide rules while debate continues over SLN registrations and environmental risks.
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