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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1985
Page
6
Inside Highlights reports a national representative's Brazil visit provoking Pentagon debate amid shifting diplomacy. Sports notes: Patriots boost depth, defeat Chiefs in Saturday exhibition as area talent contributes.
South Africa’s President P W Botha met church leaders to discuss a year of anti apartheid riots that killed over 600. Clergy split with Falwell, who praised reform, while Storey Hurley and others warned of two South Africas and mismatched perceptions amid rising despair.
A car bomb ripped through Hamadeh restaurant in Karakel el-Druse, Beirut, killing 22 and wounding 77. The blast sparked Green Line fighting between Moslem and Christian factions, closing Museum crossing and drawing gunfire along the divided city.
Wellsville man Frank E. Meisner 54 dies in a Friday night one car crash south of here. He was thrown from the vehicle which overturned twice in a field on a washboard county road. His wife Arleta was a passenger and treated at Ransom Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at the Alden Harrington Chapel Bonner Springs. He worked 27 years as an engineering technologist for Bendix Corp and was a veteran of the Army Air Forces. Survivors include three daughters and two granddaughters plus his father.
Wichita County led Kansas in per capita income for 1983 at 22469 dollars, well above Johnson County’s 17109, with farm earnings comprising 64 percent of local income. The report also lists county by county figures, noting Wichita’s 2,900 residents and regional comparisons, plus city and weather notes for Ottawa.
Kansas entomology chief Dean Garwood says modern pesticides emerged in the 1940s and 50s but are declining. Farmers may need non chemical controls as pest biology gains attention. State actions show prosecutions rare, with 5 of 61 complaints pursued 1979 to 1984, prompting closer follow ups and potential EPA referrals.
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