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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1986
Page
6
The Adult Education Center announces fall offerings across many courses funded by the Kansas Regents TELENET system. Details appear on page 3.
The Soviet side provides a guarded clarification of the April accident at the Hesnaiy power plant, outlining preliminary findings. Ottawa High's Michelle Murphy, a standout distance runner, is declared out for cross country this fall.
Washington reports July retail prices were held steady as gasoline fell 6.6 percent offsetting food cost spikes, keeping annual inflation near flat. Analysts warn the July data could end recent inflation relief, though a rapid price rise is not anticipated. Oil production cuts by OPEC are cited as a factor.
The Federal Reserve Board lowers the discount rate from 6 percent to 5.5 percent effective today, the lowest since August 1977, with analysts predicting further rate cuts this year. Mortgage and prime rates are expected to fall, boosting consumer and business spending amid tepid GNP growth and inflation near 2 percent for 1986.
A 44 year old mail carrier, Patrick Henry Sherrill, killed 14 co workers and wounded six in the Edmond Post Office before taking his own life. Investigators found no warning at home. he had breakfast, faced possible dismissal, and left behind weapons, ammunition and books.
The high at the Ottawa Water Plant for the 24 hour period ending 6 p.m. Wednesday was 86 degrees with a low of 64. COUNTY FORECAST calls for partly cloudy tonight with a mid to upper 60s low and light variable winds, and mostly cloudy Friday with highs in the mid to upper 80s and southeast to southerly winds up to 15 mph.
Eastern Kansas reservoirs are filling with silt while western ones lack water. Conservation pools, crucial for cities and industries, are shrinking faster than planned. Experts warn a crisis could force radical action by 2001 as demand grows and storage declines.
ABC NBC and NBC News allege tapes sent from Johannesburg vanished or were tampered with as they cover racial conflict. They formally protested to South African authorities amid reports of censorship and government efforts to curtail anti apartheid violence coverage.
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