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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1983
Page
6
Inside Highlights notes major crimes fall across Kansas while rural burglaries rise. OHS girls basketball debuts and boys wrestling results tease on page 4. NCAA action sharpens focus as KU football program faces scrutiny with key questions unanswered.
Elmer Sutton, Princeton area rural mail carrier for 34 years, retires after delivering to 198 boxes daily. He drove 68 miles daily at start, now 93 miles, worn 15 cars, faced weekly tire flats, and kept spare tires. Sutton earned a Safe Driver Award and 2,500 unused sick leave hours converted to pay, with one minor accident in his long career.
Topeka Kansas AP state tax collections for November came in 4.5 million below expert projections. Harley Duncan secretary of the Department of Revenue said there is no cause for alarm though income and sales taxes lagged. He noted sales tax remains a key activity indicator, with a 9 percent rise versus last year. Individual income tax missed estimates by 2.5 million.
Nyle Salmans quits as Ottawa University head football coach after five seasons. He announced the move at a late morning squad meeting following a 3-7 season and sixth place finish in the Kansas College Athletic Conference. Salmans ends with a 24-27 OU mark after previously serving as an assistant at McPherson College.
The National Weather Service station at Ottawa Water Plant logged a low of 22 and high of 34 on Wednesday morning with no rain. November rainfall totaled 3.26 inches. Winds from the south at 5 to 15 mph. Friday expects mostly cloudy skies with a 20 percent chance of light rain or snow and highs near the lower 30s.
Spacelab astronauts Parker and Merbold fired electron and argon beams from outside the lab to form a bright artificial aurora 155 miles up. Ground observers watched a live TV feed as blue Mashea particles traveled along Earth’s magnetic field while instruments measured atmospheric effects.
Franklin County commissioners weigh creating an in house surveying and inspection team to oversee road and bridge projects versus retaining engineering consultants. Larry Larson argues for direct staffing to maximize federal matching funds, propelling local construction despite tight 1994 budgets and possible no fund warrants past 1986.
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