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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1983
Page
6
Local recap notes that KU’s sanction angers the whistleblower who first exposed the Jayhawks and Wildcats clash. Report references page 10 Local Library Line and Chamber Contact, with material also on page 3.
Diane Yeaman notes Cabbage Patch dolls remain hot in Ottawa as Care Bears and Glo-Worms also draw shoppers. Store managers report mixed demand across toys including Masters of the Universe, G I Joe, Star Wars gear, Stomper sets, and practical home items. Prices and stock vary with national economy and upcoming AT&T divestiture fears shaping purchases.
Gov. John Carlin urged the 1984 Legislature to approve a 1.6 million emergency appropriation to renovate Winfield State Hospital Topeka State Hospital and a Lansing dormitory to house nonviolent minimum security prisoners. He warned overcrowding risks and said action is needed by February 3 to complete by July. The plan avoids new prison construction and addresses summer tensions.
Ottawa Board of Education reviews redesign of OMS parking to add about six stalls and a bus loading zone plus construction of a maintenance building near Ottawa High. Plans by Devore Associates estimate 4000 to 6000 square foot maintenance facilities and a 90000 to 105000 dollar cost, with funding from a four mill capital outlay levy.
Snowstorms have dumped a record 12 feet in the Rockies, spreading ice and snow to the Northeast as forecasters warn of another major storm. Nolan Duke of the Severe Storms Forecast Center notes January-like snow cover across northern New England, the Great Lakes, and upper Midwest into Colorado and Nevada. The national death toll from four storms since Nov. 21 rises to 83, with traffic fatalities, exposure, and heart attacks while shoveling. Temperatures plunge across the Midwest and Plains, with Hibbing Minnesota at 16 degrees below zero and Denver under a severe air quality alert amid a cold, icy weekend.
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