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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1985
Page
6
State level Economic Summit headlines on Page 3 with a rural cultural theme and strong religious overtones. The report highlights policy aims, panelists, and regional impact while noting the spirited mood and community attendance.
Kansas treasurer Joan Finney announced a plan to create a state credit review board and a loan fund up to 3 million dollars to help distressed farmers avoid losing their homes. The program would pay interest on the first 50 000 dollars of debt on homestead acres and aim to repay itself as the farm economy improves.
After the Geneva summit, most US sanctions on the Soviet Union were lifted as relations warmed. American banks resumed lending to the Soviet government for grain, a 400 million loan at under 8.5 percent. A Baldrige trade mission to Moscow aims to boost commerce, reflecting a broader shift toward openness under Reagan.
Washington AP reports weary lawmakers near final approval of a vast farm bill. Key gains for the administration include price support reductions and continued income guarantees, with costs pegged at about 125 billion over three years and impacts on wheat and corn exports. Senate leaders predict signing, as debate focuses on moving agriculture toward market signals and away from subsidies.
Investigators say the DC-8 reached 190 mph during takeoff roll before veering right and crashing into a hillside near the Newfoundland airport. A 40 man Canadian team salvaged wreckage for Ottawa as families, officials, and Reagan attended memorials in Gander and at Fort Campbell.
Penn State researchers led by Richard Lerner studied 190 sixth and seventh graders, finding attractive children viewed by teachers as more scholastically capable, athletic, and socially adept, with fewer behavior problems. Parents also saw fewer issues with attractive kids, who were more popular and got along with friends and parents, though the children often did not perceive themselves as attractive.
President Reagan intensifies an 11th hour bid to revive tax reform as Congress races to finish a large appropriations bill before the year end recess. House and Senate must act by tonight, with Reagan lobbying Capitol Hill and a mixed GOP-Democratic bloc shaping the outcome.
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