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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1982
Page
10
Ottawa University wide receiver earns NAIA All-America honors for a second time as page four notes. OHS girls face early deficit again in EKL basketball and fail to complete comeback, with coverage on page four.
The national governor issues a human emergency declaration to address the unemployment strain in Michigan. Farmers contribute to a combined $19 billion in agricultural income while the economy faces widespread jobless hardship as food waste reaches alarming levels.
Gov. John Carlin said he will ask the 1983 Legislature to enact a large severance tax on oil gas and possibly coal to fund a balanced FY 1984 budget and fix state finances He refused to discuss other tax increases or exact rates but suggested a sizeable levy He also noted budget cuts across agencies and confirmed a personnel change at the Kansas Water Office naming Joseph Harkins as replacement for Allyn Lockner.
Neosho Construction Co. of Council Grove submitted the apparent low bid of 1 765 801 03 for the US 59 viaduct project over Santa Fe rails at Ottawa. Bids split into bridge and grading surfacing, with totals 1 667 463 06 and 98 337 95 respectively. High bids reached 2 157 104 13 for the bridge and 130 537 for surfacing. The project begins next spring for 200 working days, using detours on Davis Road and Sand Creek to US 59, with two inches of asphalt and an overlay later.
A 64-year-old Ottawa RFD 4 man, Francis C. Klink, was killed while felling a tree about a mile north of the Franklin Douglas county line. The accident occurred when a branch struck him. He will be buried at a later date. services are set for 2 p.m. Monday at Dengel & Son Mortuary with Rev. Clyde W. Miller officiating. He lived in Ottawa area since 1943, was a World War II Navy veteran, dairy farmer, and member of Mid-America Dairymen's Association and Eagles Ottawa Lodge 2700. He is survived by Irene England Klink. five grandchildren. and several relatives. Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday afternoon onward.
President Reagan was angry as conservative Republicans forced the Senate to drop a proposed nickel per gallon gasoline tax increase meant to finance 5.5 billion dollars of highway and mass transit repairs. Majority Leader Howard Baker halted debate after a failed filibuster and a failed last‑minute meeting, shelving the measure for now. The move also jeopardized six weeks of added jobless benefits and leaves the bill likely to be revived in the next Congress.
The Senate approved a White House backed amendment to a stopgap bill, allotting 988 million for the first five MX missiles after Congress approves a basing plan. House had previously defeated funding. The vote followed hours of debate as Reagan seeks 100 missiles in a dense pack near Cheyenne Wyoming.
Gas Service Co began reconnecting gas to Kansas City area residents who were cut off for unpaid bills. The firm seeks a legal ruling on a Kansas Corporation Commission order that would require restoration without full payment, while reconnection starts for customers with $30 or 25 percent of their bill paid. The KCC says partial payment should not be required.
The Kansas Department of Revenue reports October collections from three Franklin County cities with half-cent sales taxes. Ottawa: $32,415.32 in October, $117,404.54 year to date. Pomona: $901.64 in October, $3,630.48 year to date. Williamsburg: $334.48 in October, $876.86 since July. Total October statewide: $4,932,075.36 for 10 counties and 59 cities.
OPEC Market Monitoring Committee chairman Mana Saeed Otaiba of the United Arab Emirates said at the Vienna meeting that despite hard times the cartel will not lower oil prices. He spoke at the opening of a day-long committee session.
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