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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1981
Page
6
Ottawa University faces legal action after a faculty member’s dismissal, prompting scrutiny of university policies and potential appeals. The coverage outlines who is contesting the decision, the court involved, and possible implications for faculty relations on campus.
The Kansas Corporation Commission will hold hearings February 1 and 2 to review Sabetha’s complaint against the Kansas Municipal Energy Agency a 33 city group forming to own power plants. Sabetha seeks to withhold $600000 in loan notes. KMEA argues delay would jeopardize loans for its feasibility study and plant ownership plans.
U.S. District Judge Marion Callister ruled Congress lacked authority to extend the ERA ratification deadline and that five states acted within their rights to rescind approval. The decision, issued in Boise, dismisses the effort to ratify the proposed 27th amendment which would ban sex discrimination. Idaho, Arizona, and Washington legislators filed the suit after Congress extended the deadline from 1979 to 1982. Indiana was the 35th state to ratify in 1977 with 38 needed. The ruling states a Congress three-fifths vote can set a reasonable time limit binding on both branches.
The Ottawa City Commission will review a proposed ordinance banning livestock before final action. The animal ban sparked the most controversy in the recodification hearing, with a reconvened session set for Jan. 6 and ratification likely Jan. 20. Citizens may inspect drafts at City Hall or the Public Library.
Italian police dismissed a call claiming kidnapped Brig. Gen. James L. Dozier's body would be found in an Italian village as a probable Red Brigades hoax. Officials said no clues emerged in Dozier's disappearance and no demands were stated.
AP reports Poland pressed by mass strike with miners urged to quit as martial law tightens. Four re arrested Solidarity members defy constraints while Lech Walesa goes on hunger strike. Jaruzelski mulls televised address amid U.S. deliberations on possible sanctions.
UW Indies On A terrific response in the vial has boosted the Franklin County United Way drive to 43,723.65 dollars, just 1,676.35 short of the 45,400 goal. Dorothy Anderson, drive secretary, cited newspaper coupons and strong rural giving as key factors.
The National Weather Service reports a Tuesday low near 0 degrees and a daytime high around 37. About three inches of snow melted to 32 inches of moisture. County forecast calls for partly cloudy skies through Thursday with lows in the teens and highs in the upper 30s. Winds will be light and variable this afternoon and tonight.
Barbara Steere, 28, Ottawa native and paratroop captain in the 82nd Airborne Division, shared a slide show with Ottawa Kiwanis. She trains as an airborne officer in Germany, aims for jumpmaster school in March, and may earn command by summer. Her background includes public relations work in Chicago and a direct commission influenced by her West Point-aspired brother.
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