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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1981
Page
8
A fragmented page 3 item notes ongoing strains for the County Assessor as New Year pressures build, hinting at tax or valuation delays. Other brief items reference a one on one Christmas party, potential college sports shifts, and national office party trends.
Americans shift from Christmas parties to remember Poland's martial law and food shortages. President Reagan urged solidarity with the Polish people and asked Americans to place lighted candles in windows as a beacon of support. Lech Walesa was highlighted as a key figure in the solidarity movement, while governors and communities planned events and drives to aid Poles.
The Herald will not publish on Christmas Day and Tele-Log in Atlanta provides new TV schedules in larger type for readability. The edition notes changes due to holiday production, with the Herald office open at 7 30 PM Christmas night, staffed by news and production crews only.
Rebels face a bleak Christmas as martial law detentions bite while Solidarity protest voices grow underground. Radio reports indicate mounting Polish anger over the crackdown and possible Soviet retaliation. Poland’s ambassador to Japan, Dr Zdzieslaw Rurarz, defects to the United States.
Franklin County commissioners accuse state court officials of arrogance as a long running dispute over emergency operations space and court offices escalates. They propose relocating Court Services to the third floor, while McIntire counters that the basement plan would strain services, costing at least $10,000 for partitions.
The Kansas Corporation Commission staff recommended Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. receive between 42.6 and 45.2 million dollars of an 80.5 million rate increase, or 43 to 56.6 percent, in a case described as the largest utility rise in Kansas. Three special hearings are planned for customer comment, Jan. 12 in Kansas City, Jan. 14 in Topeka, and Jan. 22 in Wichita, with final phase hearings in early January. If approved in full, residential and business customers would see a 3.70 dollar monthly rise, while exact amounts per bill remain undetermined amid proposed further price hikes on installation, coin calls, and business system charges.
Ford and Chrysler said nearly all plants would close the first week of January while GM, American Motors and Volkswagen announced layoffs. Industry data show mid December deliveries at about 22 percent below last year and annual 1981 production may be the lowest since 1961, signaling a prolonged downturn with 300000 autoworkers idle during the week of Jan 4.
The National Weather Service notes a low near 8 degrees and a high around 38 degrees on Wednesday morning and afternoon at the Ottawa Water Plant. No precipitation. county forecast calls for fair skies tonight with lows in the mid to upper teens and cloudy conditions Friday with highs in the low to mid 40s. Winds remain light from the south tonight.
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