Disaster aid approved for Franklin and Miami counties
U S Department of Agriculture approved disaster assistance for Franklin and Miami counties after delays. Loans from the Farmers Home Administration will aid farmers hit by last spring frost damage to wheat and June floods totaling 6.4 million dollars. Area losses include crops 4.11 million, unplanted acres 1.69 million, and flood damages 676 thousand, with 38 Kansas counties designated in total.
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Washington
Larry Winn
Franklin
Miami
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Farmers Home Administration
Kansas
Winn
Larry Neiderheiser
Fmha
Bob Bozworth
Franklin County
USDA
Bozworth
Ottawa Weather Forecast From NWS Office
The National Weather Service reports at the Ottawa Water Plant a low of 10 and a high of 41 for early Tuesday with no precipitation. County forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with a chance of snow flurries tonight and Thursday, lows in the 20s, colder Thursday with highs in the lower 30s, and northwest winds 10 to 20 mph with a 20 percent snow chance tonight and Thursday.
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National Weather Service
Ottawa
Walesa Opens Talks With Poland Regime Amid Cracks
Solidarity leader Lech Walesa agreed to begin negotiations with Poland's martial law regime as unrest continues. The government reports eight deaths since December 13, while unconfirmed tallies run higher. Reagan expands sanctions, halting gas pipeline equipment and suspending Soviet rights in U.S. zones. West German talks with Rakowski in Bonn discuss halting U.S. cooperation on the pipeline project.
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Associated Press
Solidarity
Lech Walesa
Poland
Military Council
Reagan
Soviet Union
Kremlin
U.S
United States
Mieczyslaw Rakowski
Bonn
Han-Dietrich Genscher
Europe
Upsets Rock College Basketball With KU Victory
Inside Highlights: Wichita State loses grip as upsets dominate the college scene. Kansas University delivers a major win. Page Gas Service Co. considers a setback ahead of KCC coverage on Page 3.
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Wichita State
RMH Pension Fund Eyed By Board Of Trustees
The Ransom Memorial Hospital board weighs an $85,000 allocation from the 1981 budget to create an employee benefit fund. Trustees met Tuesday in executive session with no action. The panel is checking with auditors on the fund’s propriety as hospital finances show higher 1981 year-to-date revenues and expenditures, along with uncollectable accounts and credentialing concerns.
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Ransom Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees
Ncasaiteas
Raymond Gibson
Dale Skinner
Reyes
Rick Redfield
Redfield
Kansas bans detachable pop tops and bottle rockets in 1982
Kansas lawmakers enacted a dozen new laws to take effect January 1 1982 including a ban on detachable pull tops for beverage cans to reduce litter hazards. The same package outlaws bottle rockets and requires approved child safety seats for children under two when in front seats with enforcement warnings and public information efforts. A Supreme Court review next month will reassess farm valuation methods.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Kansas Secretary of Transportation
Kansas Supreme Court
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Tommy
Indian Lanes Bowl
Princeton
Steven Hausler
Ottawa Optimist Club
Betty Franklin
Walesa
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By Bob Burtch
Skinner
Frank Reyes Jr
Terry Drenner
Traveling Disabilities Services Inc
Willow
Beverly Bennell
Wayne Kissinger
Here
Schmidt Trucking
Standish
Mich
Highway Patrol
Mark M. Ewald
Twining
Barbara J. Clark
Omaha
Neb
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ewald
Dave Kaup
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