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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1982
Page
1
Ottawa senator seeks law to require helmets for moped drivers. Sports OU's basketball team has run out of options in the conference race. Farm Local and area news roundup.
Ottawa officials view a new American LaFrance ladder truck costing about 212000 as a replacement for the aging snorkel unit. The existing snorkel has required costly maintenance and failed at a major fire. If purchased, funding could come from a lease or revenue-sharing funds, with trade-in expected for the old unit and delivery timelines tied to financing and vendor.
Kansas official Wayne Hundley notes 1981 shifts in consumer protection workload with mail order crimes representing 20 percent of complaints and autos 13 percent. He cites bike of bid rigging cases, a black box insect device scam, and urges alert shopping while detailing a 1 800 hotline and avenues for redress.
Kansas social services officials face a Reagan administration push to reduce welfare program errors to zero. The plan targets food stamps ADC and Medicaid, with long term penalties and potential court action if states miss the zero-error goal. Kansas notes 14.3 percent food stamp error versus 12.9 target, while ADC and Medicaid errors improve.
The National Weather Service station at the Ottawa Water Plant logged a low of 3 degrees and a high of 25 on Wednesday. A travel advisory is in effect with snow and bitterly cold conditions through Friday. Snow begins late today and increases tonight with lows around zero and wind 10 to 20 mph. Chance of snow is about 80 percent tonight and Friday.
Washington report says ice or snow on the Boeing 737 wings may have caused the crash into the Potomac. The cockpit tape allegedly shows pilots questioned snow on wings yet took off, with final exchange "We’re going down, Larry" and "I know it." Seventy four aboard died along with four on the bridge.
The Kansas House approved a revised Republican congressional map 72 to 50 sending it to Gov. John Carlin. Two Democrats joined most Republicans to support the measure while the Senate’s 22 to 18 vote had backing from Republicans and Democrats alike, with the governor’s objections centered on how Sedgwick and Wyandotte Counties are divided.
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