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Local OMS pilot program examines history with a gifted perspective on page 6. Tuesday legislative highlights preview and context appear on page 7.
05 Feb 1986
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1986
Page
1
Local OMS pilot program examines history with a gifted perspective on page 6. Tuesday legislative highlights preview and context appear on page 7.
Negotiators for the Ottawa Board of Education and Ottawa teachers trade two non salary proposals for contract talks slated to start at 8 a.m. on Saturday February 15 at the district office. Topics include elementary planning periods classroom size limits and counselor staffing. Names of both sides’ representatives are listed. A follow up session is planned for February 15. In local education news a mail ballot election for bond issuance approval of 525000 for district repairs will be mailed March 6 with ballots due by March 25.
President Reagan sent Congress a 994 billion dollar fiscal 1987 budget with deep domestic cuts and a 15.9 billion defense rise. The plan preserves major weapons systems, boosts Star Wars funding, and seeks to balance deficits by 1991 under Gramm Rudman, while facing Senate skepticism and possible oil import tax ideas.
In a 31 minute address to a joint session of Congress Ronald Reagan urges a real and lasting emancipation from welfare dependency while Democrats challenge the plan. He calls for action from the Domestic Policy Council HHS and Treasury to craft strategies on welfare revisions health insurance and a global monetary conference.
City Manager Lyle Dresher announced almost 50 thousand dollars in change orders on city contracts. A 47,950 increase to wastewater improvements covered 108 feet of 18 inch clay sewer pipe replacement with iron piping. 75 percent of the change is EPA funded. A second 1,658.52 change order added 62 feet of storm sewer to avoid sidewalk and tree damage in City Park.
The Ottawa Water Plant logged a high of 46 and a low of 39 during the 24 hour period ending Tuesday. A trace of rain was recorded. County forecast calls for cloudy skies with a 30 percent chance of light rain or snow tonight and lows near 30, followed by further cloudiness and a 30 percent chance of snow on Thursday with highs in the mid to upper 30s.
Ottawa planners consider Wickliff & Company proposal to amend Wal-Mart planned unit development for an 8.7 acre outdoor mall. Traffic issues loom as three exits and risky crossings raise safety questions amid limited leasing commitments and a small crowd of observers.
The Coast Guard, Air Force, and Navy widen the search to Cape Fear NC as NASA ships head to an area where sonar shows a shuttle Challenger booster may have fallen into the Atlantic. Robot subs will probe an undisclosed ocean spot, with debris possibly carried by the Gulf Stream.
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