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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1982
Page
1
Local theater review notes the latest entry Sleuth at Vassar Playhouse with critical observations. Page 3 coverage also reports State House Speaker Wendell Lady joining a GOP bandwagon call for Patrick McManus resignation, per Page 3.
Ottawa High battles Turner in an exhausting three overtime game to reach the .500 mark for the season, pulling away late after a tightly contested affair that tested both teams' endurance and depth.
Joe Lee and local investors purchased the North American Hotel at Third and Main Ottawa with plans to convert the five story building into retail on the lower floors offices on the middle levels and a top floor private club The adjacent 2 story coffee shop addition would be restored as a restaurant The initial renovation budget is about 350 000 with completion aimed before end of 1982 and recruitment of three to four local investors possible IRBs may be used and local contractors favored The project supports downtown revitalization efforts and could attract further business expansion in Ottawa
President Reagan plans a 1983 budget with a record 98.6 billion deficit, about 30 billion above prior highs, while proposing 27 billion in domestic cuts. Pentagon spending would rise to 221 billion, with targeted reductions in education, Medicaid, food stamps, and welfare programs. Tax loophole closing and management steps aim to save 30 billion, with no major tax increases. The plan foresees modest declines in the deficit after 1983 and forecasts 8.9 percent unemployment in 1983 as the economy rebounds.
Federal antitrust prosecutors probe contractors potentially involved in bid rigging on Kansas building projects. The Kansas City Times notes the study began this week, expanding from a Justice Department highway project case with 23 charged firms. The state asks for a list of bidders on $100,000 plus projects from 1978 to 1981. County forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and a warming trend through Sunday with highs near 20 and 30 degrees.
Kansas lawmakers move into action on a plan to boost state aid to public schools to 50 percent of costs over three years, total $168 million in new funds, with debate in the House and a possible oil and gas severance tax to fund it. Senate leaders discuss duration, while local property taxes would rise about $110 million over three years. Hearings on severance tax proposals run Tuesday through Thursday as Rep. James Braden’s committee weighs options.
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