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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1985
Page
1
Ottawa sports briefly notes a football coach who has grown fond of the college game. The piece highlights his evolving view and rapport with college athletics, suggesting cross level interest and potential approaches for the program.
A letter signed by 101 of Kansas Legislature asks NRC chairman Palladino to complete all safety investigations before Wolf Creek nuclear plant licensing. Signers warn open inquiries could delay startup and raise costs for the Burlington plant, Kansas first nuclear facility, costing about 2.9 billion dollars.
Postmaster says first class stamps jump from 20 to 22 cents and that two-cent stamps are selling fast. Officials note offices close Monday for Presidents Day while rates for presorted, carrier route, and other services rise between 8 and 15 percent. Ottawa Weather Station logs a 15 degree low and 38 degree high with a fair, warming county forecast.
Federal Reserve economist Mark Drabenstott told a congressional panel that U.S. agriculture faces the deepest stress since the Depression and could worsen this winter and next spring. The Atchison session highlighted farm credit strains, with Gov. John Carlin and Rep. Jim Slattery among speakers as producers described mounting debt and rising costs.
Washington AP reports wholesale prices stayed flat in January, energy costs dropping 2.4 percent and gas and heating oil falling sharply. The overall index marked its third no-change month in five, with economists predicting a modest 2 percent rise for 1985 amid weak oil prices and a strong dollar. Gasoline is 6.7 percent cheaper than a year ago.
Four suspects linked to a two week spree that spanned Michigan Florida and seven other states are under investigation after a Grainfield Kansas restaurant robbery ended in a shootout killing one suspect and two others. A deputy and two hostages were wounded as authorities pursue charges against James C. Hunter Daniel E. Remeta and Lisa J. Dunn with two first degree murder counts and multiple related charges. The fourth suspect Mark Walter was killed.
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