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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1985
Page
1
Page notes sports briefs from local and area prep basketball coverage. It previews upcoming games and highlights recent scores and standings involving local teams and key players.
In Atchison Kansas more than 800 farmers and residents attended a field hearing by the U S House Budget Committee to oppose Reagan era farm cuts. Economists warned debt and budget deficits threaten farm income while critics urged balance and cautious reform to avoid deeper crisis.
Franklin County and Ottawa city face equipment and program funding risks if federal revenue sharing ends. The city relies on 129,746 dollars in 1985 revenue sharing for equipment and auditorium reserve funds, while the county budgets 530,000 for 1985 and spent 992,857 last year largely on public works gear. Officials warn reductions could hit the Historical Society, Humane Society, Fair Board, and road/maintenance projects, forcing cuts or tax hikes.
Spokeswomen for two environmental groups praised 101 of Kansas' 165 lawmakers for sending a letter to NRC chair Nunzio Palladino demanding the commission follow its rules and answer safety questions at the 2.9 billion Wolf Creek plant before a low power license. They urged a congressional inquiry and probed possible management wrongdoing.
The Kansas Bankers Association will hold a special convention at 2 p.m. March 2 in Topeka to reconsider its pro multibank stance and declare neutrality, a move backed by 141 members who signed a petition. The session aims to shape the fate of a Senate bill to permit corporate chain ownership of banks under unit banking law.
The Tax Foundation finds the Treasury plan would offer limited simplification for individuals and complex fringe-benefit taxation could worsen union management relations. It notes seven of 18 major provisions improve planning, twelve ease compliance, eight complicate planning, and three have unknown impact. The report says overall investment may be dampened and simplification is offset by indexing and fringe-benefit tax changes.
About 15 to 20 angry protesters in a crowd of over 100 chased Sheriff Dean L. Baum through the Gove County courthouse as a foreclosure sale for 1,120 acres owned by David and Virginia Jensen proceeded. The bill of sale was read after a prior auction sparked earlier protests. no arrests were made. Paul Shepard of WaKeeney, for the Federal Land Bank, bid $490,456 to complete the sale despite the mob’s harassment on the steps outside.
Bond set at 5 million dollars each Friday for James C. Hunter 33 Amoret Missouri Daniel E. Remeta 27 Traverse City Michigan and Lisa J Dunn 18 Traverse City Michigan after a three county crime spree left four dead including two hostages Abduction occurred at a grain elevator in a small town They face seven charges including two counts of first degree murder aggravated kidnapping aggravated battery of a law officer aggravated battery and aggravated robbery Preliminary hearings tentatively set for Feb 25 with court to appoint counsel due to lack of funds.
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