Ominous Silence At HBC Hearing In Atchison Kansas
More than 900 farmers packed the Atchison hearing as the U S House Budget Committee heard dire warnings about the Reagan budget. Leaders including Gov John Carlin and economists said rural America faced collapse without emergency aid. A bankrupt farmer, Larry Schrick near Atchison, described the push toward ruin amid drought, high interest, and rising deficits.
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U.S. House Budget Committee
Reagan
America
Kansas
John Carlin
Harold F. Breimger
University of Missouri
Barry Flinchbaugh
Kansas State University
Congress
Flinchbaugh
House of Representatives
Jim Slattery
Atchison
Washington
Slattery
Larry Schrick
Ottawa Area Weather: Fr 4° to 35°. Sa 26° to 47°. Su 14° to 47°
The National Weather Service reports at the Ottawa Water Plant low and high temperatures for Friday through Sunday with readings from 4 to 35 degrees on Friday, 26 to 47 on Saturday, and 14 to 47 on Sunday. County forecast calls for partly cloudy tonight with a low near 20 and a mostly sunny mild Tuesday with mid to upper 40s highs.
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National Weather Service
Ottawa Water Plant
Coffee talk highlights farm crisis liquor by the drink and death penalty
At a legislative coffee in Ottawa, Rep. Dorothy Nichols and Sen. Jim Allen spoke on farming hardships, liquor by the drink, and the death penalty. Nichols opposed the death penalty, citing media publicity and potential veto by Gov. Carlin. Allen discussed two tier pricing for farm exports and his stance on liquor by the drink.
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Diane Yeamans
Greater Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Franklin County Farm Bureau
Ottawa
Dorothy Nichols
Jim Allen
Peoples National Bank
Nichols
National Guard
Atchison
U.S
Docking Glickman feud heats up for Kansas governor race
In Topeka the Washington Day gathering signaled a potential three way Democratic nomination fight with Lt. Gov. Tom Docking U.S. Rep. Dan Glickman and state Treasurer Joan Finney showing possible splits. The weekend’s highlight was Jim Parrish's upset victory for state party chair over Pat Lehman 75 to 55, seen as unifying move after a long feud with Gov. Carlin.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Tom Docking
U.S
Dan Glickman
I Love Finney
Joan Finney
Jim Parrish
Pat Lehman
Wichita
Lehman Parrish
Parrish
Westmoreland Drops Action Against CBS
Retired General William C. Westmoreland ends his $120 million libel suit against CBS over a Vietnam War documentary. The case is dismissed without cost to either party after 18 weeks of trial. CBS and lawyers say the parties are pleased. CBS calls the event not a definitive victory and awaits judge’s ruling.
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NEW York
William C. Westmoreland
CBS
Dan Burt
Westmoreland
David Boies
Associated Press Radio
Boies
Ottawa Man Airlifted After K-68 Collision
An 86-year-old Ottawa RFD 2 man Albert L Welborn was critically injured in a 3:20 a.m. crash at the K-68 and Bennett Road intersection. He was flown by Life Flight to KU Medical Center. Rod Setter 19 Garnett drove the other car, suffering only minor cuts. Traffic halted for about 30 minutes.
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Ottawa Rfd 2
Albert L. Welborn
K-68
Bennett Road
Welborn
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
Life Flight
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Highway Patrol
Rod Setter
Garnett
Setter
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Schrick
Andrew Smith Jr
Bethany Chapel Baptist Church
James McCrossen
First Baptist Church
Marvin Wilson
Wilson
Ottawa High
Ottawa University
Black History
ECEAN
Awaro
Nichaara Jackson
Wes Wilson
Allen
Paul Archer
Franklin County
Glickman
Ottawan
Wen Wilson
Kevin Kimball
Andy Thomasson
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