19 Feb 1983
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1983
Page
1
Wellsville wins another league title as prep basketball highlights Friday action. The edition notes ongoing debates over teachers pay and education in the Legislature and beyond, with oil price cuts loom highlighted in the world news.
Two major federal street highway projects in Ottawa are planned to start around April 1 pending weather. Kansas DOT area engineer Donald Dean said Smoky Hill Inc. will move in April with work on Seventh Street and the US 59 overpass replacement. The projects will be done in multiple phases, with storm sewer first, and traffic preserved on Main Street and Ash as sections are widened and rebuilt. Overpass work hinges on weather for paving and detour routes.
Franklin County Attorney Wendell Barker urged the commission to boost the 1984 budget to 65 340, a rise of about 25 000 from 1983, while proposing cuts to his own line items. He cited workload, efficiency stats, and a district court eminent domain filing for a Rock Creek Road bridge project as context for the request.
Kansas lawmakers near final approval on a plan to stave off insolvency of the unemployment fund. The rescue bill, approved by both houses, raises employer taxes and freezes maximum benefits. awaits a Monday House vote to concur with Senate changes before sending to Gov. Carlin for signature.
Gov. John Carlin of Kansas defends a plan to cut 4400 welfare recipients while asserting no aid to the poor will be cut. He notes a $13 million SRS supplemental and seeks pay raises for teachers to avoid a classroom crisis. The proposal targets 18 to 51 year olds, saving about $3 million this year and potentially $20 million next year, with opposition from lawmakers and alternative Senate and House plans reducing welfare funds instead. The package also overhauls unemployment insurance taxes and adds an emergency surcharge to bolster the fund.
AP report says EPA cannot account for 53.6 million of the 1.6 billion Superfund funds in 1982, with Inspector General finding records fail to verify how money was used. Rep. Scheuer and Rep. Synar demand GAO audit, calling management errors and possible looting allegations.
Partly cloudy Saturday with a high in the low to mid sixties. Winds from the southwest at 10 to 20 mph. Saturday night turns windy and cooler with a 40 percent rain chance and a low from 35 to 40. Winds shift to the northwest at 15 to 30 mph. Sunday will be mostly cloudy, windy, and cool with a rain chance and a high of 40 to 45.
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