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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1979
Page
5
City officials push for HUD funding to study Skunk Run damage south of the Ottawa Library after Civil Engineering students mapped problems and proposed fixes. A public hearing is set for Jan. 15 to explain HUD submissions.
Planners in an AP zone propose fixed densities and layouts while a Multi-Family zone allows high densities within ceilings. Tonkin will submit detailed RP plans for the next meeting to gain zoning approval. HUD subsidies support the project with a second elderly housing plan if re zoning occurs. The first project costs about $782,000.
New York AP reports 1969 Apollo 10 named after Charlie Brown and Snoopy. Peanuts cast marks 30th year with a CBS anniversary show. Noting Schulz, creator, and the playful cast including Linus Lucy and Snoopy.
Egyptian and Israeli negotiators are expected to resume peace talks in Washington mid month with Secretary of State Cyrus Vance hosting. Prospects for a treaty remain uncertain as disputes linger over West Bank and Gaza autonomy timing and a 1979 end date target proposed by the United States.
First published notice warns unknown owners of a lien on a 1947 Harley Davidson motorcycle in Franklin County Kansas and a January 6 1979 public sale at 2 p.m. at Myrtle Brown’s residence to satisfy a $4500 lien. It also details multiple estate matters in Ottawa with executors William S Bowers and Howard Tucker, scheduling hearings and filings in January 1979.
Kansas Governor Bennett reappoints Glee S. Smith and Walter Hiersteiner to the State Board of Regents, sparking a clash with Governor-elect Carlin who has urged no new appointments. Carlin will name his own regents, amid control over six universities and state institutes. a third vacancy remains.
An Arctic cold front drives sub zero temperatures across the nation. NYC drops from 57 to 31 as snow expands from Michigan to the Ohio Valley and the Rockies. Warnings issued in New York Vermont Pennsylvania and other states. fatalities reported from icy roads in Kentucky and a live-wire incident in Dallas.
A long string of repair calls from the weekend ice storm left a dangling wire unrepaired. Hospital ERs in Dallas treated ice slip injuries as crews work to restore power. Rio Grande Valley growers monitor a $40 million citrus crop under freezing risk while central Florida groves expect frost protection amid mild winds. From Worcester to Baltimore and across Texas, temperatures swing, breaking records and triggering widespread weather alerts. Aftershocks from a California earthquake linger as winds and floods disrupt highways and traffic.
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