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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1985
Page
1
A compact state news item notes a Vanderbilt football program facing significant woes tied to personnel or management, with limited context but marked by the pharmacist reference as a symbolic figure of trouble. Other lines mention Kansas state data on institutional residents, and page references point to a broader newspaper layout.
In Topeka the 1985 Kansas Legislature plans to revisit environmental proposals including a ban on burying hazardous waste, a strengthened state superfund, and the 50 year water plan. Speaker Mike Hayden supports a broad waste burial ban while cautioning flexible policy.
Ottawa officials announced a federal mandate requires utilities to be removed from the Marais des Cygnes River bridge before construction. Bids cannot occur until mid May and actual work until July, with an informational meeting canceled.
President Reagan plans a Cabinet level reshuffle moving three veterans into new roles and studying a merger of two departments with elimination of the third. He aims to nominate Donald Hodel to Interior, John Herrington to Education, and Richard Darman as deputy secretary to Treasury, with William Bennett stepping into Education and William Clark resigning.
Kansas Supreme Court overturned a manslaughter conviction for a Topeka woman who shot her abusive husband in a motel in January 1963. In a 6-1 decision, the court found she acted in imminent danger and was a victim of battered wife syndrome, faulting lower court jury instructions. The weather note follows with Ottawa station recording a 24 low and 29 high, with a cold, mostly clear county forecast.
The Ottawa City Commission narrows 63 applicants to three for city manager. Interviews last weekend left one candidate chosen to start mid February. The panel weighed municipal utilities experience, tenure, Kansas ties, education and grant writing, with attention to economic development coordination with Earl Devore.
Kansas Gas and Electric aims to load fuel at Wolf Creek reactor after NRC readiness visit next week. If delays push past January 17, costs rise and rate hearings may shift, potentially delaying a 40 percent rate increase until September.
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