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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1982
Page
1
Ottawa High teams snap a skid as they beat their rival in a close basketball game. Nat Depee University rides a four game surge before a setback slows momentum. Kansas lawmakers critique Reagan era grain policy amid debate and embargo concerns.
Mayor George Marstall announced the downtown revitalization plan with steering committee members serving as the commission's eyes and ears. Key dates include January 20 for engineering bids, February 3 for cost approval, February 17 public hearing, and a potential late May bid to hire a general contractor. The plan faces a 51 percent owner opposition window and contemplates BID formation, street resurfacing, and shared cost questions for merchants and the city.
Franklin County officials learned the 1990 start for state funding on replacing the Fort Scott Crossing bridge east of Ottawa, after an on site conference with Kansas Department of Transportation and Fish and Game. County estimates put replacement near 300000 for dirt work and 150000 for right of way, while state officials indicated only the bridge itself could qualify for aid.
A cross regional blizzard stretches from the Deep South to major Northeastern cities. Power outages mount across Alabama Mississippi and the South as ice brings down lines and trees. In the Northeast heavy snowfall nears ten inches around New York City suburbs while Florida citrus crop loss signals higher orange juice prices. Schools close in Washington Baltimore and Philadelphia as regional disruptions grow.
The Kansas House adopted 120 to 1 a resolution to set deadlines for school finance bills to reform the School District Equalization Act, aiming for earlier passage and reduced late-session fights. A Frey measure to exempt school event tickets from sales tax could boost Liberal schools by 800 to 900 dollars annually. Weather data from Ottawa reports 1 below zero to 22 above with a trace of snowfall.
The Supreme Court ruled 5-3 that municipal regulation of cable TV enterprises is not shielded from antitrust challenges. Boulder Colorado faced an antitrust suit over a 1979 moratorium on new cable construction by Community Communications Co. The decision upheld limits on city exemptions from antitrust enforcement.
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