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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1994
Page
6
Washington AP reports the Labor Department cites a 2.7 percent rise in the Consumer Price Index for 1993, the smallest gain in seven years due to declines in energy and tobacco and slower medical cost increases. Analysts foresee low inflation continuing in 1994 amid weak jobs and a sluggish global economy.
GTE Corp, the nation’s largest local phone company, announced a three year plan reducing customer service and regional network centers from 195 to 13. The job cuts totaling 17000 aim to meet new competition and technological shifts and are expected to save about 1 billion dollars annually.
A Ringling Bros Circus train derailed in heavy fog near Lakeland Florida injuring about a dozen people and killing at least one. Authorities said as many as 19 of the 59 cars left the track around 9 15 a m. No animals were believed loose and the cause was not immediately known.
Defense Secretary Les Aspin announced lifting the risk rule that barred women from many ground combat positions, expanding opportunities for female soldiers. The change, effective Oct. 1, follows prior steps to open combat aviation roles and ship assignments.
Rome AP Carlo Ciampi resigned as Italy's premier, prompting parliamentary elections and a reform drive. A former central bank president, he led a nonpartisan government focused on electoral and economic reforms, while reformers sought to oust parties that ruled since World War II.
Harris News Service reports Salina USD spends 3646 dollars per pupil, the lowest among Kansas 304 districts, while Ottawa USD spends 3727 dollars per student. Ottawa superintendent Don Duncan cites low state funding, calls for smaller classes, upgraded technology and facilities.
In Eugene Field School fourth grade, Chris Campbell visits to display quilts and discuss how imagination and math shape designs. The event features a puzzle quilt and explains color transformations, with Campbell noting she has taught quilting since the early 1980s and opened her shop in 1984. Campbell travels to guilds, teaches, and advocates quilting as therapy and memory making. She is January’s featured artist for the Ottawa Community Arts Council Gallery, with an exhibit running through Jan. 29 and a reception Jan. 23.
Gleason warned Wednesday that including a prohibition on operating a solid waste sanitary landfill in Franklin County would invite a lawsuit, as the county prepares a new solid waste management plan adopted by the county and approved by the state. He argued antitrust provisions would render such a ban illegal. The plan update by a 15 member committee remains before officials for adoption.
AlliedSignal Aerospace will lay off about 100 workers as it phases out several departments in Olathe Kansas. The plant employs 1136 workers and consolidation plans affect Ottawa and Lawrence plants. Union officials intend formal protest of the cutbacks.
A Quebec resident petitioned the legislature to restore the word love to the provinces Civil Code noting Article 441 now lists only obligation of married persons as respect fidelity care and help. In Fort Worth Texas retired Maj Bill Smith sues Elvis Presley estate alleging fraud harming his book sales. In Jackson Wyoming Vicki Jo Daily sues widow of man she collided with, claiming grave psychological injuries. A New York appeals court rejected Edna Hobbs suit over The Clapper device saying she hurt her hands turning appliances.
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