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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1981
Page
6
The Braves resume action with a key conference basketball game against their archrival on Friday night. Recreation Commission announces winter leisure activity programs on page 3.
The report explains rising heating costs as winter tightens, hitting low and middle income families hardest. It notes energy prices, utility bills, and weather patterns driving expenditures while detailing coping strategies and government aid options.
President Carter proposes a 746 billion 1982 budget with a 12 percent spending rise and a nearly 30 billion deficit. He backs business tax cuts and defers personal cuts while reviving the gasoline tax. Reagan vows to rewrite and push tax cuts and deeper cuts to social programs once elected.
President Carter pledges to work toward hostages' release from Iran and to support Reagan to the limits of conscience. In a 20 minute Oval Office address, he highlights three tasks for the era: preventing nuclear war, advancing human rights, and protecting the environment, while urging unity and gratitude to the American people. He warns of an unsettled era ahead with tensions and resource strains shaping the century.
In Washington the Carter administration reported further gains in Iran hostage negotiations with Algerian intermediaries. Deputy Secretary Warren Christopher stays in Algeria to push the talks, Muskie says real deadline is Inauguration Day, and US aims to deliver a near-final settlement to Reagan.
Calhoun's Inc a 32 year old Kansas chain with 20 stores plans a mid March opening in Ottawa Kansas leasing the former Ramsey building at 3rd and Main. The 7000 square foot store will employ about six with remodeling to fit name brands and family merchandise and marks a downtown market interest says Robert L Meyers president. Mark Hildebrand Ottawa Chamber retail recruiter calls it a needed boost and hopes owners upgrade empty storefronts.
National Weather Service station at Ottawa Water Plant logged a low of 34 and high of 42 with no rain. County forecast calls for cloudy, colder night with lows 10 to 15, and partly cloudy, continued cold Friday with highs in the 20s, northerly winds 10 to 20 mph tonight.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 15 to 2 to endorse Alexander Haig for secretary of state after five days of hearings. Supporters praised his tough stance toward the Soviet Union while critics warned of potential warlike policy. The nomination heads to the full Senate for confirmation with Reagan to be sworn in next Tuesday.
Sgt Randy J Livingston 25 of Ottawa died when a US Air Force C 130 crashed near Ramstein West Germany Nine aboard the plane Livingston was a flight engineer with the 435th tactical airlift wing He was born October 13 1955 in Little Rock Ark and lived in Ottawa before joining the Air Force His survivors include his wife Lt Caroline Miller mother Zelda Capps father W A Livingston sister Debbie Gooding and grandmother Edith Weix Dengel Son Mortuary is handling arrangements
Chrysler Corp. secures a $400 million federal loan guarantee as part of a financial reorganization aimed at avoiding bankruptcy. Lee Iacocca calls the plan a model for the future, with the UAW accepting wage concessions of $622 million and bankers forgiving roughly $350 million in loans.
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