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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1981
Page
6
Ottawa University defeated Baker 80 to 78 Friday night as Ottawa High edged Olathe 58 to 55 in a double header at home. Page 10.
Kansas House bill package proposes shifting legislative oversight and imposing a cap on state employee numbers. Specific measures target agency authority limits and staffing ceilings, aiming to tighten state operations and budgeting.
World Leftist rebels in El Salvador possess improved arms but fail to secure victory as broad popular backing remains weak. The report notes logistical gaps, political isolation, and limited civilian mobilization despite military gains on Page 5.
American and Iranian officials said talks to free 52 hostages may be near a deal. The United States held urgent meetings in Washington and Algiers as draft terms were sent to Tehran, with indications a release could come before Carter leaves office. Negotiators, backed by Algerian intermediaries, pressed to resolve frozen Iranian assets totaling about 9.5 billion dollars while noting no assets had yet moved.
A AP report by Robert Macy describes drought hitting eastern Kansas Flint Hills and mid Missouri Little Dixie with withered crops and shrinking herds. Three inches of snow brought little moisture, while farmers fear ongoing lack of snow, water reserves, and rising hay costs. Missouri losses near 2 billion and Kansas about 750 million, prompting ranchers to reduce herds as auctions rise. Wheat statewide is fair to good but moisture shortfalls threaten development. forecast notes below normal stream levels and reservoirs below conservation levels.
Washington reports 52 American hostages freed after 14 months will undergo decompression before returning home. They will likely spend five to seven days at a U S Air Force hospital in Weisbaden Germany to regroup before emotional welcomes. Families are asked not to travel to Germany.
Dan Andrews 34 executive director of COF Training Services became the first to file for Ottawa Board of Education in the April 7 election. Filing deadline Feb. 3. Five of seven seats up, including two two-year terms due to resignations. Andrews aims for a four-year seat and cites restoring basic quality education for all Ottawa students. He and wife Pam live in the 290 district with daughter Kori, 6.
Partly handy with a warming trend through Sunday. High Saturday in the lower 30s. Loy Saturday night about 15. High Sunday in the lower 40s. Winds south 5 15 mph Saturday.
Philadelphia remembers Benjamin Franklin on his 275th birthday by recounting his roles as a scientist inventor diplomat and founder of institutions. The piece notes his work on electricity, bifocals, the lightning rod and the Franklin stove, plus his leadership in libraries hospitals and education and his enduring presence in stamps, currency, and place names.
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