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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1986
Page
7
Ottawa University men end a scoring drought with a solid performance at home. The win improves momentum for the team as they battle for position in the conference standings.
A brief note reports Britain and France contemplating a novel approach to bridging the English Channel. It references a page 9 item and mentions a Page 8 feature on a U S C 290 artist in residence who marks teaching with notable success.
Nation marks the first federal King Day honoring a Black leader with ceremonies in Atlanta and across several states. Vice President Bush watched as Dexter King laid a wreath at King's grave, Ebenezer Church hosted an ecumenical service, and Desmond Tutu received the King Peace Prize. Joe Lowery hailed progress, while marches planned in Boston Indianapolis Nashville Columbia Olympia Cincinnati. In Plaquemines Parish Louisiana all students stayed home to protest the district’s King Day recognition, and a 14 foot statue of King was unveiled in Birmingham. Jesse Jackson led candlelit observances at Ebenezer with remarks on sacred ground and King’s final birthday spent organizing for justice. Tutu warned of disobedience if apartheid persists. Belafonte and Cosby helped host a multi-city celebration with Dylan, Wonder, Murphy, and Jones in Washington.
An Ottawa man, David L. West, 22, died when his car left the roadway near the West Wilson Street overpass and fell 31 feet. Passenger Robin L. Rickards, 25, of Wichita, was hospitalized in critical condition after the wreck shortly before 1 a.m. West's car had a flat tire and bald tread, investigators said. Funeral services for West are planned for Wednesday at Dengel and Son Mortuary.
At Ottawa University's Mowbray Union, about 220 heard Harold Unruh and Kansas Secretary of State Jack Brier discuss economic development. Unruh urged focusing on retaining and expanding existing businesses as the path to growth, stressing that 80 percent of new jobs come from existing firms, not new ones.
The 99th Congress opens a second session likely to push sweeping spending cuts and a major income tax overhaul. The agenda includes terrorism, aid to rebels, sanctions on South Africa, industry protection, busing, school prayer, gun control, and easing farmers’ credit. Senate to vote Conrail sale to Norfolk Southern. House to curb bank check hold times. Continues on page 10.
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