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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1982
Page
9
Three area basketball teams advance to tournament finals as coverage highlights on sports pages. Page references indicate progress from a late session with planners to upcoming finals where teams from the region compete for titles.
Ottawa city commissioners wrestled with upholding a trash burning ban versus public sentiment. They approved a compromise allowing burning two mornings per week, citing health, fire and nuisance concerns and the need to avoid imposing hardship on fixed incomes.
James Wood and Valerie Barney, both of Lafayette Ind, were captured after seeking admission to the KU Medical Center in Kansas City Kan They face aggravated escape kidnapping and assault charges in district court Wood wore leg irons with bond set at 100000 He is jailed and Barney awaits an initial appearance The couple's two day escape began during Wood’s extradition hearing Wednesday night ending with a knife threat at a jailer and a car takeoff before hitching rides from a cab and a local pastor as they sought help to reach the med center
A major winter storm from the Rockies brings snow freezing drizzle sleet hail and dense fog across Kansas causing icy roads and the closure of dozens of schools from Kansas City suburbs to Emporia Manhattan and Salina. Winds 15 to 25 mph and drifting snow are expected as the system moves east.
Washington reports 1981 inflation at 8.9 percent, the smallest rise in four years, with December up 0.4 percent. Analysts credit recession for the downturn, as housing, transportation, and medical care varied, and CPI and wholesale measures show slower increases than 1980.
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