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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1981
Page
6
Local Inside highlights two additional candidates who have filed to run for the Ottawa Board of Education. The notice notes Page 3 as the source page and confirms candidate filings.
In Topeka a major topic of conversation centers on Governor Carlin's severance tax. Page 5.
Ottawa city commissioners reject a two hour limit on Main Street after a mix up led to signage confusion. Signs had been changed to two hours before the vote, with the one hour limit remaining on Main Street. City officials plan to revert signs to one hour as retailers seek clarity.
Richard Wayne Gooding, 21, of Ottawa, was sentenced to four to twelve years for voluntary manslaughter in the Sept 10 fatal shooting of Ricky Alan Patterson. The judge ordered no parole until the minimum is served due to a firearm. Patterson died from a chest wound after a scuffle with Larry Leach.
Kansas lawmakers consider steep penalties and new powers for hazardous waste regulation. The draft bill proposes fines up to 25 000 per day, criminal penalties, and expanded Health and Environment authority to reject licenses, prohibit ground burial, evaluate facility needs, and oversee permits with stricter site controls and environmental assessments.
Bruce German, 43, budget officer at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, recounts the November 4, 1979 takeover by militants and 14 month captivity. He describes being moved to a safe floor, fears of interior knowledge by captors, and the psychological strain of the crisis. He commends the efforts of U.S. policy makers and the Carter era.
Kansas minister Reverend Jack Bremer who visited 31 of the 52 American hostages in Tehran during Easter services questions claims of abuse. He cites personal experience and notes hostages and himself were treated properly though some showed stress, while fellow Reverend Nelson Thompson says hostages felt free to speak.
South Korea commuted the death sentence of dissident leader Kim Dae-jung to life imprisonment, in a move tied to strained U S South Korea relations. President Chun Doo-hwan ordered the pardon after the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence, with Washington and Tokyo reacting to the decision. Kim, 55, had been convicted of sedition and attempting to overthrow the government.
About 125 residents packed the Franklin City County Planning Commission meeting Thursday, delaying four hours as most opposed county wide zoning while preliminary work on a zoning ordinance continued. The FCCPC will reconvene Feb 19 to review a draft and set public hearings after the ordinance is shaped by the commission. County forecast calls for sunny, very mild weekend with mid to upper 60s Saturday and a high in the 60s Sunday and light winds.
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