Local Farmers Visit Washington D C Highlights Page Three
Area farmers join guest at the nation’s capital for a commemorative visit. The event underscores agricultural ties and farmer outreach with a program featuring local leaders and supporters.
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1978
Page
5
Area farmers join guest at the nation’s capital for a commemorative visit. The event underscores agricultural ties and farmer outreach with a program featuring local leaders and supporters.
Oklahoma University travels to face strong conference opponents on the road as part of a busy schedule. The team aims to rebound after recent results while seeking important conference wins away from home.
Minnesota politics show signs of turmoil as page references hint at a broader story. Farm 4-H members participate in a model meetings contest, illustrating youth engagement in civic practice amid shifting regional affairs.
A schedule for future talks between the U S C 290 Board of Education and local teachers was set. The first session lasted about 15 minutes with several procedure agreements. Meetings will be open to the public under the Sunshine Law and media access was adjusted. Noon playground aides are to continue next year. The next meeting is March 2 to discuss a master contract substitutes, one half day of teacher prep after each grading period and reimbursement of unused sick leave. Salary increases planned for March 9. Final meeting March 44 will cover supplemental pay for extra duties, a larger fringe benefit pool, and aides for classes exceeding limits.
Kansas Republicans gather in Topeka for Kansas Day events ahead of a busy primary season. Gov. Robert D. Ray of Iowa headlines a dinner as candidates for governor and the U.S. Senate are announced or hinted, with numerous state and party events planned through Kansas Day weekend.
An international convention of the Divine Light Mission attracted 9000 followers in Kansas City. German attendees numbering 376 were flown from Oakland on a delayed charter, then stayed elusive while media sought their whereabouts after the event.
Washington AP Secretary Cyrus Vance signals the Carter administration may accept changes to the Panama Canal treaty to gain Senate ratification. The Foreign Relations Committee weighs clarifying U S access and defense rights as floor debate looms. Torrijos backs including the memorandum of understanding, already endorsed by many senators, to aid approval.
A Midwest blizzard strands hundreds of motorists and closes highways across Indiana Kentucky and Michigan while heavy rains flood parts of the East and South. Governor Bowen declares a snow emergency as Kentucky police close western highways and evacuations rise in several counties. In West Virginia rivers burst and more than 1 000 people evacuate. The National Guard opens armories and crews rush to rescue stranded motorists as snowfalls peak with six inches in Michigan and near zero visibility warnings. Three deaths linked to the storm are reported in South Dakota Iowa and Alabama. Pensacola Florida records heavy rainfall near 10.37 inches in 30 hours.
The arctic cold snap grips Kansas with overnight lows from 1 above to 10, wind chills 20 to 35 below, and highs mostly in the 20s. Forecasts show continued subfreezing nights, variable cloudiness, light chance of snow in the northwest, and a Saturday through Monday stretch of partly cloudy to unsettled, with lingering cold in the east and roads generally passable.
Kansas House passed a bill to bar utilities from charging customers for unfinished construction, set to face a Senate test. The measure would keep costs out of rate requests until completion, with a likely Senate hearing and a narrow vote anticipated. A separate Kansas Senate panel tabled a coal slurry pipeline bill after two days of hearings and strong railroad opposition.
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