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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1982
Page
10
Ottawa local service expands with the launch of a 24 hour sports network on its cable television lineup. The new channel offers live events, sports news, and analysis, aiming to boost viewer engagement and attract dedicated sports fans.
General Dozier recounts a gripping, peril filled episode amid his captivity. He details tense moments, survival decisions, and the emotional toll of the ordeal while highlighting the broader implications for U.S. military personnel abroad.
Cold weather and ice slow the Skunk Run drainage rechanneling while city crews advance work at Fifth and Hickory. North Hickory closure for trenching to reloop water lines. further changes planned along Fifth from Cedar to Hickory. Ponding area northeast of the drainage ditch is being excavated, with 42 000 cubic yards of earth to expand capacity by about 2 420 000 gallons.
Kansas legislators consider four bills to shield ratepayers from nuclear cleanup bills. One measure would bar utilities from charging customers for Three Mile Island cleanup costs, with others curbing Wolf Creek charges and protecting the poor and elderly from unaffordable rates. bills foresee consumer vs. utility battles as remedies face complex rate base rules.
ECKAN director Richard Jackson testified that east central Kansas municipal utilities threatened to cut off power to about 120 customers last winter who could not pay in full. He supported a bill by Rep. Anita Niles to require KCC procedures before shutoffs, noting many utilities are not under regulation. Jackson cited responses to heat and social service coupons and said tens of hundreds of low income elderly residents faced disconnections without federal help.
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled the 1981 legislature measure allowing 10 percent annual depreciation on farm equipment unconstitutional. It immediately invalidates the law, saying it created an unconstitutional classification of personal property and was discriminatory against owners of farm machinery.
National Weather Service reports Ottawa Water Plant data show a low of 24 degrees and a high of 47. Rain totals 0.04 inches. County forecast warns of a winter storm with scattered showers and thundershowers becoming snow tonight and lingering into Saturday. Lows in the 20s, Saturday high near 30. Tonight winds north 15 to 25 mph with gusts. precip chances 40 to 80 percent tonight, 30 percent Saturday.
DETROIT AP The collapse of emergency contract talks between the United Auto Workers and General Motors means fewer jobs for auto workers and no price cuts for car buyers. UAW President Douglas Fraser said the negotiations fell apart late Thursday over job security and other issues. Fraser stated at about 1130 p.m. after a 14 hour session that the talks ended with no agreement and warned the industry would fare worse without a settlement.
Peoples National Bank rolled out a digital time and weather information service at 242-5900. The system gives the nearest minute time and current Ottawa area temperature with twice daily weather updates and frequent updates during severe weather, using NWS data and Audichron staff.
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