Ottawa Sees Stable Water Demand As New Plant Nears
Utility Director Jack Davis said Ottawa’s water system faces no current shortages with cooler weather easing demand. Power use also dropped from yesterday’s peak while a new water processing plant nears operation next week. Water sourced from the Marais des Cygnes River via Pomona and Melvern reservoirs, with rural districts urging conservation amid wider regional supply issues.
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George B. Pyle
Ottawa
Utility Department
Jack Davis
Davis
Marais Des Cygnes
Pomona
Melvern
Jobless Rate Drops Some
Washington AP reports the unemployment rate eased to 7.7 percent, a 0.1 point drop from May. Economists warn joblessness may rise again and top 8 percent by year end while temporary layoffs and job terminations continued to climb in June per Labor Department data.
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Washington
Tiune
Carter
Labor Department
Fed Plans to End Credit Controls in Phased Move
The Federal Reserve Board announced it will dismantle remaining special credit controls adopted in March as inflation eases and the recession deepens. It notes a contraction in consumer borrowing and that anticipatory and speculative credit demand has subsided.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Fast Thinking Saves Driver In Highway Crash
In Ottawa County a beer delivery driver, Skip Coons, 29, escaped serious injury when his truck struck a motor crane arm across US-59. Crane operator Robert Kile, 64, was unhurt. Coons suffered arm and forehead cuts and was treated on scene. The cab was destroyed and crane arm bent. damage estimates pending.
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Skip Coons
Tm OK
Coons
Lawrence
Ottawa
Scott
Robert Kile
RFD 4
Kansas Highway Patrol
Dan Mullen
Mullen
Kile
Holiday Bundle From Congress Shields Failing Programs
A 16.9 billion emergency spending bill cleared both houses to aid nearly bankrupt federal programs, restore revenue sharing with states, and aid Nicaragua's leftist government. It funds Mount St. Helens relief, Cuban refugee aid, and black lung benefits, staying under the 1980 budget cap. The Senate approved 37-19 after objections over deleting funds for the Export-Import Bank.
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Washington
Nicaragua
Congress
House
Senate
Carter
Mount St. Helens
U.S. Export-Import Bank
Soviet Breakthrough Opens Talks on European Missiles
The Soviet Union agreed to drop preconditions and enter negotiations with the United States on deploying medium range nuclear missiles in Europe. Chancellor Helmut Schmidt announced in Bonn that Moscow signaled the stalemate was broken and Beijing discussions could center on the missile issue. Brezhnev met Schmidt in Moscow earlier, with no elaboration on the precondition demand.
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Bonn
West Germany
Soviet Union
United States
Europe
Helmut Schmidt
Radio Moscow
Schmidt
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Moscow
North Atlantic Alliance
U.S
Woman acquitted in Overbrook murder case after seven hour deliberation
Deborah Davis Carnutt was found innocent of first degree murder in the Christmas Day shooting of her husband James Curnutt at their rural Overbrook home. She described self defense amid alleged sexual abuse and torture. The Osage County jury read the verdict with Associate Judge Donald L. White presiding.
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Jay Bemis Lyndon
Osage County
Deborah Davis Carnutt
Ms. Davis
Elwaine Pomeroy
Topeka
James Curnutt
Overbrook
Curnutt
Donald L. White
Franklin County
Pomeroy
Lois Veronen
South Carolina
Davis
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