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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1980
Page
4
The 1980 winter wheat harvest advances into Nebraska and Colorado, with Kansas officials predicting a 414 million bushel crop, up 1 percent from 1979. Nationwide output is forecast around 1.84 billion bushels, aided by high yields despite drought.
In Topeka the Kansas Corporation Commission heard the first testimony for opponents of KEPCo's plan to buy a 17 percent share in the Wolf Creek nuclear plant. A CTU witness warned of transmission losses and need for new control systems costing at least 1.7 million annually, challenging KEPCo's feasibility study while KCPL executives warned of potential credit rating impacts if the deal is rejected. The $1.5 billion project is a joint venture of Kansas Gas and Electric Co. and Kansas City Power and Light Co. and would deliver low-cost hydroelectric power from federal dam group to KEPCo members. Several weeks of hearings continued into the week with testimony from staff, utilities opposing the deal, and KEPCo’s case winding down. The commission’s session also noted ongoing crop reports from Nebraska, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas amid harvest updates and weather concerns.
New Delhi AP reports thousands killed or wounded as Soviet air and ground strikes hit 50 to 60 villages around Kabul in two weeks. Attacks on Rab Darrah and Gorbut areas used MiGs, helicopters, and infantry, with rising Kabul air traffic and intensified raids on villages harboring guerrillas.
A catalog entry lists business reference materials and directories including Dan and Bradstreet and US Census publications. It notes materials available through the Ottawa Library and advises not to call Bob Pence.
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