Discovery Caps Mission With A Perfect Landing
Discovery’s international crew landed at Edwards Air Force Base after a 2.9 million mile weeklong mission launching four satellites. Commander Dan Brandenstein and pilot John Creighton executed a high altitude braking dive, with a morning arrival marked by sonic booms. On hand were ten Saudi princes along with Patrick Baudry, and other crew members.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Discovery
Dan Brandenstein
Brandenstein
John Creighton
Indian Ocean
Pacific
Sultan Salman Al-Saud
Patrick Baudry
Storm damage details from local aviation hangar to power outages
Wind storms damaged hangars at Dodson Aviation with a DeHaviland Otter flipped onto a Cherokee 6. Damages estimated at 15 000 to 16 000 dollars. Power outages plagued Ottawa and surrounding areas, mostly restored by Sunday morning. Utilities crews repaired lines while city crews collected brush and assessed minor tree losses and crop moisture changes after the storm.
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Dodson Aviation
Bob Dodson
Dodson
Ottawa
Kansas City
Mike Messer
KCPL
Franklin County
Messer
Dack, Davis
Utilities
Davis
Electrc
Moore
City Park
Highland
Hope
Forest Park
North Oak
North Sycamore
Ottawa Cable TV
Bob Brooksher
Larry Larson
Franklin County Public Works
Bob Bozworth
Teacher Pay Rise Debate Quietly Continues in Kansas
Coles and Koepke discuss how school districts raising budgets from five to 15 percent could lift statewide teacher salaries by about 9.5 percent if fully funded. Coles predicts Kansas may fall to 32nd or 33rd nationally, while Koepke doubts that decline. Most Plains states face farm downturns limiting tax money for raises amid sub-seven percent increases.
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Koepke
Kansas
Plains
Kansas Target: Raise Teacher Salaries to National Average
Kansas aims to match the national average by 1987 under the Kansas Plan backed by KNEA and Gov. John Carlin. Current Kansas average is $21,121 versus $29,546 nationally. KASB survey of 185 districts shows median starting salary $15,?. highest base $19,500. lowest $13,300. base increases up to $2,400 with varied totals up to 13 percent. fringe benefits largely unchanged.
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KNEA
John Carlin
KASB
Baxter Springs
Lenora
Pierceville
Lincoln
Dexter
Toro
Hays
Wall Street Retreat After Sharp Rally
Wall Street turned broadly lower in moderate trading as the Dow Jones industrial average fell 11.64 to 1312.84 after a strong rally on Friday. The NYSE composite declined 0.76 to 109.09 with oil, telephone, auto, paper and airline stocks leading losses. Big Board volume reached 39.17 million shares at noon, down from 39.77 million Friday.
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New York
Wall Street
Wheat futures option plan amid global export shifts
The piece explains a 5000 bushel wheat harvest contract and option use for profit or loss, then surveys US share of global exports dropping below 40 percent, with 1.89 billion bushels forecast nationwide and expectations for BICEP impacts. Analysts foresee mixed effects on prices, with potential shifts of a nickel per bushel and a cautious outlook for a turnaround within five years.
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European Economic Community
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Australia
Argentina
Allen Schienbein
USDA
Kansas
Evans
KSA
Tierney
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