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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1985
Page
1
State crime statistics discussed with a balance of positives and negatives. Local and area prep basketball coverage appears across page three, noting teams, schedules, and standings in brief form.
Gov. John Carlin calls Republican leaders' push to cut public education funding “garbage” and vows to inform voters who shaped the school finance bill. He contrasts his plan to inject 67 million dollars in new state aid funded by a half cent sales tax with the House bill boosting local property taxes by 47.1 million and teacher raises. Carlin warns he may veto but prefers letting the process unfold as Senate debate continues on statewide property reappraisal and tax classification. He also proposes using up to 12 million in idle funds interest to aid farmers if banks lower loan rates.
In Wichita, Eureka Crude Purchasing faces a bid to convert its Chapter 11 into Chapter 7, with Triple-I Energy seeking a trustee and liquidation to repay creditors. Eureka Crude, liable for about 5 million, lists 4,000 plus creditors including Kansas oil producers. Treasurer Marty Maclaskey vows to contest the motions as a trustee could lower asset value and personal liability. County forecast follows: partly cloudy today, highs near 40, with rain chances tonight and Sunday.
Topeka Kansas AP House Assessment and Taxation Committee killed two booster tax proposals designed to raise 50 to 60 million dollars by reimposing taxes on upper income bands and limiting federal tax deductions. Proposals by Rep John Solbach would have boosted the top rate to 13 percent and placed deduction limits, aiming to fund state government without a sales tax hike.
NASA announced the Challenger launch with Sen. Jake Garn as observer is scrubbed due to a faulty $100 million tracking satellite in the cargo bay. The mission will be merged with the March 22 flight on Discovery, which will also be outfitted for a Canadian communications satellite. Patrick Baudry was slated to join the seven member crew.
The Kansas Rural Crisis Rally on March 18 on the Capitol steps will feature Gov. John Carlin and other speakers from farming, labor, and business groups. Organizers claim thousands of farmers could go out of business this year and hundreds of Kansas businesses could fail without action.
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