OHL Cagers Fall to Atchison in Substate Clash
The OHL cagers closed their season with a 61 to 65 loss to Atchison in substate play at Topeka. Page 8.
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1982
Page
1
The OHL cagers closed their season with a 61 to 65 loss to Atchison in substate play at Topeka. Page 8.
National comedian John Belushi, 33, was found dead Friday in a Hollywood bungalow. The abrupt death shocks fans and prompts authorities to investigate potential causes, with tributes pouring in from colleagues across the entertainment industry.
In Topeka the legislature braces for a fight over repealing the 3 percent intangibles tax following a Supreme Court ruling that voids local discretion to cut or drop the tax. Ottawa and Topeka face questions on collection and reporting as officials weigh 1981 earnings and statewide impact.
Gov. John Carlin and two corrections officials pressed Legislature to restore 1.3 million dollars to let guards choose between KPERS and the police and firemen retirement plan. They said the move would help attract staff and improve safety at Lansing and the state’s prisons.
The Ottawa Board of Education will meet at 7 30 PM in its office at 4220 S Main. Items include a Citizens Advisory Council report on a district questionnaire, plans for competency testing grades 2 4 6 8 11 and testing for grades 1 8, appointments to the District Advisory Council for Instructional Development, and an executive session on personnel contracts for the 1982 83 year including non renewal for 12 non tenured faculty members.
The Kansas House Transportation Committee endorsed a 2 cent gallon rise in the motor fuels tax, part of a funding package tied to a severance tax on minerals production. If the severance tax passes, gasoline would rise to 10 cents and diesel to 12 cents per gallon, funding schools and highway repairs. The panel also backed designating U S 54 as the Yellow Brick Road, aligned with a tourism campaign.
Ottawa and Franklin County residents may attend two public meetings Tuesday. City officials and the Central Business District committee will discuss downtown revitalization at Elliott Hall starting 7 p.m. The Franklin County Watchdog Committee will meet at Peoria Community Church basement at 7 3 p.m. The watchdog group critiques the county plan to consolidate zoning across five townships and fears land use restrictions. The watchdog meeting location is two miles south of K-68 on Peoria Road, four miles east of I 35. The agenda includes whether to back a petition drive that could trigger a special election on exempting the appraiser’s costs from the tax lid.
U S researchers plan a high altitude flight over Kansas to sample air particles and trace the origin of a mysterious cloud circling the globe. Ames Center scientist Owen Toon and NASA officials discuss possibilities from a volcanic eruption to undetected events, noting the cloud’s wide spread and uncertain birthplace.
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