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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1981
Page
7
Local 4 H members shine at Regional Club Days highlighting youth achievement and community involvement. The event showcases projects, awards, and peer competition across multiple county clubs with emphasis on skill development and leadership.
A third defendant in a major Kansas City commodity fraud case has pled no contest to a reduced misdemeanor. Charles R. Scofield, 44, of Leawood, will testify for the government against two co defendants, as the trial of Larry D. Pinckney Sr. and Gordon D. MacDonald Jr. nears. The scheme allegedly defrauded about 200 investors of roughly 1.3 million dollars beginning in 1978 through false promises of commodity pools.
Clear and mild weather dominated Kansas with upper 50s to 60s expected highs and 30s at night. The National Weather Service projected continued fair, dry conditions into midweek, with 60s to 70s highs and a rainfall near 0.17 inches on Sunday. Local station reports cited 25 to 69 degree ranges and mixed early week temperatures.
Washington AP reports negotiators for the soft coal industry and the United Mine Workers reached a tentative three year contract. A nationwide strike by 160,000 miners seemed inevitable, with UMW President Sam Church predicting a four to five day stoppage despite a 36 percent wage and benefit increase. The pact, needing union council and rank and file approval, would not avert a strike set to begin Friday at 12:01 a.m. EST.
Donald P. Schnacke of the Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Producers Association challenged Gov. Carlin's severance tax revenue estimates. He argued stripper well exemptions and lease averaging lower taxable oil than projected, suggesting revenue may be as low as 118 million dollars instead of 138 million. Public hearings loomed as the Senate prepared four days of testimony on the plan.
Kansas Corporation Commissioner Phillip Dick told a House panel the bill to deregulate electric cooperatives is a dangerous shift from long established utility oversight. The measure would let KEPCo and co owners buy into the Wolf Creek nuclear plant, removing ECC oversight and scrapping a key order that capped KEPCo’s 17 percent stake. Dick argued the order protected over 80,000 KEPCo customers from risk while KEPCo and the plant owners push for fewer restrictions amid rising costs.
Kansas state university students have a month to gather evidence aiming to persuade the Kansas Board of Regents to hold tuition steady. Regents voted a $40 increase, likely to shift at the April Emporia meeting, while students contend they pay more of their costs than acknowledged. They note omitted fees and building costs raise their share above 18 percent. The Senate Ways and Means Committee favors a 15 percent hike, with current plan near 20.6 percent. A separate proposal would change enrollment adjustment funding, potentially moving state universities toward 100 percent funding for increased enrollments.
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