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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1981
Page
1
During a Hawthorne Elementary School physical education class a line of third graders watches as Doug Emperley swings and misses a softball while Ivan Gooding beats the throw to first. The moment captures lighter side of school sports and classroom fun.
DIANE YEAMANS reports a steady rain and improving hog prices cheer Franklin County farmers. Economists Roy Frederick and Mike Sands say weather drives crop prospects, noting wheat needs favorable planting conditions and last year’s reduced yields. They forecast prices rise after harvest, urge selling 80 wheat now, and discuss corn and soybean acreage plans and debt factors.
Local and area outdoor types may not know how good they ve got it. State Supreme Court upholds lower court ruling in ongoing Whippoorwill legal drama. The Washington press corps is an isolated bunch of bleeps.
The Kansas Corporation Commission halted Gas Service Co. from enacting a $5.6 million interim rate increase after the company refused for two months to refund more than $8 million ordered to Kansas customers. Hearings on the full $17.2 million request are set for August 10, with a decision anticipated in September. previous refunds due to overcharges remain unpaid.
Showers moved across Kansas overnight adding over an inch in central areas. Tonight will be clear with lows in the mid 30s to around 40. Thursday brings clear to partly cloudy skies, highs in the 70s to near 80 in the southwest, and calmer conditions. Friday may bring more showers and storms, then fair weekend weather. Temperatures Tuesday ranged from 71 at Hutchinson to 54 at Goodland with a 39-degree low at Ottawa and a modest rainfall trace.
Vice President George Bush is named chairman of a crisis management team after a bitter clash with Secretary of State Alexander Haig over foreign policy. Haig admitted not being consulted and appeared unhappy. White House officials insisted Haig is on board. Bush will coordinate emergencies and plan options for presidential decisions in Reagan's absence.
Kansas faces drought driven stress on groundwater and rivers, with Ogallala supplies shrinking. Experts warn of potential economic trouble as nine counties risk near zero usable groundwater within two decades, forcing a shift from irrigated to dryland farming amid strict drilling controls.
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