Sunday Morning Blackout Shuts Ottawa Power Plant
An overnight surge or fault at the Kansas City Power and Light line triggered an emergency shutdown at Ottawa Municipal Power Utility. The 6 to 9:30 a.m. outage affected the city while two backup diesels and tests were arranged. Utilities Director Jack Davis cited a grounding transformer blowout and noted reserve power from KCP&L was drawn at about 2,500 kilowatts. Emergency generators kept essential services running at Rangom Memorial Hospital and the Public Safety Department as crews worked to restore power and verify equipment.
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George B. Pyle
Kansas City
Davis
Kcp&l
STAG
E_CP&L
ECP &L
Rangom Memorial Whospital
Ottawa Department of Epublic Safety
Franklin County Sheriff's Office
Rex Bowling
Oren Skiles
Ottawa
Local Area Election Roundup and NCAA Final Preview
Inside Highlights reports an election roundup for the local area on page 3 and teases tonight's NCAA final for general basketball fans, noting sports coverage across pages 3 and 4.
Tension Subside in Poland as Solidarity Calls Off Strike
Solidarity backs down from a nationwide general strike after talks with government officials. Lech Walesa and Deputy Premier Mieczyslaw Rakowski led negotiations amid warnings of economic catastrophe by Tass and Polish officials.
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Warsaw
Poland
Solidarity Today
PAP
Lech Walesa
Solidarity Independent Union
Mieczyslaw Rakowski
Allen opposes port authority bill aiding GM plant
Kansas Senate Local Government Committee endorsed a bill to let the Kansas City Port Authority grant GM tax breaks to back bonds for a $500 million assembly plant. GM officials warn relocation risks without the measure. Three members opposed on voice vote amid ties to severance tax and bond work.
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Topeka
Kan
Senate
Kansas City
General Motors Assembly
Jim Allen
Rottawa
Don Montgomery
R-Sabetha
Bill Mulich
Port Authority
Steineger
Reagan Shot At Washington Hilton Woundedsituation
President Reagan was wounded in an assassination attempt outside the Washington Hilton Hotel. He remained conscious and in stable condition at George Washington Hospital as aide Lyn Nofziger confirmed one bullet hit his left side. Brady and others were injured. Secret Service arrested a white male suspect.
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Washington
Reagan
White House
Lyn Nofziger
Washington Hilton
James 8. Brady
Nofziger
George Washington Hospital
W Reagan
Brady
Secret Service
George Washington University Hospital
Afl-Cico
Washington Hilton Hotel
Ottawa Board of Education to interview superintendent finalists
The Ottawa Board spent nearly 12 hours interviewing eight of 15 semifinalists for the US C 290 superintendent’s job after earlier talks on grade cards with teachers. Finalists will be chosen for more interviews by the screening committees with plans to decide by mid April.
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Jay Bemis
Ottawa Board of Education
U.S.C
Ken Woods
Woods
Jack Patty
PTA
Patty
Full School Board
Ottawa Education Association
GM Knife Poised for Massive Salaried Job Cuts
Detroit News reports General Motors plans to cut 8 to 15 percent of its 180000 salaried workers, potentially eliminating up to 27000 white collar positions in the coming months. The move would be the second round of reductions in a year, affecting up to vice presidential levels.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
Detroit News Today
Autopsy Pending in Wellsville Fire Fatality
Authorities await a pathologist report to determine the cause of death for 53 year old Keith Adriance of Wellsville after a series of explosions and a fire destroyed his one story home. Adriance, owner of an International Harvester dealership in Wellsville, was found in the basement after an eight hour search. Services for Adriance were held Sunday.
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Keith Adriance
Wellsville
Adriance
International Harvester
Weather summary from Ottawa Water Plant readings
National Weather Service reports a sequence of temperatures from Ottawa with Friday highs 67 and Saturday 71, Sunday 64, and early morning lows from 48 to 55. Rainfall totals 1.03 inches and a county forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with a slight chance of thundershowers, and cooler winds with highs around 66.
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National Weather Service
Ottawa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jerry Sheeds
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Sheeds
The
Warsaw Pact
Tass
Sen. Allen
State Revenue Protection
Kansas
Kansas State High School Activities Association
DEA
Bill Creason
Union Asphalt and Roadoils
Creason
Augusta
Cmutory
Dave Kaup
Highway Patrol
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