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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1979
Page
6
A brief fragment notes sentiment for a famed baseball figure described as a legendary maverick. The item references page 4 and hints at family and weight loss topics on pages 6 and 5 respectively, indicating a mixed page layout and human interest angle across sections.
Gasoline supplies in Kansas are expected to tighten further in May and June due to higher agricultural activity exempt from DOE quotas. Larry Meyer of the DOE warns May could be worse than April unless dealers withhold supply for late May. Distributors can divert fuel to farmers from non agricultural sources, increasing pressure on urban inventories.
Washington AP reports the House Commerce Committee refused to support President Carter's standby gasoline rationing plan, voting 21-20 to send the measure to the floor without recommendation after Carter called it imperative.
ABLE members call for 5 degree curb ramps non slipping surface Braille push buttons at elevators accessible main entrances restrooms wide stalls and public restrooms downtown plus a central equipment pool at Ransom Memorial Hospital. They cite 40 Ottawa families with handicapped members and urge USD 290 and city action ahead of a 1980 federal mandate.
School board and teachers meet again to negotiate salary and a recall plan for layoffs. Board offers an $800 base pay raise and $10 per increment, aiming at roughly a 7 to 8 percent rise for most teachers, with total cost near $122,500. Some staff would gain more, depending on position, as 6 percent state aid increase funds the deal.
Franklin County Commission reduced the proposed 1980 Civil Defense budget to 8,000 a rise of 7.6 percent from this year. Director Phil McCracken had requested 13,175 with major cuts in seminar travel, secretary work and public relations. Commissioner Carmen Peffly cited limited funds as the reason for the reduction and noted federal funding requires earlier budgeting.
The Ottawa City Planning Commission meets at City Hall at 7 tonight to review alternative street plans for land between West 17th and 19th Streets, the Burroughs Matney subdivision on 19th Street, and a rezoning request to shift the site from Residential Suburban to Single Family. The meeting also covers zoning amendments for nonconforming lots, Riverview Lot 2 rezone, sign exemptions, flood plain updates, and a May 15 special meeting. County forecast calls for mostly cloudy tonight with showers and thunderstorms likely, lows around 50.
The Ottawa Library's space problems prompted the Library Advisory Committee to present its report and recommendations to the Ottawa City Commission on Wednesday. The 9:35 a.m. meeting at City Hall also includes lease action with the Ottawa Recreation Commission for Forest Park pool and Orlis Cox Field recreation area, a request from Auditorium Authority chair John Sheldon to add board members, a planning commission report, a cereal malt beverage license for Jamnita Dyer at The Pub, and a public hearing on the final Community Development Grant application.
AP reports Carter criticizes lifting oil price controls and a special tax on decontrolled oil revenue, calls Kennedy’s stance baloney and says the administration has not given up to the oil lobby. He urges Congress to back standby gasoline rationing and warns of possible summer shortages. He favors MFN trade status for USSR and China, opposes a verifiable arms treaty, and supports a spy swap. He defends price standards, expects food prices to fall, condemns West Bank settlements as International Law violation, and will assess Rhodesian sanctions after its new government forms.
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