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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1985
Page
7
Susan McFarland Kathy Hodges and Karrie Brockman lead Ottawa University in KCAC track action in Kansas City. The trio powered events to boost the team standings.
Danielle Nichols wins the kids Fun Run tied to the 10K Red Leg Run. Anthony Wayne leads the 50 starters in 35 19 as Susan Latimer tops the women in 49 17. Age group winners include Mendell 24 Ottawa 36 16 and Orr 37 Eudora 39 59 in 30s. Women winners Hise 24 Overland Park 51 14 and Bowling 39 Ottawa 1 00 07. A Brass Quintet concert and a style show accompanied the event with proceeds aiding downtown holiday decorations debt.
AP reports U S Travel Data Center findings show Kansas drew few tourists as 55 percent of 1981 82 travelers visited family and friends, 21 percent on business or convention trips, 13 percent on pleasure travel. Kathy Kruzic, Kansas tourism chief, advocates regional promotion and local education to boost tourism. Travel spending reached about 1.5 billion in 1981, with most spent on transport, food, and lodging. Kansas operates three information centers and plans regional ads while budgeting 1.1 million for travel initiatives. Most travelers originate in Frontier West. 22 percent come from Great Lakes states.
In Bonn the seven nation economic summit failed to agree on opening a new round of talks. Mitterrand resisted backing a year‑end agenda while Europe warned that rushing talks could threaten farm subsidies. U.S. protectionist pressure grows as Congress endorses sanctions and quotas in response to a rising trade deficit.
President Reagan arrives in Madrid for a two day visit amid pressure on Spain to close U S bases and leave NATO. Massive anti U S protests erupt across Spanish cities as Socialist PM Gonzalez signals a NATO referendum and reduced American presence.
Washington AP reports soil erosion costs the United States about 6 billion dollars annually in flood damage water treatment dredging and lost recreational capacity. The Conservation Foundation says erosion may be the top source of water pollution and urges cropland erosion control to curb chemical use and downstream harm.
The National Weather Service station at the Ottawa Water Plant logged a low of 42 and a high of 74 on Friday. Saturday saw 48/75 with a trace rainfall totaling 0.39 inches by 7 am, while Sunday posted 59/82. Forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies tonight with a 20 percent rain chance and lows 55 to 60, then mostly cloudy Tuesday with mid-70s highs.
Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. seven astronauts returned with a payload of research data large enough to fill 50,000 books on stars cosmic rays space manufacturing and human physiology. A brake lock and tire rupture on Discovery caused the safe landing away from Florida and NASA will study the issue before resuming normal operations.
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