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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1985
Page
7
A sports brief notes the Kansas City Royals enduring a near-record run of walks as a key factor in salvaging a game. The report highlights pitchers issuing free passes and the offense capitalizing, underscoring resilience in a tense matchup.
The Kansas Corporation Commission rules to allow broad cross examination of all utility witnesses on common issues linked to the Wolf Creek nuclear power plant. The decision covers testimony across the three owners, with company-specific topics handled by judges and parties without interest in the case.
Washington AP reports the Reagan Administration will restore about 1.14 billion in 1986 farm spending. The plan boosts soil and water conservation funds by 300 million, restores 600 million in crop insurance cuts, adds 240 million to cut interest rates, and offers 1 billion in guaranteed operating loans plus a surplus commodity bonus program to foreign buyers.
The Senate voted 53 to 41 to preserve Amtrak subsidies at a reduced 616 million yearly level via Sen. Arlen Specter’s amendment. The chamber also debated a revised 300 billion dollar budget-cut plan including a one year Social Security COLA freeze and inflation-limited military spending. Weather: Ottawa station logged 53 low and 7 high, with mostly clear skies tonight, partly cloudy Friday and a 20 percent rain chance.
Kansas education officials say the system is in relatively good health two years after the Nation at Risk report. They cite added funding shortfalls, with teacher salaries unlikely to reach the national average and university pay rising less than requested, though several measures to improve future teachers were approved.
Longtime Ottawa University educators Emory J. McKenzie and H William Myers plan retirement after 37 and 31 years of service. McKenzie, OU English professor and 1945 OU alumnus, will stay in Ottawa and travel with his wife Harma. Myers, sociology professor, native of Kansas City, Mo, earned degrees at William Jewell and Yale and will remain active in travel and volunteer work.
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