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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1981
Page
8
Farm Local and area roundup highlights unfamiliar roles in Big Eight Conference track. Inside Highlights notes favorites and shifts in coaching on page 4 and pages 10 and 11. State Survey pinpoints teacher shortages in several areas on page 14.
The Vatican pope, recovering in hospital after a Turkish terrorist attack, appeared low in spirits yet stable. Doctors report normal tests with high infection risk due to emergency surgery. a Polish nun and two aides visited, prayer offered, and the pope remains under mild sedation with intravenous feeding.
Ottawa has final approval for a 1981 Community Development Block Grant totaling 640000 dollars. Of this 475000 goes to phase two of the Skunk Run drainage project from Fifth and Oak to City Park, with bidding in August to determine extent. Remaining funds cover housing rehab 135000, demolition 15000, and administration 15000.
The National Weather Service notes a low of 52 and a high of 69 at the Ottawa Water Plant for Wednesday. Rainfall totals reach .29 inches by 7 this morning. County forecast calls for a clear night with low 40s, partly cloudy and warmer Friday with highs in the lower to mid 70s, winds easing to light and variable tonight.
Toni Manna and 41 classmates released helium balloons with notes on April 15. A reply arrived from Jeanette Goetz in Helena Ohio about 700 miles away. Other two balloons were found near Delia Jackson County and in Topeka.
The Reagan administration weighs postponing the 11.2 percent social security cost of living increase from July to October to save between 3 and 4 billion dollars in the 1981 fiscal year. The deferral would shift costs to 1982, reduce monthly payments by about 37 dollars for most of 36 million recipients, and requires a congressional change if approved. Opposition in Congress, led by Speaker O'Neill, denounces the plan as a rotten move and political risk. An urgent review was launched Wednesday as part of deficit-cutting efforts.
Americans from many faiths reacted with shock and prayers after Pope John Paul II was wounded in St. Peter's Square. Clergy, leaders, and ordinary people expressed concern as Masses and prayers ran across the country. Presidents and public figures voiced sorrow while schools and churches held vigils and discussions on safety and renewal.
JAY BEMIS reports the Department of Public Safety uses the Kansas Uniform Fire Incident Reporting System to record fires and incidents. In Q1 1981, local losses reached $265,550 with Ottawa Grain Co. blaze causing $216,000, and trash fires contributing most firefighting time at 18 percent. The system aims to reduce duplicate reporting and guide prevention, inspections, and staffing needs.
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