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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1976
Page
5
JOANISTAS reports a sunny Pomona Elementary track meet for kindergarten through fifth grade. Kindergartners dazzled with quirky jumping antics, sock-free high runs, and energetic cheering as all pupils competed in events from broad and high jumps to sack races amid playful clamor and no losers.
Federal mediator says tentative pact with United Parcel Service has been agreed and awaits ratification by 51 Teamsters locals across Iowa Ohio Michigan Minnesota Kentucky Wisconsin North and South Dakota Kansas Nebraska Missouri Wyoming and Colorado. Negotiators indicate money terms likely mirror recent National Master Freight Agreement.
President Ford will meet next week with six area officials to discuss transferring personnel and facilities from Richards Gebaur Air Force Base. Kansas Senator Bob Dole said White House confirmation makes the meeting as firm as possible, timing to be scheduled after a campaign trip. Attending officials include Mike White, Jackson County executive. Richard A. King, Independence Mo. mayor. Jack Reardon, Kansas City Kan. mayor. Dr. Charles B. Wheeler Jr., Kansas City Mo. mayor. Robert R. Davis, Johnson County commissioner. and Charles Curry, chair of the KC Chamber task force on the base.
USD 290 Board of Education awards contracts totaling 220,661 for Ottawa Junior High dining room and Lincoln School addition. General works to Sell Constructors Inc. Ottawa, mechanical to Raymond Carey Piping, electrical to Wiggins Electric Co. Completion set for Jan 31, 1977. Some firms question the bid process.
Southwestern Bell Telephone cut its Kansan rate increase request from 33.1 million to 27.9 million dollars per year. A Kansas Corporation Commission hearing on the large rate request is set for September 13, with a possible consolidation of hearings for directory assistance charges. The firm had previously sought 21.8 million in 1975, with only 5.6 million approved last December. The directory assistance plan would charge 20 cents per inquiry after three monthly requests. In other news, local school plans will not raise costs, but will revise brick used in an addition, add air conditioning bids, and approve funds for a restroom-concession building near the high school stadium.
Ottawa University undertakes a 24 hour marathon painting session at Wilson Field House with over 100 gallons of paint. Students work in shifts to cover concrete block walls girders railings and seats. A university emblem may be added later.
An active weather setup with a surface low and a Mississippi Valley storm system produced heavy showers on the eastern edge of Kansas. Tonight will be cloudy with a chance of showers statewide, Sunday turns partly to mostly cloudy, and highs will range from the 60s in the west to around 70 in the east.
The Skunk Run Book Sale goes on from noon to 4 Sunday despite wet conditions. Volunteers expect a bustling turnout and library officials plan to hold the sale on the library lawn as planned, with indoor or alternate indoor venue options at Ottawa Junior High School if needed.
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