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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1980
Page
6
Local OHS senior awards highlight page 3 with student honors. The Vassar Playhouse announces lineup for 1980 season on page 3. Baseball negotiations retreat back to square 1 on page 10 reports stalled talks and renewed effort.
Gov. John Carlin said Kansas will closely watch the Santa Fe Southern Pacific merger plans and fight any actions reducing rail service. He pledged to protect Kansas shippers and prevent abandonment while monitoring the process and ensuring service is restored where needed.
Salary talks between the Ottawa Board of Education and USD 290 teachers remain postponed after no convenient date was set. Officials expect another meeting early next week, after prior plans for four sessions today were not realized. County forecast shows Saturday showers with highs near 66 and lows around the upper 40s, clearing Sunday. Winds northerly at 10-20 mph, rain chances 40 percent Saturday and 30 percent Saturday night.
SHANNON Ireland AP three Western foreign ministers told Secretary of State Muskie the European Community would not impose full sanctions on Iran this weekend. Jean Francois-Poncet Hans Dietrich Genscher and Lord Carrington indicated some lucrative contracts may be exempted when they meet in Naples to review the April 22 decision. They suggested trade disruption would not necessarily aid hostage releases as Carter urged tougher action. Muskie learned of these views at breakfast in Vienna after NATO talks in Brussels.
Washington reports a 1.9 percent drop in industrial production, the largest since 1975, with housing starts down 2.1 percent in April to an 1,019,000 annual pace. Building permits also slide 14 percent to 800,000, marking the lowest activity since 1975. Analysts warn conditions worsen before recovery, while mortgage renegotiation options emerge for borrowers at high rates.
Franklin County farmers face a 24 mile 345 KV transmission line from Wolf Creek to Craig Substation. KCP&L obtained approval in 1974 but landowner notices changed by 1979 require public hearings. Farmers report mixed offers, concerns over long term agricultural impact and “electric smog” fears while some praise cooperative pole placements.
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