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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1986
Page
7
Researchers announce three new varieties of wheat in a statewide project. The findings highlight yield and disease resistance enhancements for farmers and agribusiness, with details on potential planting timelines and regional adaptation.
DPS officer James McKenzie among 300 plus runners on a 1000 mile Law Enforcement Torch Run from Colby to Wichita to open the Kansas Special Olympics summer games. Four relay teams carry the Flame of Hope June 3 to 6, with ceremonies at Wichita South High School.
Nicaraguan rebel Eden Pastora surrendered to Costa Rican authorities seeking asylum as 90 of his 400 guerrillas entered Costa Rica. The PA system noted 1,500 fighters from his Revolutionary Democratic Alliance were also nearby awaiting asylum decisions.
SE Missouri flood waters surged after a bar rage of tornadoes and thunderstorms killed four people and left hundreds of homes and businesses damaged or buried in mud. Gov. Ashcroft toured Sikeston and Vancluser, urged disaster declaration and National Guard aid.
A blue ribbon Carnegie Task Force proposes abolishing undergraduate education degrees and creating a national certification board for teachers. It calls for lead teachers earning high salaries, a paid role for autonomy with accountability, and salary pegged to student performance amid calls to empower teachers and possibly run schools by committees. Stanford receives $817,000 to develop certification methods as Lee Shulman criticizes current tests. US Education Secretary Bennett welcomes merit pay and parental choice.
Emigrants from the University of Kansas era followed trails into Kansas facing hardship and longing for home. Journal excerpts describe steamboat snags and fears for wives and mothers, frontier isolation, and the gamble of land seizing and colony building in southeast Kansas near Manhattan. The journey blended humor with danger as groups pressed toward new towns. Continued On Page 10
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