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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1982
Page
5
Winter tornadoes ripped through the Great Plains for a 13th day as 19 twisters hit the Midwest, causing floods, power line failures, and a truck driver electrocuted. Four injured. floods washed out a railroad line. Connecticut towns also faced widespread outages from high winds.
Keenan Beauchamp leads National Merit and state scholar honors with multiple named scholars across Kansas. The long list names awards from Emporia State to Kansas State University, plus numerous local college scholarships and special achievement recognitions across many students, followed by weather-related disaster updates including tornado activity and flood impacts across several states.
Passengers and officials in the Philippines overpowered a grenade wielding hijacker eight hours after he seized a domestic airliner with 114 aboard. The man, who identified as Juan Cleano, claimed no harm aimed and freed women and children before being stopped. He demanded removal of sugar export controls and higher pay for teachers.
Economy Minister Roberto Alemann warned in Buenos Aires that the United States would incur a heavy cost for backing Britain in the Falklands crisis. He cited US facilities at Ascension Island aiding the British campaign and alleged US satellites helped target Malvinas. He noted long-standing U.S. investment in Argentina and said Argentina would honor its $35 billion foreign debt despite the dispute.
Washington AP reports that Sen. Robert Dole and Sen. Orrin Hatch led a group of 25 senators earning over 25,000 from speaking fees in 1981 after a rule change allowed this. Dole received 66,650 from engagements plus 200 from articles, kept 36,350, and donated the rest, while Hatch kept 29,700 and donated undisclosed amounts to charity.
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