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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1980
Page
6
The Legion meets the defending state champion Page 4 in a high stakes matchup. Page 4 coverage details key players, likely turning points, and the implications for league standings.
The Associated Press reports gunfire near the U S Embassy in Tehran and at a Mashhad residence where hostages are held. Militant captors claim no injuries and accuse internal American mercenaries of plotting to hinder Iran's Islamic revolution and the shah's extradition.
The Kansas Corporation Commission approves interim rate increases totaling 85.3 million dollars for five power companies. Large hikes go to Kansas Power and Light and Kansas City Power and Light, with residential bills rising by about 5.68 and 9.39 dollars respectively for typical customers. KG&E, Empire District, and Central Telephone’s Western Power divisions also receive boosts. The changes await formal tariff filings likely in mid June.
The Federal Reserve lowers its discount rate from 13 to 12 percent, aiming to ease credit as unemployment claims surge to a record high. Treasury Secretary Miller cautions the worst may be past, while inflation remains the priority and tax cuts are ruled out.
Vernon E. Jordan Jr., executive director of the National Urban League, was shot twice as he left a car near a motel in Fort Wayne Indiana. Police reported no suspects or motives while a driver/observer was detained for questioning. Jordan, 44, was listed in critical but stable condition at Parkview Memorial Hospital with bullet wounds to the stomach and leg.
The National Weather Service station at the Ottawa Power Plant logged a low of 61 and a high of 85 on Wednesday with no rain. County forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms tonight and Friday, possibly severe early tonight, and lows in the mid to upper 60s.
Kansas unemployment climbed from 3.5 percent in March to 4.0 percent in April, with 48,900 jobless out of a 1,169,000 labor force. Cessna layoffs and aviation slump blamed. projection to 4.5 percent by midsummer. Metro changes vary by Wichita, Topeka, Lawrence, Manhattan, and Emporia.
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