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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1981
Page
9
Cape Canaveral may not loom in OJHS headlines but launching pads were busy this week. The WV Scene notes activity as students prepare and test new project runs, highlighting hands on work and local interest.
United Mine Workers bargaining council overwhelmingly approves the tentative three year contract, paving the way for ratification by about 160,000 miners in Appalachia and the Midwest. Leaders say pensions, union security, and royalties on nonunion coal are crucial, with ratification expected after a ten day process.
Washington report notes double digit inflation easing from a peak of 14.7 percent in spring 1980 with CPI increases trending toward single digits. Analysts express optimism but warn wage and productivity dynamics must improve to sustain gains amid oil supplies and a strong dollar. Weather and county forecast follow.
President Reagan asks special envoy Philip Habib to persist in seeking a peaceful resolution to the Lebanon missile crisis with Israel and Syria. Habib, after a White House meeting, says the effort has no set deadlines and stresses continued U.S. peacemaking role while noting the Soviet Union is not considered helpful.
The ECVC board and co op teachers unanimously approve a 9 percent salary increase for the next school year boosting pay from about 60,500 to 66,000 for most instructors. Four of six teachers signed. graphics and electronics salaries are set separately. Merit pay is abandoned, with board citing subjective evaluations and a need for equity.
Kansas lawmakers wrap 1981 session with sine die adjournment as Senate President Doyen and House Speaker Lady call it, reading messages from Gov Carlin while vetoes on three Senate bills and parts of the omnibus appropriations bill are sustained. About 57 of 165 present, one day pay noted and some attendees plan not to claim it.
Kansas Governor John Carlin urged treating an eight percent severance tax on oil gas and coal as a top public issue. The tax would generate about 200 million in new revenue to cut school property taxes and fund highway rebuilding. The Legislative Coordinating Council met to set study topics for the 1982 session.
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