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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1985
Page
7
Local county commission reports show KGG blocking a proposed transmission line on page 3. The decision triggers community reactions and outlines next steps for regional energy planning and utility coordination.
Ottawa USD 200 hires a new high school principal Don Duncan and funds raises for all employees. The district approves a 7.4 percent overall teacher pay rise to 2.595 million, with administrators and classified staff also receiving boosts. Science and health curricula are revamped with in service training and new textbooks, plus anti alcohol and anti drug programs.
Melissa Bauman reports the Ottawa Library Board favors a full six mill levy to fund the library, estimating income at $234,500, about $11,000 below 1985 due to lost revenue sharing and lower endowment yields. The board approves the proposal while noting a sound financial base and an endowment reserve for future major repairs. Continued on Page 7.
Governors from multiple states condemn efforts to expand farm aid and push to preserve existing price support programs. They urge a rural urban coalition to counter Reagan administration plans to cut farm programs while warning against a full free market approach. atmospheric note: temperatures forecast in the 70s and scattered thunderstorms.
In Brussels a deadly riot at the European Cup final near Heysel Stadium left at least 38 dead and more than 250 injured as fans fought and a wall collapsed. Belgium weighs banning British teams while investigations assess responsibility amid blame from Prime Minister Thatcher and Belgian officials.
Washington officials led by governors mayors and legislators denounced Reagan tax overhaul plans to end the federal deduction for state and local taxes calling it tax shifting. They warn removing the deduction could undermine support for local taxes even as rates would drop.
President Reagan acknowledged the difficulty of selling his tax overhaul to the nation. He called the plan utterly impossible, utterly unjust and completely counterproductive while speaking in Colonial Williamsburg before the House of Burgesses.
Washington AP Secretary John R Black backs Reagan tax plan for farming, promising multiple tax rates and tighter loopholes for investment shelter. Critics led by Chuck Hassebrook of Center for Rural Affairs call the proposal a step backward, arguing tax shelters fuel overproduction and disadvantage small family farms.
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