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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1983
Page
8
Inside Highlights notes a longstanding Ottawa soda fountain losing its distinctive flavor. Farm local roundups and area brief items across pages 9 and 3 touch on community happenings and regional notes. Post-season honors span prep to major leagues, while state insurance program costs Kansas millions. Thanksgiving seating tips offer reader guidance on page 14.
A Tuesday fire west of here engulfed a mobile home occupied by Lonnie D. Miller, 23, his wife Roselyn, 22, and their two young children Melissa, 2, and Jerod, 10 months. Firefighters could do little as flames consumed the structure near fuse box, possible electrical cause. Neighbors saved some belongings. clothing sizes and pickup points listed.
In Geneva the Soviet delegation quit US Soviet talks on medium range missiles in Europe, calling the negotiations discontinued and not proposing a resumption date. The move followed West Germany pledging to deploy Pershing 2 and cruise missiles amid NATO counter to SS 20s. Reagan expressed disappointment but urged their return. The long range talks remain active with a next session slated for Tuesday.
A winter storm bypassed northwestern Kansas and dumped up to three inches of snow on the eastern half. The heaviest snow fell from Wichita to Manhattan to Emporia while eastern Kansas faced heavy rain hail and damaging winds with a funnel cloud over Lawrence. Rain totals reached .64 inches with Ottawa reporting 46 low and 71 high for Tuesday. county forecast called for clearing skies and cold temps with lows in the 20s and a Thanksgiving Day high in the low 60s.
Nine bids for wastewater treatment plant work were opened with Walters-Morgan Inc. of Manhattan submitting the lowest at 1,872,711. Clean Water Construction Inc. of Paola and Dahlstrom & Ferrell Construction Co. Inc. of Topeka followed. All bids under the 2,353,000 engineer estimate. Reed Construction Co. of Kansas City Kansas led the sewer collector contract at 388,098.50. Award decisions expected late January after reviews by Kirkwood staff and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. 75 percent federal EPA grants fund the projects.
Washington AP recounts how Judge Harold H. Greene weighed public pleas as AT&T faced breakup in 1982. The piece traces universal service goals, the Bell System structure, and the subsidy model that funded local networks, plus how microwave, transistor, satellites, and fiber optics spurred competition and regulatory pressure leading to the government settlement.
The Wolf Creek nuclear plant near Burlington is now projected to cost 2.67 billion, about 220 million more than last year’s estimate due to higher labor costs. Construction remains on schedule for spring 1985 operation as 80 percent complete. KG&E KCPL and KEPCo own shares. A second item reports Kansas lawmakers recommending 27 advisory boards be abolished and state purchases by competitive bid, as part of a state efficiency study.
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