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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1985
Page
1
National brief notes a long working day at Disney World with workers possibly highlighted. Sports update mentions a Royals player nicknamed Boy Wonder saving the day for now. A governor forms a Main Street revitalization task force, reported on page 3.
The Pioneer Legacy Foundation of Shawnee Mission says it has a confirmed bid to buy the Santa Fe rail line between Ottawa and Baldwin for tourist use. If approved, a steam train could run by next summer. The $90,000 offer follows a former $170,000 asking price and a Sept. 20 deadline.
A morning frost across the Ottawa area may speed up this year's harvest while lower temperatures stress crops. Temperatures dipped to 29 at the Ottawa Water Plant and near 3 to 5 degrees at local stations. Local officials note heads on grain sorghum and late milo damage, with Northwest Kansas hit harder and statewide soybeans less affected. full details continue on page 10.
An anonymous caller claiming to represent Islamic Jihad told news agencies that two kidnapped Soviet Embassy personnel the commercial attache and the embassy doctor had been executed. The claim followed the kidnapping of four Soviet diplomats and a doctor in west Beirut on Monday, with two groups claiming responsibility.
Kansas cities honored Ottawa for its revitalized downtown, a $795,000 project funded by local coalitions, upgrading water and gas lines, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, and adding four landscaped peninsulas and period lighting in a National Register district.
Franklin County Commission approved shifting Emergency Preparedness under the sheriff effective January 1986. The Civil Defense budget will be cut by about 20 000 while remaining within a separate budget. Phil McCracken current director will be replaced by an auxiliary deputy at minimal pay. The move aims to reduce duplication of equipment and streamline operations. Also approved was McCracken attending a Kansas Emergency Preparedness conference in Olathe at about 85.
Washington AP reports the September parity ratio slid to 49 percent, tying the June 1932 low and signaling weaker farmer purchasing power. Prices for hogs, cattle, corn, onions and potatoes fell while broilers and eggs rose. Production expenses eased slightly from August, with crop prices down 1.8 percent. overall 1983 harvests lifted last year’s prices to a peak before declining as 1984 prospects improved.
The Ottawa City Commission will meet at 9 35 4 a m Wednesday in City Hall to discuss a change order for the wastewater system improvements project and several other regular orders of business. The panel will consider a $15 603 change for the wastewater treatment system and a Homecoming Parade request for Oct 9 at 6 30 p m along Main Street. Public Safety Director Oren Skiles and Lt Daryl Shutt will seek October as Seat Belt Awareness Month. The meeting will include a planning commission report and review of the city investment schedule for September.
Ottawa Planning Commission meets at City Hall to discuss the North Ottawa Neighborhood Plan including goals, objectives, and a map of proposed north side development. Also on the agenda is a second public hearing to rezone 1638 North Main from general commercial to light industrial and vice versa for better land use.
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