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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1980
Page
7
Larry Gura delivered a stellar pitching performance guiding the Kansas City Royals to a victory in the AL Championship Series opener. The Royals showed more promise than two years ago as they seized the early series advantage. Cyclones visit league leader Friday night.
Iraq and Iran traded air and missile strikes on the northern Persian Gulf fringe with the highest single day casualties. Iraq used ground to ground missiles for the first time, killing up to 180 Iranian civilians and wounding hundreds in attacks on two cities. Iran reported casualties in Kirkuk and said it would seek outside mediation. Iran claimed air raids on Baghdad’s outskirts and fighting near Ahwaz.
Moscow reports Brezhnev signed a friendship and cooperation treaty with Syria's Hafez Assad, granting near Warsaw Pact status while pledging no Soviet intervention in the Iran Iran Iraq war. He urged Western nonintervention and framed the Gulf as Gulf states' affair.
The National Weather Service station at the Ottawa Power Plant recorded a low of 47 degrees early Wednesday, with a high of 94 that afternoon and no rain. The forecast calls for fair and cooler conditions tonight and Friday, with lows in the mid to upper 40s and Friday highs in the mid 70s, winds northwest at 10 to 20 mph tonight.
Ottawa High School athletic director Harold Wallace and students David Moor and Dawn Murray spoke at the Rotary Club to counter the view that athletes are poorer students. They cited Kansas stats showing extracurricular participants drop out less, noted high GPAs, and discussed balancing sports with challenging courses and education as teamwork.
President Carter, admitting he has slipped into sharp personal attacks on Ronald Reagan, pledges a calmer, issue focused approach. He campaigns in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Florida, saying undecided voters remain and emphasizing tax, arms control, defense, and foreign relations differences with Reagan.
Reagan, denying a plan to soften clean air rules for more industry, defends environmentalism and attacks the EPA. He cites natural sources of pollution and vows support for clean air while turning down a Tampa joint appearance with Carter. Anderson’s absence noted.
Washington reports Iran has begun receiving ammunition and medical supplies from North Korea through an Iranian airlift using American built Boeing 747 jets. Officials note planes dodge Soviet airspace and refuel issues in China, raising questions about North Korea’s motive and its leverage with Iraq and other Arab nations.
Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Ali Rajai accused the United States of ignoring the fate of 52 American hostages in Iran. He said Washington values its own interests and endangered hostages during the Tabas attack, as quoted on Tehran radio and monitored in Beirut.
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