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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1979
Page
6
A high tension conference clash ends with chaotic scenes as OU battles a rival team. The game features standout performances from both sides, a charged atmosphere, and late-game controversy that sparked mentions of a larger team culture beyond on-court action.
A steering committee of 25 county commissioners will meet in Topeka on Oct. 30 to study reorganization plans after the Northeast Kansas Health Systems Agency lost federal funding amid criticism. The panel will outline board selection procedures, work program, and structure for a new agency as health planning risks a year’s delay.
President Carter declared the American family in trouble and announced creating an Office for Families within HEW to shape federal policy. He urged cooperation with a planned White House Conference on Families with events in Baltimore Minneapolis and Los Angeles and praised Catholic Charities and Pope John Paul II.
New York AP Fidel Castro left midtown Manhattan under cover of darkness after a three day visit. Barricades were removed as he departed from Kennedy Airport and landed safely in Havana. Guards tracked his every move around the UN mission while he urged a new world economic order and met with freed Puerto Rican nationals, American executives, and Black Caucus members. Barbara Walters quoted Castro on Reagan and discussed his disillusionment with the Carter era.
Kansas interim tax committee tightens a controversial bill ordering a statewide real estate reappraisal by 1984 with state funding of about 9 million dollars. The plan would not yet set new valuations for tax use, pending future action and possible constitutional change on residential property treatment.
The Supreme Court refused to intervene in a major sex discrimination suit against Western Electric Co. over Kearny plant bias. Court left intact an order requiring payment of most trial costs for 2000 plus damages trials, with Kyriazi leading the case and many women joining.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee begins a seven day mark up of the SALT II treaty testing section by section for possible changes. No amendment yet changes the treaty text though senators may offer proposals from others. Killer amendments could push the Soviet Union to reject the pact while some senators link votes to higher defense spending.
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