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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1983
Page
6
The page highlights library offerings and a chamber contact point. It notes ongoing programs and services, with emphasis on community events and ways to connect with local cultural resources. The feature underscores collaboration between the library and chamber to boost civic engagement.
Olathe high school football team maintains a winning edge over Iowa State opponents. The encounter adds to a growing record against the Cyclones this season, underscoring the program’s regional dominance.
Linda R. Umbarger 38, a nurse at Bethany Medical Center, died Friday evening in a one car crash on I-35 about 10 miles southwest of Ottawa. The car struck a pillar under an overpass. no skid marks were seen. Arrangements are with Farris Feuerborn Chapel Garnett.
An interim committee tentatively approves a plan to create a merit pay pool totaling about 3 million dollars spread across 305 Kansas districts. The proposal would award districts 0.5 percent of their budgets, with final action pending for the 1984 legislature. Critics prefer proportional distribution and note funding and demand challenges for optional extended contracts.
NASA postponed the October 28 launch of the space shuttle Columbia and its Spacelab after officials failed to resolve a nozzle erosion issue from an August flight. The flight now targets late November or later. Columbia will be moved to a hangar for a nozzle change. Investigators at Morton Thiokol in Brigham City, Utah examine materials and records to determine the cause of the erosion.
Spokeswomen for Kansas environmental groups warned that Wolf Creek nuclear plant may raise rates by 50 to 100 percent when completed. They cited estimated construction costs near 3 billion dollars and decommissioning costs potentially exceeding Three Mile Island cleanup costs. They stressed impact on service areas and rural Kansas as projects progress.
Snipers killed one U.S. Marine and seriously wounded another near the Beirut airport, raising Lebanon casualties to six and wounded to fifty-one. Marines endured grenade and small arms fire as the 1600-man camp faced a condition one alert, with Sgt. Allen H. Seifert fatally shot and Staff Sgt. Dennis Allston escaping unharmed after the jeep overturned in crossfire.
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