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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1981
Page
1
Page 10 reports Olathe South clinching its first Homecoming win, beating Ottawa in a notable high school football game. Page 3 highlights KGP and L squawks at rate estimates released this week by City Manager Dave Watkins. Page 5 covers Republicans on a transportation panel proposing their own plan to finance the state highway system.
Moshe Dayan Israel's famed soldier statesman dies at 66 from a heart attack in Tel Aviv. As foreign minister he helped shape the Egypt Israel peace talks with Anwar Sadat and Carter's Camp David blueprint, after decades as commander, chief of staff and defense minister. He died eight days after Sadat and is to be buried at Nahalal. survivors include Rachel Yael Ruth Assaf Ehud Nurit.
Nearly 100 guards at Kansas State Penitentiary voted to continue working under acting director Kenneth Oliver after a three hour meeting with legislators. The group backed Oliver to lead the aging facility as Gov. John Carlin fired prison director Robert Atkins and deputy director amid security concerns following a guard’s stabbing death. An inmate lockdown remains in effect with limited privileges and meals.
Robert A. Atkins, ousted as director of Kansas State Penitentiary, says he is relieved not bitter and not a scapegoat. He cites a national shift to a get tough stance on inmates and expects the new era in prison administration, declining to criticize Gov. Carlin and noting potential firing could have been done better. Continued To Page.
Washington AP reports President Reagan exempts about two dozen non defense programs from a 12 percent across the board reduction, preserving the VA medical care budget and other entitlements. Exemptions cover the American Battle Monuments Commission, Indian funds, DC payments, Panama Canal operation costs, UN peacekeeping credits, and more amid an effort to save billions if Congress does not block the cuts.
The Municipal Energy Agency of Georgia plans a 40 year power commitment for 46 cities with $1.4 billion invested in the joint venture. A report by December to March will define needs, growth factors, and a prospectus for $500 million to $600 million in bonds, with decisions due by March.
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