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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1983
Page
8
Inside Highlights notes the Orioles ruling baseball while KU and Chiefs overpower opponents, Ottawa University suffers a setback, and ex-player Vida Blue connected to Kansas City Royals drug woes as coverage spans pages 4 and 5.
Ottawa Retail Association to vote next Tuesday October 26 on extending weekday closings from 4 to 6 p.m. and to consider late hours through 8 p.m. Wednesday to Friday. The proposal aims to unite members while not altering Wednesday 8 p.m. closings or weekend hours. A separate Christmas season schedule would add Sunday hours 1–6 p.m. starting Nov 27 and weekday 8 p.m. closings from Dec 12, with Saturday hours discretionary.
The Kansas Corporation Commission joined a national push urging Congress to pass a bill to curb local telephone rate increases amid AT&T breakup and FCC deregulation. The measure would grant states depreciation and access charge oversight, potentially halting a $2 monthly rise for residential customers and preventing universal service loss.
National Weather Service station at Ottawa Water Plant logged Friday low 36 and high 74 with no precip. Saturday 55 and 75 with 0.05 inch rain. Sunday 57 and 71 with 0.03 inch rain by 7 am. County forecast calls for cloudy skies tonight with 60 percent showers and thunderstorms and highs in the mid to upper 60s.
In south Beirut near the international airport, U S Marines faced renewed sniper and grenade attacks. One Marine was killed and five wounded on Sunday, bringing Marine combat deaths to six since peacekeeping began. another Marine died later in a mine defusal incident. Col Timothy Geraghty said the wounded are stable and blamed unknown elements rather than the Amal or Aginel militias, citing Nabih Berri’s assurances.
Lawyers for a group of North Dakota farmers ask U S District Judge Bruce Van Sickle for a nationwide injunction against the Farmers Home Administration to halt foreclosures. The suit seeks enforcement of a 1978 law to defer loan repayments at a farmer's request when finances are strained by uncontrollable circumstances.
Franklin County reports a cleanup week at the landfill drew about 760 vehicles and 2100 cubic yards of waste. One illegal dumping incident is under sheriff's review. KDHE inspection found good final cover and no leachate, but erosion work needed. Commissioners hired Michael Zobkin to inspect 242 bridges at $18 per bridge plus $10 for uninspected ones, eight to ten overlooked low water crossings included.
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