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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1981
Page
1
The Local Chamber of Commerce confirms the sale of downtown business buildings in its Inside Highlights. The report details turnover and key buyers, indicating a shift in the urban commercial landscape. Additional note mentions an ongoing, indefinite hold on Wyandotte County auto plant by GM.
Poland announced deployment of special military units to curb rioting and supply shortages as strikes spread across 36 of 49 provinces. Solidarity leaders urged a one hour nationwide protest next week while calling for a social economic council to manage the economy. Lech Walesa planned talks with Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski to avert further violence.
The Labor Department reports a 1.2 percent September CPI rise with year to date inflation at 10.1 percent. Analysts debate whether the year will finish below 10 percent while cautions about housing, food, and energy costs and a possible recession loom.
Police killed one man and arrested a second after a car tied to a 1.6 million armored truck heist was spotted in New York. Nat Burns, linked to the Black Panther Party and a 1968 bombing indictment, was identified as the captured suspect while a second man died. Connecticut police questioned four others in the Brink's robbery and slayings, and Weather Underground members faced a preliminary hearing in Nyack. The pursuit involved a high speed car chase and a warehouse escape, with a fatal exchange of gunfire.
Farmers report a bountiful harvest with high test weights and strong yields for corn soybeans milo and wheat across Franklin County. Low prices and stored grain shape marketing, with government loans aiding storage decisions, while wet weather and late planting impact some crops.
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