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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1978
Page
7
Ottawa University begins a fresh round of UPS features while OU football and soccer teams shine on Saturday. National Pentagon spending waste is called out, with consumer groups showing their clout highlighted in later pages.
Reported disasters spoiled the long weekend with mass panic on shorelines and roads. A Coast Guard alert after a wave scare and a fatal helicopter crash at a church festival stunned readers as Maine beaches emptied and protests flared over tainted meat from a protest by the American Agriculture Movement in Michigan.
President Carter prepared a quiet Camp David welcome for Israel PM Begin and Egypt President Sadat as they arrived for a private summit. He warned that compromise is essential and warned of the dangers of failure while stressing flexible talks and mutual concessions.
LA S VE LAS VEGAS AP Jerry Lewis, in a rambling TV speech, denies he profits from the Muscular Dystrophy telethon. He says he receives nothing from the MD telethon or related activities, with fund-raising pledges topping a record $29,074,408.
Washington AP reports postal workers and union bargainers prepare for a joint session after days of separate mediation. With a Sept 16 deadline, Emmet Andrews of the APWU says bargaining will start, as 500000 mail workers press for a new agreement while mediator James Healy guides issues and ground rules. A county forecast notes clear to partly cloudy skies, hot days, and highs of 95 to 105 with overnight upper 60s.
The Ottawa Planning Commission meets at 7 tonight to act on a preliminary plat for a subdivision south of the water plant, hear a rezoning proposal at 601 Burrough, and consider amendments to the zoning ordinance along with adoption of Franklin City-County Subdivision regulations. The East Central Vocational Cooperative board gathers at 7 30 at the USC 290 office with unfinished business on leases enrollment and a new survey, plus new business on student eligibility classes and child development aide. The Ottawa City Commission meets at 9 35 Wednesday to receive planning report, approve Elm Street and Maple Street improvements with costs around 60 665 and 45 881 respectively, authorize engineering services for a wastewater study, approve mutual aid fire and rescue agreements, accept Southview Addition infrastructure, set an ordinance assessment, authorize a car show at City Park October 12 14, schedule a pep parade for Ottawa High, approve cereal malt beverage sales for Great Plains Tavern, announce 1979 revenue sharing appropriations.
The FTC faces cross party backlash in Congress and state capitals for expanding reach. Critics say it limits child television ads, preempts 45 state eyeglass price laws, and targets hundreds more, while lawmakers consider giving either house veto power over FTC actions.
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