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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1985
Page
7
Tom Docking is off and running while keeping an eye on Joan Finney as national trade tensions unsettle Kansans across professions. The piece highlights broad concerns over shifting markets and economic pressures affecting daily life and politics.
Volunteers for Education aims to start a tutoring program for Ottawa area elementary students. orientation sessions on Thursday and Monday will recruit men and women to tutor reading spelling math and social studies during the school day.
AP analysis notes a heated Kansas Corporation Commission discussion on utilities regulation amid rate hike hearings for Wolf Creek owners. Commissioners Margaree Wright and Keith Henley clashed over how active the agency should be, prompting debate and media attention.
The United States successfully destroyed a satellite in space with an ASAT rocket test over the Pacific. Lt Gen Bernard Randolph said an F 15 launched the weapon, debris pose no expected risk, with radar and telemetry confirming the collision about 345 miles up. Defense Secretary Weinberger praised the result as a great step forward.
Washington AP report notes President Reagan signaling readiness for serious give and take in nuclear arms talks with the Soviet Union as Geneva negotiators prepare for a third round. Officials doubt rapid progress, citing Gorbachev’s domestic preoccupations and an impasse noted by former negotiator Paul Warnke. County forecast follows: mostly cloudy today with highs in the low 70s, clearing tonight to the low 50s, then sunny Sunday with highs near 80.
Kansas bar spokesmen told a legislative study committee that no decisive evidence supports radical changes to the malpractice tort system to curb insurance rates. Kathleen Sebelius of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association argued against restricting rights to damages, urging alternatives and solid data before reform. Dr. Daniel K. Roberts outlined a risk management program in obstetrics at Wesley Medical Center as a model.
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