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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1985
Page
8
Alco shareholders vote without incident to approve the firm’s return to private ownership. The decision follows a period as a public company and sets the stage for strategic realignment and governance changes.
Hurricane Gloria hits the East Coast tearing down lines and flooding areas from North Carolina to Maine. Five deaths are linked to the storm as it weakens to a tropical storm over New England, leaving 2.75 million customers without power and prompting emergency measures coast to coast.
Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze outlined a new arms reduction proposal in a meeting with President Reagan. Secretary Shultz said Reagan welcomed the plan and that it would be discussed in Geneva next week in private talks. The detailed letter from Mikhail Gorbachev remains untranslated, delaying full analysis by U.S. officials.
Washington observers assess Reagan fifth year in office as mark of a new political era. Clark Clifford calls it a blip while others hail long term shift in policy and political climate. Heritage Foundation president Featner cautions unfinished problems and need for continued Reagan revolution.
Kansas smokers will face an eight cent rise per regular 20 smoke pack and ten cents per 25 pack after Monday. The 1985 Legislature tax increase, affecting prices near $1 a pack, takes effect Oct 1 due to federal tax changes and deficit concerns.
Franklin County Historian John Mark Lambertson recounts Col Samuel B. Rohrbaugh, a pivotal Ottawa patron whose money built and funded a major opera house, auditorium, church, and local arts organizations. His Roerbaugh Theatre opened 1896 with Alexander Salvini, transforming regional cultural life.
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