Ottawa voters face city commission and school board ballots
Voters go to nine Ottawa polling places from 7 am to 7 pm Tuesday for a four of five U.S. School Board election. Incumbents Jack Bushman and Judy Wilkins seek re election. Jim Allen and Bud Beeman join the race as peers. The backdrop includes a low turnout at a mayoral forum and the broader local political scene.
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Harris Ray
Ottawa City Commission
Commission
Indiana State
Michigan State
Jay Bemis
U.S.C. 290
Jack Bushman
Judy
Centropolis
Cutler
Greenwood
Harrison
Hayes
Homewood
Lincoln
Ohio
Ottawa
Peoria
Pottawatomie
Willow
University of Kansas
Ottawa University
Ottawa faces six candidates for three city seats in election
Six candidates contest three Ottawa city commission seats held by Marstall Reusch and Park. Marstall seeks reelection. Reusch and Park do not run again. Mayors Nichols and Gaynor not contested. Second and fourth places win four-year terms. third place takes two years. Candidates Snyder MacCulloch Salsbury Larson with backgrounds in economics CPA rehab education SBA consulting and business consulting. Polling sites listed across nine locations.
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Commission
George Marstall
Vi Reusch
Ben Park
Marstall
Fred Zook
Reusch
Park
Dorothy Nichols
Paul Gaynor
Sherwin Snyder
S. Elm
Snyder
Ottawa University
Bob MacCulloch Jr
Cedar. MacCulloch
Franklin County Rehabilitation Center
Ottawa
MacCulloch
University of Kansas
Betty L. Salsbury
S. Locust
Salsbury
Small Business Administration
Larson
Seattle
Wash
North Baptist Church
Wilson
Trinity United Methodist Church
N. Cedar
Franklin County
Hawthorne
South Poplar
Garfield
College
City Hall
Eugene Field School
Tremont
Church of the Brethren
National Guard Armory
West 17Th Street
Franklin County Bridge Bond Vote Seeks 3.2 Million Package
County voters face a Tuesday decision on a 3.2 million general obligation bond package to replace 51 aging bridges with an estimated total cost of 4.7 million including federal matching funds. If rejected, about 10 bridges may close within 18 months with all 51 possible to shut within about a decade.
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Franklin
Albert Coffman
Marais Des Cygnes
Four Candidates Vie For Ottawa School Board Seats
The current board reshapes as four open seats attract candidates Bushman Wilkins join DeFries Philgreen and Dale King among first time runners. Contenders boast degrees from OU, University of Illinois Urbana, and Chicago and span roles from teacher to physician. Judy Wilkins adds PTA leadership and aid in salary talks.
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Beeman
Allen
Bushman and Wilkins
Alice Jo DeFries
Don Philgreen
Dale King
University of Illinois
Urbana
Apple Lane
Ottawa University
English Institute
Wellsville
S. Oak
Olathe
Overland Park
Ottawa
Ottawa Rfd
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Kansas City
Arizona
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Wheaton
University of Chicago
Judy Wilkins
N. Sycamore
Lincoln School Pta
Vo Tech Directors Meet Tonight On Page Three
Local Vo-Tech directors converge for a timely meeting as Kansas marks an unhappy milestone of the state highway system with coverage unresolved and plans pending on Page three.
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Vo-Tech
Kansas Highway System
Chilly Cairo Welcome for Begin Cleans Page 5 Outline
Brief notes indicate a cold reception for Begin during a Cairo visit with ongoing election or diplomatic coverage. The fragment mentions Cairo and Begin, suggesting international political reporting with a staged public encounter and potential page references to Page 5.
Re-routing US-59 debate near Princeton stirs highway study
Kansas DOT released figures on the Princeton Curve at Coats Corner amid Sen. Wint Winter objections to delaying the US-59 roadwork. The report cites 11 fatalities along the curves from 1960 to 1978 and 48 accidents between 1972 and 1978, with proposed routes drawing opposition from Garnett lawyers and local landowners. Winter plans to press the issue at the April 13 Topeka advisory meeting and circulate petitions to place the reroute in next year’s schedule.
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Robert Wellington
Princeton
Coats Corner
Kansas Department of Transportation
K-Dot
Wint Winter
Highway Advisory Committee
Garnett
Leo Wiederholt
Sen
Winter
15Th Street
Ottawa
Advisory Committee
Topeka
Improvements Reported At Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant
NRC official Harold Denton said the dangerous gas bubble inside the disabled reactor is shrinking rapidly, fuel temperatures are falling, and radioactive releases are being confined. He noted two fuel cells remain above 400 degrees and that operators at seven similar plants must report actions within 10 days.
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Harrisburg
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Three Mile Island
Harold Denton
NRC
Middletown
Denton
House Passes Death Penalty In Kansas
The Kansas House approved the Senate version broadening capital punishment to include felony murders, sending the bill to Gov. John Carlin. A second vote on the conference report failed, 54-71, with lethal injection set as the method.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas House
Senate
John Carlin
U.S. Supreme Court
Kansas
House
Conference Committee
Carlin
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Locust Street
46Th St. Terrace
Anchor Savings Association
Anchor Savings
S. Hickory
Quincy
Seymour
E. 8Th
Franklin County Real Estate
S.main
Leonard Larson
City Commission
Tim Erickson
Khomeini
Cairo
KDOT
Metropolitan Edison
Kansas Senate
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