Ottawa police probe three vehicle thefts in week’s count
Local Captain Charles Bowling said Ottawa police investigate three more vehicle thefts from homes, bringing the weekly total to six with five recovered. Most thefts labeled joy riding, one suspect held in Grandview, Mo. Keys left in cars cited as avoidable risk. Ottawa campus nurses on state board pass rate reported.
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Charles Bowling
Ottawa Police
Ottawa
Bowling
Grandview
Dole seeks Florida GOP support in push on Cuba policy
Sen. Bob Dole, aiming for Florida, wins early endorsements from top Republicans including four South Florida congressmen. At a Fort Lauderdale fundraiser he urged making Fidel Castro's end a clear foreign policy goal, after pledges of strong backing in vote-rich Florida.
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Bob Dole
New York
Florida
Senate
U.S
Fidel Castro
Cuba
South Florida
Dole
Kansas
Farmer Finds Burned Body on Kansas Land Near Paola
A farmer found the burned remains of a body while preparing to burn brush on his land in Miami County Kansas. Detectives could not determine gender or race. An autopsy was performed. Suspected victim was Al D Harris 27 of Kansas City Kansas missing since February after visiting a friend in Olathe. The death is being investigated as a homicide.
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Miami County
Frank Kelly
al D. Harris
Kansas City
Olathe
Jerry Grandon
Jaycee at crisis level threatens long-time Ottawa group
Ottawa Jaycees face possible folding as membership drops to 19 with about eight active members. President Debbie Larcom and officers meet with past leaders to plot recruitment drives including telephones and door-to-door campaigns. The 45 year old organization fears losing Chautauqua Days and other city events if dissolution occurs.
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Jaycees
Debbie Larcom
Larcom
Center's Grand Opening Slated For April Twenty Second
Franklin County announces a grand opening for its new recycling center on April 22 from 10 am to 2 pm. Ray DeJulio notes expanded operations since December and a 30 ton monthly cardboard and paper sale. The event will feature equipment demos, 12 vendors, a barbecue fundraiser by Ohio Township Fire Department, and hourly door prizes.
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Franklin
Ray DeJulio
West 19Th Street
Ohio Township Fire Department
Lake Region Recycling
DeJulio
Ralph Young
Tad Clark
Ash
Tina Madison
Franklin County Recycling Center
County dog dispute prompts county commission hearing
Dan Kramer, owner of 20 greyhounds, asked Franklin County commissioners to delay removing his dogs from a Wellsville area property. He said he had an agreement with Zoning Administrator J B Hall and the landowner to move the dogs in spring and summer, while Hall claimed conversations in November through January promised removal by spring. Hall noted a March drive by found no dogs. Kramer alleged miscommunication and pending court action in a related case.
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Dan Kramer
Dew
Franklin County Commission
Wellsville
J.B. Hall
Kramer
Hall
Kansas Court of Appeals
Legislators mull future of car tax reductions
Kansas lawmakers plan another push on motor vehicle tax cuts when they meet again April 26. Rep. Phill Kline doubts a compromise is likely, while Sen. Audrey Langworthy says they will not give up. A prior plan would cost schools about 96 million annually by year four, reducing the 35 mill levy to 30 mills in year one and shrinking funding to districts.
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OPERA
Kan
Phill Kline
Shawnee
House Taxation Committee
Audrey Langworthy
Prairie Village
Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee
Kansas
Dale Dennis
Dennis
State Board of Education
Ottawa Planning Commission approves two final plats for new Ottawa developments
The Ottawa Planning Commission approved final plats for two residential projects. Phase one of a 29 unit apartment development lies south of 15th Street near Osage Drive, with John Bush and Dave Hurtig of Lawrence as developers. A future phase is planned. The Village West retirement village on 15th Street west of Ottawa Retirement Village will add 38 townhomes, plus a clubhouse and pool. Carey works on the Village West project. Cal Luntis of Ottawa Real Estate notes potential July or August start.
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Ottawa
15Th Street
Osage Drive
Mission Woods
Pine Manor
John Bush
Dave Hurtig
Lawrence
Cal Luntis
Ottawa Real Estate
Village
Ottawa Retirement Village
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