Homemakers Compile Franklin County Rural Directory
About 50 Extension Homemaker Units members canvassed rural Franklin County from late January to late March to create a directory listing names addresses and telephone numbers with township maps. The project funds community service works and is produced by Central Publishing Co. of Iola.
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Franklin County
EHU
Marcia Mayes
Franklin County Extension Home
Central Publishing Co
Iola
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Mayes
Kansas Extension Homemaker Council
Franklin
Miami
Osage County
Osage City
Garnett School Board Upholds Principal Nonrenewals
The Garnett school board unanimously decided not to renew contracts for two district principals, Paul Upshaw and Larry Stewart, after an hour of executive session. Despite public support from patrons, no reasons were given, and hearings had previously upheld the same outcome.
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Garnett
Paul Upshaw
Larry Stewart
Wall Street Upturn Slightly Reverses Decline
Wall Street opened with a modest upswing as the Dow Jones industrial average rose to 102,662.39 by noon, after a week of declines. Gainers led decliners by about 5 to 4 in nationwide NYSE trading with 691 issues higher, 555 lower and 567 unchanged.
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New York
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Weather Tonight Forecast with Rain Likely After Midnight
Cloudy forecast with rain likely tonight mainly after midnight. Lows expected 55 to 60. Local log shows April averages and year to date values with barometer near 29.99 inches and rising. Sunset at 8:08, sunrise at 6:30 tomorrow.
Wellsville approves gym floor refinishing plan
Wellsville board agrees no new floor is needed for the gym. District will sand and refinish the existing floor after moisture issues. Secretary Burch authorized immediate work. The meeting also covered student attendance at a national FBLA event, bids for band instruments and volleyball uniforms, a computer tape backup bid, and the 1990-91 school calendar.
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Wellsville
School’ Board
Sonny
Burch
Loyd
Buneders
Ottawa
Kenton Cox
FBLA
Washington D.C
Wendy Zimmerman
Brian Hutchinson
Greg Samples
Olathe
Mike’s Sporting’ Goods
Emporia
Monarch butterfly favored for national insect title on Capitol Hill
Capitol Hill lobbying centers on a national insect status for monarchs and honeybees. The Entomological Society of America backs monarch advocacy, citing its wide range and milkweed diet, while Congress members Panetta Neal Pressler push bee and butterfly bills with varied co sponsors. The society’s vote placed monarch first with over 70 percent support, followed by tiger swallowtail and others.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
United States
House
Senate
Entomological Society of America
Leon Panetta
D-Calif
Stephen L
John Taylor
Neal
Sutherland
May Day Ballots and Local Events Highlight Town Ads
Unusual gifts at Tecumseh Street Mall near Old Depot Museum and J C Penney Catalog dept. promotional notices for May Day ballot return, celebrity storytelling at Ottawa Library and Wal-Mart, wedding and prom specials, seed plants at Willis Gordan Center, three man scramble golf event benefiting Osawatomis Golf Course, Prime Rib and Country Kitchen hours, Library Week Books and Breakfast, after school Phone Friend numbers, Chris Corner schedule, Fashion Alley clearance sale, clothing give away at 15th St Church, and Country Raiders screening at The Other Place.
Lawrence IBM executive named KU business dean
L Joseph Bauman IBM executive, 50, named next dean of the University of Kansas School of Business, effective July 1, replacing John Tollefson. Bauman, former director of quality development and manufacturing for IBM PC, is KU 1961 engineering graduate, currently based in New York. Kansas Sports Hall of Fame honors handed to Hartman Woodard ShuBlom Switzer and golfer Tom Watson, with ceremony and proclamations by Gov Hayden and the Kansas House. Mounted police unit to open in Wichita, eight horses funded by private contributions, staff including two lieutenants and six officers. Kentucky woman Anna Hay, 66, drowns when boat capsizes at Clinton Lake, son Helmut rescued.
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Lawrence
IBM
University of Kansas School of Business
L. Joseph Bauman
John Tollefson
del Brinkman
Tollefson
Bauman
KU School of Engineering
Connecticut
New York
Topeka
Mike Hayden
Kansas House
Kansas Sports Hall of Fame
Jack Hartman
Lynette Woodard
Walt Shublom
Veryl Switzer
Hayden
Tom Watson
Mission Hills
Hartman
Kansas State University
KSU
Capitol
Wichita
Canada
Rick Stone
Butelve
Stone
Kentucky
Clinton Lake
Douglas County
Interstate 66 style coast to coast highway study urged
Two House panels urged to fund a feasibility study for a new coast to coast interstate through Kansas and Missouri. The Interstate 66 Steering Committee seeks 1.5 million federal dollars for the study in the 1991 fiscal year starting Oct 1. The 2,400 mile route would span from Washington or Norfolk to San Luis Obispo and pass near Cape Girardeau and Wichita. Estimated cost 17 billion with a 20 year timeline and about a quarter of the route already usable via existing highways.
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Washington
Kansas
Missouri
Interstate 66 Steering Committee
D.C
Norfolk
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Cape Girardeau
Wichita
Lonnie E. Haefner
Ottawa Herald Classified Rates 1990 to 1992
The Ottawa Herald lists subscription prices effective April 1 1990 for Ottawa delivery by carrier motor route and mail. Rates cover one month three months six months and one year with varying prices for rural towns Franklin County adjacent counties state of Kansas and out of state mail.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
State of Kansas
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Wat Tnsatiinas
Colby
Iberal
Tsa
Salina
Kansas City
Opeka
Pittsburg
U.S
Taylor
Agriculture Department
Environmental Protection Agency
Ad Briefs
Tecumseh Street Mall
Old Depot Museum
J.C. Penney Catalog Dept
Pol. Pol
Adv
Town & Country
Wal-Mart
Wendy
Willis Gordan
Osawatomis Golf Course
Sun
Ottawa Optimist Club
Ottawa Library
National Library Week
Chris
Fashion Alley
15Th St. Church of Christ
Country Raiders
Ottawa Herald
Hitch
Terry Ostmeyer
Jay Bomis
Jim Hornbeck
Mike Geiss
Peg Armstrong
Ottica
Wayne Snow
Dean Rossman
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