Police say off duty deputy fired fatal shot in KC shootout
Ballistics confirm the bullet that killed Kansas City officer Michael B. Haen came from Deputy Bruce Nevils's gun during a city street shootout. A bystander, Jerry Lewis, was wounded. In separate items, ERA hearings feature two women on opposite sides, crime stats in KC Mo are corrected, IMF oil relief funding advances, stock market fluctuates, and Milan Michig an sewers spill prompts evacuations.
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Kansas City, Kan
Wyandotte County
Michael B. Haen
Bruce Nevils
Ronnie Miller
Jerry Lewis
Haen
Services for Nelson Owen Shofner held at First Baptist Church
Nelson Owen Shofner 71 of 507 Beech died July 30 at Arkansas City Memorial Hospital. Funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church with burial at Highland Cemetery. Survived by wife Helen. daughter Connie Thompson. sons Gary Gene Loren. sisters Vivien Smith Wilda Hataway. five grandchildren. Memorials to First Baptist Memorial Fund. Funeral and burial conducted by Dengel & Son Mortuary.
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Shofner
Beech
Arkansas City Memorial Hospital
First Baptist Church
Highland Cemetery
Jim McCrossen
Foster, Mo
John W
Maude (Parrett) Shofner
Williamsburg
Ottawa
Colo
Loren Shofner
Merriam
Vivien Smith
Pomona
Wilda Hataway
Overland Park
June Daugherty
Dengel & Son
First Baptist Memorial Fund
Nelson Owen Red
Jim McCraossen
Denger & Son
First Baptist Church Memorial Fund
Community program plans discussed by Ottawa officials
Probation officers, seniors, school districts, teens, ministers and others debated a countywide help program. Canfield proposed a People Helpers Directory and small town contact persons while Ottawa would host a public help line and inter program communications. Detox referrals to Topeka, Kansas City and Osawatomie were planned until a Ottawa detox unit opens next budget year.
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Ottawa
Canfield
Topeka
Kansas City
Osawatomie
Senate liberals accuse Carter of selling out on gas deal
Liberal Senate opponents of deregulation accuse President Carter of backing a natural gas compromise in the Senate only to win a political victory. Democratic Sens. James Abourezk of South Dakota and Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio decry the move as a sellout to the oil and gas industry.
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Washington
Senate
Carter
James Abourezk
South Dakota
Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio
House
Metzenbaum
Abourezk
Congressional Conference Committee
Senate Energy Committee
Letter Carriers Vote to Reject Contract Offer
At the National Association of Letter Carriers convention in Chicago 8000 delegates urged rejection of a tentative contract with the U S Postal Service while president Joseph Vacca urged ratification. The vote reflects deep union splits as three unions negotiated the deal to avert a nationwide strike.
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Chicago
U. S. Postal Service
National Association of Letter Carriers
Association
Joseph Vacca
Vacca
Letter Carrier Association
American Postal Workers Union
Laborers’ International Union of North America
James T. Schaefer
Portland
Oreg
Village Shoppe Sidewalk Sale Slashes Prices
Sidewalk sale leftovers at the Village Shoppe offer half price and more off. A Bow Hunting clinic is set for Saturday August 5 from 9 to 5, featuring Allen Williams at Budge's Ace Hardware. Fried chicken and corn on cob priced at $1.95 at Josie's Cafe. The Federal Land Bank Association of Ottawa announces new hours 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, effective August 1, 1978.
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Allen Williams
Budge's
Ace Hardware
Federal Land Bank Association of Ottawa
Ottawa graduate elected International Director for Lions Clubs
L Blaine Rush of Smith Center elected to a two year term as International Director at Lions Clubs 61st convention in Tokyo held in late June. Rush a banker and vice president of an insurance agency serves on the policy making body for the service organization.
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Ottawa University
L. Blaine Rush
Smith Center
International Association of Lions Clubs
Tokyo
Rush
Regular meeting for USD 288 moved to August 14
The USD 288 Central Heights board meeting was rescheduled from August 21 to August 14 at 8 p.m. at Central Heights School. Former Otwan Terrence Buckner discharged from Lawrence Memorial Hospital after burns. visitors may reach him at 2412 Alabama Apt. 5 in Lawrence.
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Central Heights
Terrence Buckner
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Alabama
Apt. 5
Lawrence
Swim and Stay Fit program opens at Forest Park Pool
The Red Cross sponsored effort aims for participants to swim 50 miles without a time limit. Monitored progress earns certificates at 10 20 30 40 and 50 miles, with a final emblem upon completion. Plans to move the program to Ottawa University pool after Aug 27 seek at least 15 participants for year round activity.
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The
American Red Cross
Forest Park
Randy LeGrant
LeGrant
Red Cross
Ottawa University
Becky Reynolds
Reynolds
Amendment Requires Balanced Budget By 81
The Senate approved a balanced budget amendment by 1981 as part of IMF financing legislation. Supporters cite fiscal conservatism, while critics call it political bravado likely to fail in conference and risk deficit spending amid an election year. President Carter had sought balance, but a $20 billion deficit was forecast for 1981.
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House- Senate
Senate
International Monetary Fund
House
Cambodia
Uganda
California
House-Senate
Harry F. Byrd
Byrd
Monetary Fund
Carter
James McIntyre Jr
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