Ottawa Night at Royals Stadium and Sidewalk Sale
Chamber of Commerce hosts Ottawa Night at Royals Stadium on August 28 with tickets at the Chamber office and bus passes available. Mayor Paul Gaynor reportedly vacationing and seen at a Florida rookie camp. Royal catcher Darrell Porter may coach first pitch. Downtown Sidewalk Sale Wednesday features tables from Cancer Association, Spirit Club, cheerleaders, Municipal Auditorium and vendors offering season tickets, snow cones, and ice cream.
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Steve Abrams
Chamber of Commerce
Ottawa
Royals Stadium
Paul Gaynor
Royals
Florida
Darrell Porter
Nolan Ryan
Dowtown
The
Cancer Association
High School Spirit Club
Municipal Auditorium
Downtown Ottawa seeks input on store hours and redevelopment
Local groups move to engage Chamber offices by Tuesday afternoon for a Sidewalk sale. The Downtown Renovation steering committee uses a new building ownership list to invite owners and tenants to a general meeting on redevelopment options. The Ottawa Retail Association and Chamber seek views on extended hours and Sunday openings while the Ottawa Herald plans a reader survey. The Industrial Development Board meets Tuesday noon at the Ottawa Country Club to elect a new president and discuss funding and research for industrial development programs, including site and labor surveys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Croucher Abstract & Title Company
120 Ward
Ottawa Retail Association
Ottawa Herald
Ottawa
Ottawa Industrial Development Board
Ottawa Country Club
OID
Ozark Regional Planning Commission
Bucher & Willis
Steve Abrams
Chamber
Industrial Development Institute
Norman
Okla
Ottawa youth charged in shoplifting at Alco store
Fourteen year old Ottawa boy arrested for shoplifting records from Alco at 1418 South Main Friday and referred to juvenile court before being released to parents. Nearby incidents: noninjury vehicle collision on Mulberry Street and two-vehicle crash on West Wilson with damages reported. drivers named Wayne Young and Melvin Dixon, and Cecilia Spooner cited for failure to yield. Civil cases listed against several finance and local entities. Kansas markets report shows steady to mixed cattle prices with varied gains and losses across regions.
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Ottawa
Alco
S. Main
South
Mulberry
Wayne E. Young
Sycamore
Melvin L. Dixon
S. Mulberry
Wilson
Cecilia A. Spooner
Ottawa Rfd 3, and Donna M. Wesen, 41, 1040 N. Hickory, $500 Damages, Spooner
Midwestern Hog and Lamb Markets See Mixed Moves
Hog prices eased in most western centers with several gaps in weight classes while St. Paul Sioux Falls posted gains. Iowa Southern Minnesota and Illinois trades showed hesitations with barrows and gilts down about 1 to 1.5 dollars. Slaughter totals fell from last week but rose versus last year, and sheep lamb values slipped modestly with Sioux Falls showing declines.
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Midwest
Barrows
Olts
St. Paul
Sioux Falls
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Iowa
Minnesota
Illinois
Sioux Alls
Library Line answers reader questions on services and local facts
The Library Information Center at 5th and Main offers help by phone at 242-3080 or in person. It lists large print periodicals Reader's Digest special edition NYT Large Type Weekly and Sunshine Magazine, Harvard degrees beyond law, Ottawa population ranges, upholsterers Ruth Martin and Alice Roecker, dendrochronology basics, Kansas City City Market location and hours, and the Kansas Dept. of Insurance contact.
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5Th and Main
Reader’s Digest
New York Times
NYT
Sunshine
Harvard University
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Harvard
U.S
Library
Community Information Center
Ruth Martin
Alice Roecker
Peoria
Random House
Kansas City
Main
Walnut Street
5Th
State Insurance
Topeka
Kansas Dept. of Insurance
Kan
Oats Reserve Reinstated After Price Drop to 1.13
Agriculture officials reestablished the oats reserve as prices fell to 1.13 a bushel, with barley reserve also reopened. The program offers three year storage and loan repayment once a release level is hit, while redemption remains limited at 13.5 percent of the 39.2 million bushels initially stored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USDA
Dale
Hathaway
Bob Bergland
Bergland
KCP&L Seeks 25 Percent Electric Rate Hike in Missouri and Kansas
Kansas City Power & Light filed with the Missouri and Kansas utility commissions for a 25.5 percent electric rate increase and a 10.5 percent rise for downtown steam customers. If approved, residential bills could rise by about 10 to 11 dollars monthly for a typical user. The utility cites higher fuel and operating costs, with inflation around 14 percent in the area since mid 1978. The final decision may take months, with changes not expected before July 1980.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Mo
Kansas City Power & Light Co
Missouri
Kansas
Kansas City
Arthur J. Doyle
Kcp&l
Missouri PLC
D.T. McPhee
Local ads list meals, services, and sales
Ad briefs advertise 8 ounce chicken fried steak for 2.79 at Kazy Kitchen, grain fed freezer beef options, plumbing services, a VFW dance with Bob and Bettys Band, and stylists at Guys and Dolls Hair Fashions reopening at 109 North Main. Includes dog foods, salvage groceries, Elks chicken supper August 4, and a farmer’s co op crop tour with a 1:30 p.m. bus from Richmond Community Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kazy Kitchen
North Main
Metzger Salvage
N. Main
Richmond
Lane Fair Ends With Parades, Races And Music
The Lane Fair closes with footraces, a parade at 6, pony and animal prizes, and country music by the Nightengales at 8. 4 H members receive livestock trophies including calves, sheep, hogs, goats, and poultry. Flower and garden entries rise per fair secretary Katy Alexander.
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Becky Wining Lane
Lane
Nightengales
Tom Walken
Garnett
Jeanette Culver
Mark Rickabaugh
Greeley
John Egidy
Pen
Terry Briggs
Tim Benton
Amy Waddle
Katy Alexander
Grain-Drying Rule Dropped by U S Agriculture Dept
The Agriculture Department announced that farmers growing corn and grain sorghum will not need to dry grain before securing government loans on stored crops. The lending rate will be lower than the standard, reduced by 1.2 percent for each 1 percent moisture above 15.5 for corn or 14 for sorghum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Bob Bergland
Pork Disease Strikes Louisiana Rural Area
The CDC reports 19 people in rural western Louisiana contracted trichinosis last February after eating improperly cooked sausage from garbage-fed hogs sold at a local auction. No deaths occurred though 12 more exposed individuals remained healthy. hogs had been garbage-fed in violation of laws.
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Atlanta
Louisiana
National Center For Disease Control
CDC
United States
Alaska
California
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Business Beat
Jack Davis
Harold Gahagan
Gas Service Company
Public Safety News
District Court News
Kansas State Bank
the Daily Report
James L. Cox
Household Finance Corportion
Paris F. Spooner Jr
HFC
John P. Tomberlin
Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
David D. Crumm
SRS
Steve A. Morse
Beneficial Finance of Kansas
Nayrea Reed
Franklin County Commission For Ransom Memorial Hospital
Timothy P. Tschantz Sr
Et al
County Commission
RMH
Bernard J. Cowdin
Fred Hoffman
Sioux City
Sioax City
Toad
Jallet
St. Pauly Cholce
Prime
Kansas Statistical Abstracts
National Grain Reserve
Bethany Chapel Baptist Church
S. Poplar
B. J. Landrum
North Baptist
Eagles Lodge
Honey Creek Clan
Sonshine Christian Child Care
Call
Legal Tender Fun
Saddleback Lounge
Ad Briefs
Stinson Processing
Carey Piping Inc
VFW
Bob and
Betty
Guys and Dolls
Cloud Nine
2Nd St
Mon
Wes Chambers
Parker
Wes
Becky Vining
Bob Miller
Ottawa Insurance Agency
Michael J. Esser
E. Second St
SIPC
Edward
D. Jones & Co
New York
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