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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1980
Page
5
The Ottawa Planning Commission postpones its monthly meeting to Aug. 12 at 7 p.m. in City Hall due to primary election use of the polling place. Agenda includes the Wal Mart planned unit development for Princeton Circle Drive across from the Hallmark Inn.
The Ottawa Board of Education will meet on the third Monday in August instead of the second. The delay is due to the expected absence of three of seven members per U S C 290 Superintendent Ken Woods. The Aug 18 session starts at 7 30 p m with a public hearing on the district budget at 7 p m Aug 11 or before the regular meeting, which remains planned despite absences.
A public hearing at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the County Courts Building basement will consider two nursing home certificate of need requests. Wesleyan Churches of Kansas via Opal Health Care Inc. seeks an 88 bed facility at Wilson and Milner. Sunflower Care Inc. seeks a 120 bed home on West 15th Street. A KDHE hearing examiner will hear oral and written statements.
The East Central Vocational Cooperative board will meet at 8 tonight in the north co op building at 11th and Pine Streets. The agenda includes establishing a new meeting time beginning with September and touring a recently completed graphics classroom.
Iran's Parliament delays debate on American hostages amid protests over detention of Iranian students in the United States. Majlis Speaker Rafsanjani signals a plan for a possible trial of the detainees as spies, while Bani Sadr urges detainees to resist deportation and stand firm. Hunger strikes persist as 169 men in a New York federal prison are examined by an Iranian doctor.
A local group backs renovating Ottawa Library with a $625,000 bond to restore the 77 year old building as an alternative to the library board’s $1.1 million plan for a new 12,000 square foot facility. The group urges placing both bonds on November ballots separately while noting tax implications and accessibility plans. The city commission will meet at 9:35 a.m. Wednesday at City Hall.
Tens of thousands of Italians gathered in city piazzas and staged strikes across Bologna in outrage over the suspected terrorist bombing that killed 84 at the railroad station. Investigators lack firm leads but noted metal fragments and possible right wing ties, while searches target far right extremists in 20 cities. An anonymous caller claimed responsibility in the name of neo fascist groups, though authentication remains incomplete.
At the Richmond Free Fair on Saturday crowds enjoyed cool air and a grand parade. Children judged for costumes and bicycles, politicians tossed candy, floats depicted book titles, and premiums of 12 to 13 dollars plus prizes were awarded at the Community Building. 4-H animals and Kansas State Fair qualifiers drew attention before a country band and dance.
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