Kansas Power and Light seeks interim rate hike ruling
The Kansas Corporation Commission may decide within three to four weeks on Kansas Power and Light Co.’s request for an immediate 9 million dollar rate increase, potentially raising bills 20 to 25 percent. The hearing concluded and the decision is due after Sept. 5, for a temporary measure until the 55 million dollar filing is resolved later this fall.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas Corporation Commission
Kansas Power and Light Co
KCC
G.T. van Bebber
KPL
MRS PAULINE MCWHINNEY SERVICES AND LOCAL NOTES
Obituary for Mrs Pauline H McWhinney of Kansas City Kansas formerly Pomona died Aug 10 at Trinity Lutheran Hospital Kansas City Mo funeral arrangements to be announced by Dengel Son Mortuary Local public safety notices include Thursday accidents in King Radio and North Pence parking lots and a hit and run in Alco lot Damages and thefts listed from Bendix Mobile Homes Pepai Cola plant and Calvary Baptist Church Stained glass windows damaged at Calvary Baptist Church. Divorces granted for Koch Conard and Carolan and multiple marriage licenses issued to residents of Ottawa Wellsville and Williamsburg In Kansas City Missouri Quotations for Friday cattle and hog markets with price ranges provided.
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Kansas City
Kan
University of Kansas Medical Center
Public Service Employees Union Local 1132
Wyandotte
C.9. Claflin
Francis Jacobs
David Waxman
Waxman
U S
Susan Shipley
Pauline H.,mcwhinney
Pauline H. McWhinney
Pomona
Trinity Lutheran Hospital
Dengel & Son Mortuary
Department of Public Safety
King Radio
Dorothy D. Hull
Princeton
Glenda Howell
Hickory
North Pence
Gayla D. Moore
Ash
Cecilia A. Chessbro
Ottawa
Alco
Saturido Lorenzo
Winchester
Calvary Baptist Church
Seventh
Bendix Mobile Homes
Davis Road
Pepai-Cola
Croatian hostage crisis ends with peaceful surrender and releases
Two armed Croatian nationalists who threatened to blow up the West German consulate released six hostages unharmed after a 10 hour standoff. The surrender followed long distance pleas from a prisoner’s brother, Ivan Bilandzic, who spoke with his brother Stjepan Bilandzic by phone. Deputy Superintendent Victor Vrdolyak aided the talks. The men, Bozo Kalava and Mile Kodzoman, face federal charges.
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Chicago
Ivan Bilandzic
Stjepan Bilandzic
Cologne
West Germany
Bilandzic
Croatian People’s Resistance
Yugoslavia
Ivan
Stjepan
Victor Vrdolyak
Vrdolyak
David Mozee
FBI
George Mandich
Bozo Kalava
Mile Kodzoman
Kalava
San Francisco
Kodzoman
Mandich
Monroe
Americans aim to circumnavigate globe in 30 days by balloon
The three transatlantic balloonists Ben Abruzzo Maxie Anderson and Larry Newman all of Albuquerque New Mexico stated they plan a round the world balloon trip in 30 days noting cost but cheaper than Everest They celebrated in Paris after landing near Miserey and received gold medals from the French minister of Sparta Carter sent a congratulatory telegram and Air France offered a Concorde return flight. the Double Eagle II was shredded by souvenir seekers.
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Paris
Ben Abrizzo
Mount
Everest
Abruzzo
Maxie Anderson
Larry Newman
Albuquerque
N.M
Count de Saint Sauveur
French Balloon Federation
Carter
White House
Sparta
Charles A. Lindbergh
U.S
Atlantic
Newman
Air France
London
Don Cameron
Christopher Davey
Anderson
Miserey
Local Drug Store Theft Thwarted By Jay Bemis
An attempted theft at the Professional Building at 1320.8 Ash was thwarted when burglars heard a pharmacy alarm and fled before DPS officers arrived four minutes later. A roof hole and tarred hole saw were found, with drugs including quaaludes and phenobarbitol recovered away from Clinic Pharmacy. Two or more suspects likely involved. one may have fallen through the ceiling during entry.
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Jay Bemis
Ash
Department of Public Safety
DPS
James Raby
George Kramer
Clinic Pharmacy
Kramer and Son Pharmacy, Inc
Raby
Puppet Show at Ottawa Library Brings Tall Tales Wagon
Outdoor puppet performance by Wonderland Stage Company at the Ottawa Library Saturday morning August 26 at 10. The show Tall Tales from the Flat Lands uses a traveling circus wagon to stage comic sketches about early Kansas history. Free admission. Backstage tour after. Grant from Northeast Kansas Library System helps cover costs.
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Ottawa
Wonderland Stage Company
Flat Lands
Kansas
Northeast Kansas Library System
House blocks Senate office building funds in rare clash
In a 245-133 vote the House denied funds for the Senate office complex, curbing parity between chambers. The move caps a historic intrusion into Senate planning, drawing comments from Sen. Proxmire and Chafee as Byrd and ONeill navigated the Capitol’s divisions. The Senate later adopted a recess resolution to end the clash.
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Washington
House
Senate
Capitol
Capital Hill
Rayburn House
Congressional
Philip A. Hart
Hart
Michigan
Chamber of Congress
House of Representatives
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Sen
John Chafee
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Ottawa Area Event and Ad Briefs Sweep for Aug Weekend
A collage of local notices covers 20 percent bra sale at Litwins through Saturday, Demolition Derby in Lat., Aug. 19 at 8 pm, Montgomery Ward summer Saturday closings at 2 pm, homemade ice cream and cake Sunday Aug. 20 at 2 pm, VFW Post 5901 event, Class of 78 dance Aug. 19 at 8:30 pm, Luau reservations due Aug. 23, Channel catfish special at Joseys Cafe, speaker Joey Bochenek at Ottawa Bible Church Aug. 20, government bonds with 8.3 percent yield via Edward D. Jones, move to Country Club Heights, painting volunteer needed, new crocheted toys sale, Herald delivery call, Countryside dance at Getaway Club Pomona, Blue Room Tavern country night.
Ray Explains Guilty Plea to King Murder Case
James Earl Ray, testifying before the House Assassinations Committee, admitted a detailed confession to the King murder and would repeat it, but argued that not all guilty pleas come from heaven. He cited alleged coercion by his lawyer and mistreatment in jail while denying pressure to abandon the plea.
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Washington
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King, Jr
Ray
House
Jan
Memphis
Secon
King
Harold S. Sawyer
Reich
Sawyer
Percy Foreman
Lane
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Ozawatomie
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Atchison
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Tommy D. Skiles
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Randy Joe McFadden
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Dorothy Reams
David Bunch, Carl Koehler
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