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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1972
Page
4
Ottawa residents join Kansas City dealers and Royals at Municipal Stadium for a pregame picnic with the Royals and Orioles after a Motorla Dealer and Son Baseball Day event.
State Budget Director James W. Bibb reported that the Kansas general fund ended June 30, 1972 with 41.2 million dollars, over twice the forecasted 19.3 million. The $21.9 million surplus came from higher tax receipts 16.4 million, underspending 3 million, and shifting expenditures 2.4 million. after adjustments the net increase is 19.5 million. Fiscal 1972 receipts totaled 375.8 million, 16.4 million above revised estimates, with income tax at 94.4 million and sales tax at 159.1 million, both above forecasts.
The body of 65 year old Nellie M. Carothers was found at 6 17 AM this morning about 30 miles west of Gardner on 175th Street a county road. Authorities say she apparently fell asleep at the wheel and struck a concrete culvert abutment. Her body was taken to D W Newcomer and Sons Funeral Home in Overland Park with arrangements pending handled by Farris Funeral Home Garnett.
Probate Judge Don White announced extended hours at the Probate Court to stay open through the noon hour. He noted many working residents complained daytime visits were difficult and stated the office will still open at 8 a.m. and close at 5 p.m.
About 100 men of the 1st Battalion 127th Artillery Headquarters Battery completed two weeks of training at Camp Guernsey Wyoming and returned to Ottawa Sunday about 12 30 after the convoy left Friday morning.
TOPEKA Kan AP The governors office reports Kansas July unemployment at 4.9 percent down from 6.2 percent a year earlier and 5 percent in June Total employed rose to 873 600 a July high while 44 600 people were unemployed down from 46 100 in June Non agricultural wage and salary employment reached 686 000 a new July record with gains in manufacturing government and construction and a 18 800 rise from July 1971
A Kansas City Chiefs home exhibition against the Baltimore Colts is shifted from local TV. Channel 12 Joplin airs the Republican National Convention instead, Channel 7 Pittsburg withholds for NBC’s week, and St Joseph cable will blackout the game. Radio may be the only option for viewers.
Obituaries for Henry Lassen and Porter Turner detail funeral services, burial sites, prior residences, and family survivors. Additional items include hospital admissions and dismissals, births, emergencies, livestock market summaries, marriage licenses, speeding fines, divorces, traffic accidents, and a house fire in Overbrook area, with public notices of local events and sheriffs reports.
Ottawa Kansas governing body passes Ordinance No 2445 requiring passenger seating and handlebar height limits for motorcycles and amends 120 of Ordinance 2408 while Ordinance 2444 restricts parking of disabled vehicles and junk in roadways. A resolution orders Elm Street improvements from Thirteenth Street to Gleason's Addition.
The city council of Ottawa Franklin County Kansas adopts a plan to improve Elm Street from Thirteenth Street North 663 feet to Gleason's Addition with either reinforced concrete or asphaltic concrete pavement. Estimated costs are 26,359.73 with city share 4,743.38 or 22,539.44 with city share 4,969.25, depending on the option chosen. The district includes blocks in Gleason's Addition and the cost will be assessed to those parcels without regard to existing improvements. The action was passed on August 2, 1972, with J L Hysom as Mayor Pro Tem.
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