Public Works Hits Again With Cable Breaks In City
A city crew damaged an underground telephone cable at Fifth and Hickory cutting service for up to 10 hours to about 400 customers. A Thursday fault on Third Street affected eight hours. Friday a water line was punctured at Fifth and Walnut, disrupting water to South Main businesses for about two hours. Public Works Director Bob Moore will obtain Bell’s line map to prevent future cuts.
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Fifth and
Hickory
Bell Telephone
Third Street
Walnut
Locust
South Main
Bob Moore
Bell
Carter aides plan 1980 cuts could trims subsidized housing
Washington sources say President Carter's spending experts back budget cuts that could reduce federally subsidized housing from about 330 000 units to roughly 225 000 in fiscal 1980. HUD seeks 300 000 units. OMB touts lower per unit costs and shifting to cheaper subsidies.
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Washington
Carter
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Gerald R. Ford
Richard M. Nixon
HUD
Office of Management and Budget
Budget Office
Department
OMB
White House
Farmers Urged To Push Exports
Executives of MBPXL Corp and Garnac Grain Inc urged Kansas farmers to expand foreign markets and oppose import barriers. Robert Strauss noted as trade negotiator. isolationist talk warned against a global cartelist price rise. County forecast calls for cloudy, colder weather with light snow possible tonight and Wednesday.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas
Kansas Farm Burea
Robert Strauss
Carter
Efrim Adnapoz
Wichita
Mbpxl Corp
U.S
Gilbert Vigier
New York
Garnac Grain Inc
Bad Checks Keep Everyone Busy in Franklin County
Franklin County sees 205 of 425 criminal cases this year tied to bad check writing. Supermarkets, gas stations, and discount stores are major victims. Convictions reach 114 with 91 dismissed or pending warrants, while restitution and suspended sentences shape outcomes amid identification and banking-record challenges. Checks over 50 dollars and two same-day bad checks become felonies. repeat misdemeanor offenders face felonies. Potential remedies include photo ID, driver license data on checks, and new equipment like Regiscope aiding in identifying check writers.
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Jim Clark
Clark
Johnson County
Kansas
Cooperative Eyes Big Student Influx
The East Central Vocational Cooperative reports a potential 50 to 100 percent rise in student enrollment next year based on surveys from Ottawa Pomona Central Heights Baldwin and Williamsburg districts. Current enrollment is about 100, with a 200 capacity after the new building.
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Jay Bemis
East Central Vocational Cooperative
Ottawa
Pomona
Central Heights
Baldwin
Williamsburg
Ben Moor
FBI Discipline Looms Over Weather Underground Surveillance
FBI Director William H. Webster moved to fire two agents and discipline two supervisory staff over break ins and illegal surveillance of Weather Underground in the early 1970s. He declined discipline for 59 others acting under orders without clear legal guidance from FBI HQ.
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Washington
FBI
William H. Webster
Weather Underground
Webster
Department of Justice
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Cedar Street
Mike Gullett
PC Agenda
Pinehurst Estates
West Second
Ottawa: City Commission
Planning Commission
Burrough
Poplar Street
Highland Heights
Telenet
Athletic’ Department
Franklin County
Moor
Ottawa High School
L. Patrick Gray III
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