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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1978
Page
5
Washington AP reports on inflation standards as Hershey Foods raises chocolate bar prices from 20 to 25 cents. Carter administration rules aim to limit price rises to a set threshold, but the calculation shows a 9.4 percent rise fits within the current framework while broader applications remain unsettled.
A statewide AP survey shows few Kansans support increasing the fuel tax to fund better roads while many lack knowledge of the current cents-per-gallon rate. The results highlight public unfamiliarity with the tax specifics amid transportation funding debates.
Newark officials report 11 charred bodies found in a tenement blaze described as a roaring inferno with a missing 3 year old believed dead. Eighteen escaped. authorities expected the child perished as roof collapsed. Fire chief and director state this is the citys worst fire in 25 years.
Eugene Westergren, 51, of Lawrence, was found guilty of the murder and attempted rape of 84 year old Vanera Smith in November 1977. A pre sentence mental examination will be conducted at Larned State Hospital as judge Floyd Coffman of Ottawa noted.
A chaotic clipping summarizes multiple legal notices in Franklin County Kansas. It covers a divorce petition by James Howland against S Howland with a pleading due by January 12, 1979, and notices to creditors for the estates of Mary Bell Guy deceased and Lloyd Robbins Sr. plus probate actions for Frank W. Anderson. The notices list attorneys in Ottawa and Ind and Main Ottawa, with dates first published November 24, 1978 and final publication December 15, 1978.
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