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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1987
Page
8
Police report a Tuesday night roundup citing speeding and suspended licenses on I-35 and US-59. Others face probation, jail, or court dates amid traffic, vandalism, burglary, and non injury crash filings in Franklin and neighboring counties.
Regional forecast notes partly cloudy nights with lows in the teens to mid thirties. Warm days in the forties to sixties across states including Missouri Nebraska Colorado Arkansas and Oklahoma with occasional showers, wind shifts, and snow showers in northern mountains. Temperatures vary by region through Thursday with cooler weekends and scattered precipitation possible.
Kansans show broad backing for allowing children with AIDS to attend public schools, with 68 percent in favor. The poll also finds strong support for stricter high school graduation standards and high school sex education, while opinions vary on education for younger students. Public school parents show even stronger acceptance, 74 percent to 9 percent.
The Adult Education Center invites applications for two new computer oriented programs. Larry Turnbaugh will teach microcomputer service technician skills including repair of printers keyboards and drives culminating in a self built computer. Bob Becker will lead IBM microcomputer business applications on word processing database management electronic spreadsheets and standard software integration. Courses run Saturdays 8 am to 1 pm for 20 weeks January 9 to May 21 at the ECVC PALS lab and a six week December January session for the repair course. Fees are 400 and 675 with aid available and eight participants per course. Apply now at 242-6719.
A navy Fokker carrying Alianza Lima, Peru’s first place team, crashed into the Pacific near Lima. Of 43 aboard, 28 players, eight cheerleaders, six crew, and coach Marcos Calderon were on board. five bodies recovered, one survivor rescued from wreckage. The plane failed to extend landing gear on approach after leaving Pucallpa. The team had moved to first in the league after a win.
The Peoria Township board will meet at 6 30 p m Thursday at the Briles Community Building to discuss a contract for installing a bathroom and to close the books on the fiscal year. Navy Seaman Recruit Warren K Chambers son of Warren and Alice Chambers Pomona RFD 2 has completed recruit training at Recruit Training Command Great Lakes Ill He is a 1987 graduate of Pomona High School. Army National Guard Pvt Derek A Aldrich son of Kenneth and Darius Aldrich Garnett RFC 1 has completed basic training at Fort Dix N J He is a 1987 graduate of Garnett High School. Paper Angels created by area fifth and sixth graders for a KPL Gas Service contest are now on display at the local KPL office 1300 E Logan and at Anchor Savings Association 421 E Hickory. KPL hopes art lovers will adopt the angels with the local proceeds going to Kansas Special Olympics. Ellen Anne Mills has been selected as one of 50 students to represent Texas Christian University in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities She is a 1984 graduate of Ottawa High School and is a fine arts major at TCU. Almeda Edwards Ottawa RFD 2 member of Citizens' Alliance for Responsible Education CARE board attended meetings during the annual Kansas Association of School Boards in Topeka CARE is a nonpartisan political action committee dedicated to preserving strong local control of public education Membership is open to the public Edwards is a former Ottawa school board member.
Incomplete information led The Herald to omit that Ottawa Parks and Recreation Department tied for second in the float competition at last Saturday's Christmas parade. The tie caused one of four runnerup prizes to be eliminated. The three runners up are Sand Box Day Care Burg Go-Getters and the Ottawa Beauty Academy.
Community brief ads list antique shop hours gift items and crafts at Ottawa area venues. Mentions Jane's Antiques Feast Souvenir Jaycees Christmas fundraisers Mt Zion Bible School students Eagles Aux Christmas party and several sales and events around Ottawa including a pizza pans Avon sale and holiday dresses with discounts. Also notes corrections and entertainment at VFW and local venues with contact numbers for appointments and reservations.
Winston Barton, secretary of social and rehabilitation services, announced that Gerald Hannah will resign as commissioner of mental health and retardation services effective January 17. Acting commissioner George Vega will lead until a permanent replacement is named. Governmentwide shakeup follows Gov. Hayden’s September demand for resignations. The move comes amid findings of patient abuse reports and federal staffing concerns at Norton and Larned state hospitals with plans to shift 360 patients to community care.
Martin Dubilier, chairman of Clayton & Dubilier Inc., tours 65 of 106 Safeway stores in Oklahoma, southern Kansas and the Texas Panhandle. The purchase, tied to SWO Acquisition Corp., cost about 165 million dollars and includes three supply plants and an Oklahoma distribution center. Don Phillips is president and Max Raydon chief operating officer.
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