Local Three More Charged In Recent Coin Thefts
The Department of Public Safety arrested two more juveniles and an adult in a string of coin thefts from local coin operated businesses. The group now totals six juveniles and one adult facing charges, with arrests tied to a December 2 coin box theft at Cravens Car Wash. Steve Howard, 19, and two Ottawa youths were charged with vandalism and theft. Howard released on recognizance, others sent to juvenile court. Earlier, four Ottawa boys aged 16 and 17 were also arrested for thefts from two car washes and a laundromat and referred to juvenile authorities.
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Department of Public Safety
Steve Howard
Canterbury Court
Ottawa
Cravens
Main
Howard
Theft Of Firm's Payroll Almost Ruins Ottawa Millwork Payday
Ottawa Millwork and American Cellulose Manufacturing suffered overnight break-ins at Ottawa Industrial Park. Millwork payroll of about 2100 dollars was stolen but payment halted. messenger rushed to Kansas City for replacement checks. Damages included a broken window and damaged pop machine at American Cellulose. Police suspect the same burglar committed both thefts.
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Ottawa
Bob Ellerman
Ottawa Millwork
Kansas City
Ellerman
Department of Public Safety
Window Vandal Sentenced in Ottawa Case
Ronald T. Thompson, 22, of Ottawa, was granted two years probation after pleading guilty to felony criminal damage for a October 1 window spree along Main Street. He must pay about $1,800 restitution for broken windows at Hair Affair and nearby shops, with additional charges dropped in a plea deal.
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Ottawa
Main Street
Ronald T. Thompson
S. Cherry
S. Main
Santa Fe Industries to Boost 1981 Capital Spending
Santa Fe Industries plans $519 million in capital expenditures for 1981, a 6 percent rise from 1960 levels. Major allocations include $258 million for Santa Fe Railway, $216 million for oil and mineral resource development, and $60 diesel locomotives plus 406 freight cars.
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Topeka
Kan
Santa Fe Industries, Inc
John S. Reed
Santa Fe
Reed
Santa Fe Railway
Capitol
Life sentence for hitchhiker shooting in Princeton case
David Jude Leaverton, 23, of St. Joseph Missouri, was sentenced to 20 years to life in the Kansas State Penitentiary after being found guilty of aggravated battery and robbery in the January 14 shooting of Dan Croman, a hitchhiker. The judge ordered concurrent terms of 10 to 20 years on the battery charge and 15 to life on the robbery, with prior escape time served concurrently.
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David Jude Leaverton
St. Joseph
Princeton
Kansas State Penitentiary
Lansing
Dan Croman
Shawnee
Leaverton
Floyd H. Coffman
Croman
Jesse Bud Leaverton
David
James Fanning
Robert Allen Fisher
Mrs Florence L Kirk dies at 68 in Miami County
Obituary notes the Osawatomie resident Mrs Florence L Kirk, 68, died Monday at a Miami County hospital. Burial was in Osawatomie Cemetery. Born April 1, 1912 in Ottawa, she lived in Kansas City from 1936. Survivors include two sons, two sisters, two step-sons, seven grandchildren, and three step-grandchildren. Also listed are admissions, dismissals, births, a plea, marriages, divorces, arrests, and local market prices.
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Florence L. Kirk
Osawatomie
Miami County
Ronnie Kirk
Paola
James Kirk
Lucille Kunard
Ottawa Rfd 2
Hazel Roberson
Excelsior Springs
Corwin Kirk
Tuscon
Ariz
Robert Kirk
San Diego
Law settles for 21000 to KU student typhoid case
In Topeka the Joint Committee on Claims Against the State agreed to a 21000 settlement for Raymond R. Sieradzan a University of Kansas senior from Syracuse who contracted typhoid fever in a July 1979 microbiology lab This marks the first settlement under the 1979 Tort Claims Act now needing 1981 Legislature approval The money covers medical costs and pain and suffering Miller the deputy attorney general noted typhoid remains rare and often hard to diagnose with classroom exposure cited as the apparent source
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Topeka
Kan
University of Kansas
Raymond R. Sieradzan
Syracuse
N.Y
Bruce Miller
Sieradzan
Wheat Futures Trading Erratic On KC Board
Wheat futures showed a volatile session on the Kansas City Board of Trade after a 25-cent limit drop. March futures slid from $4.33% to $4.20, surged to $4.55, then eased to a dime lower by mid morning as December closed at $4.10% and other months posted gains. Board analyst Rod Turnbull noted ongoing skid as investors face high margins and reluctant borrowing, predicting an eventual bottom.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Board of Trade
Rod Turnbull
Probation Reinstituted for Randall Cantrell in District Court
Randall A Cantrell 21 of 701 S Oak had two years probation revoked in August and had it reinstituted today in District Court after being transferred from the Kansas State Industrial Reformatory. He was released from custody and will move his family to Oklahoma where probation will be supervised. The August revocation followed an aggravated battery charge for July 18 against Rick Lee Trout at Trout's home. Prosecutor Jim Clark dropped the charge as futile after reinstitution of probation.
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Randall A. Cantrell
S. Oak
Cantrell
Kansas State Industrial Reformatory
Hutchinson
Will
Oklahoma
Rick Lee Trout
Trout
Jim Clark
USED TVs and local holiday notices mix in Ottawa ads
A dense cluster of small ads lists used 19 and 23 inch TVs at Action Appliance 124 South Main, plus Elks chili soup supper Friday 7 to 9 pm, and a series of Christmas events. Other items include SIRLOIN specials at S & M Buffet, Shaklee holiday products, live music at Back Door Club Pomona, farm bureau twine orders by Dec 15, jewelry at Pamida December 19–23, Christmas trees and greenery from Willis Garden Center, and numerous sale offers and community notices from Creighton area shops and clubs in a festive period roundup.
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Thompson
Freda’s
Woolworth’s
Wassmer Clothing
Santa Fe Industries
Johnson County
Olathe
the Daily Report
Ada Stecher
William DeVore
Richmond
Patricia Wiseman
Baldwin
Barbara Dyer
Pomona
James
Dale’' Davis
N. Cedar
Marie Freed
S. Poplar
Roger Schumacher
College
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E. Wilson
Allen Zabloudil
S. Hickory
Ivan Wiseman
Baldwin Red
District Court News
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Lois M. Tilton
Henry J. Nixon
Legal
Lebo
L. Josephine Webb
Stilwell
Dale E. Poe
Catherine Ann Poto
Rantoul
Sally
Public Safety News
Curtin
Ottawa Co-op
Kansas
Grace Episcopal Church
Ottawa Junior High
Nancy Doyen
E. 12Th
Marcheta Willhite
Cynthia Funk
Wellsville
RFD
Virginia Mingee
Overbrook
Miller
Texas
Florida
Douglas County
South Main
S & M Buffet
J.C. Midland
Farm Bureau
Scott Service
Pamida
Clio
Green Garde
Willis Garden Center
Cherry
Ad Briefs
Sacred Heart
AVON
Guys and Dolls
Judy
Terry Middleton
Credit Women International
Alco
OU Chapel
United Way
Delta Chi Omega
VFW
VFW Hall
Young Place Kids
Young Place
P.j
Young Place Kids Clothes
Madge Wallace Ott
Christopher Martin Ott
Lamb Roberts Funeral
Henry A. Roberts, Jr
Jerrald R. Harnden
Banhasa
Ottawai
American Cancer Society
Kansas Heart Association
Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home
Ottawta
Wassmer’s
Men's Wear
T.v.s
Stereos
Acts Appliance & TV
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