Light turns green for old jail renovation
Franklin County Commission heard that structural engineer Earl Devore found the 1971 built old jail capable of supporting the planned renovation. Costs for back pouring on the second floor, window replacement, and unusable pre purchased plumbing and electric lines will be estimated, while authority to pursue legal action against Kruse Architects was deemed unnecessary. Additional discussion covered expanding transportation for medical visits, with a report due by Jan 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Tellier
Herald
Franklin County
Earl Devore
Devore
County
Leroy Wasmund
Commis
Sion
Wendell Barker
Rex Bowling
Kruse Architects and Consultants
Wichita
Shisler
Pizza Hut robbery suspect at large in Ottawa
Ottawa police pursue leads in Sunday robbery at Pizza Hut on West 15th Street. A man in his late 20s to early 30s, about 5-8, 135 pounds, with light brown collar-length hair, wore a dark jacket and blue jeans and brandished a blue steel revolver to take cash and a pizza. Witness descriptions vary on facial hair. a composite may be released after further review.
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Jay Bemis
Herald City
Ottawa
Pizza Hut
W. 15Th
Ottawa Police
Jeff Herrman
Ron Puterbaugh
Herman
University of Kansas Police Department
Herrman
Kansas fair to add milking parlor and birthing center
At the 1992 Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson Topeka, officials vote to raze two milking dams and build a new milking parlor on the site, with a large tent birthing center east of it for near-term cattle and hog births. The project aims for completion for the 1992 fair, with bleachers for viewing. In Topeka, Kansas plans a tougher crackdown on illegal dog kennels, hiring an A G prosecutor to tackle puppy mills following a Humane Society tour. Hutchinson confirms a $12.7 million Cosmosphere expansion in three phases to triple space center size, with $3.3 million pledged and $1.69 million endowment. phases include renovations, new exhibits, a planetarium, a Mercury Redstone display, and a Future Astronaut dormitory.
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Hutchinson
Topeka
Kansas
Bob Stephan
Stephan
National Humane Society
The
Humane Society of the United States
Bob Baker
St. Louis
Kansas Cosmosphere
Space Center
Cosmosphere
Weather Outlook for Thursday to Saturday
Dry Thursday with a chance of rain eastward and rain or snow to the west on Friday and Saturday. Highs reach the 40s on Thursday and Friday, while the west stays in the 30s and the east reaches the 40s on Saturday. Lows span the 20s Thursday, from the 20s northwest to the 30s east Friday, and the teens northwest to the 30s east Saturday.
Murder rate climbs 51 percent in Kansas in first nine months
KBI director James Malson cites factors from budget constraints to gang violence as the state records 121 homicides January–September 1991, up from 80 in the same period 1990. Violent crime overall rose 8.5 percent. Wichita and Wyandotte County show notable spikes while KU, KSU, and WSU report varied campus crime.
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Matt Truell
Associated Press
Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
KBI
James Malson
Nation
Malson
Wyandotte County
Sedgwick
Shawnee County
Johnson County
Wichita
Kansas City
Kan
Overland Park
Lawrence
Olathe
Salina
Hutchinson
Wichita State University
North letter pits North against Schwarzkopf over fundraising
Oliver North angers H Norman Schwarzkopf Jr by using his image in a Freedom Alliance letter seeking donations for Gulf War veterans families. The four page appeal claims costs could exceed 575000, while Freedom Alliance has raised about 94000. Ottawa city commissioner Charles Gillette named to National League of Cities energy and environment committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oliver North
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
North
Schwarzkopf
Marvin Josephson
Freedom Alliance
Persian Gulf
Vietnam
Edward Browars
Legal Times
Ottawa City
Charles Gillette
National League of Cities
Energy, Environment and Natural Resources
Gillets
Washington, D.C
Dan Fogle
Gillette
Ottawa Commission
The Ottawa Herald Local Rates 1991 Summary
The Ottawa Herald lists subscription rates effective March 1 1991 for Ottawa and rural areas, with pricing by month three months six months and one year. Rates vary for carrier motor route and mail including out of state, with all figures in advance and subject to state sales tax.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
State of Kansas
Christmas sale notes and holiday closures across Ottawa area
Ad briefs list holiday offers and shop hours including COUNTRY LIVING, Willis Garden Center, and Ot tawa Frame Shoppe. Mentions final week at Arts Council Gift Gallery, Guy & Mae's vacation closure, open houses, and charity sale items from Soroptimist and Watts Gongcrete yards with contact numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Garden Center
Sun. & Cherry
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Bowling
Beatrice Shisler
Mid-America Council On Aging
Wellsville Clinic
Hutchinsons
Ay Seegnenenes
Aeeres Nansdonaeeeetes
Fabborens
Colby
el Ba
Opeka
Wurg
Sa Fares
Norman Stormin
National Post
Ottawa Herald
Ruth
S. Cedar
Dim R, Hitch
Terry Ostmeyer
Carol Ackermann
Peg Armstrong
Virginia Whitacre
Wayne Snow
Jean Rossman
Country Living
S. Main
Sun
Arts Council
GUY & Mae's
Gall
Rosie
Main
Watts
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