Boiler woes force library to change hours
Ottawa Library shutdowns due to a nonfunctional boiler prompt an emergency vote to buy a new unit. A Kansas City factory boiler should arrive in eight to ten weeks. installation aims for Monday. Projected total costs between 10,000 and 11,000 dollars will be drawn from the library reserve fund.
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Ottawa Library Board of Trustees
Raymond Carey
Carey Mechanical
Carey
Ottawa
Kansas City
Dew
Budget battle looms as Kansas faces deficit risk
Harris News Service reports on the Kansas budget crisis as lawmakers prepare for the 1990 session. With a general fund of 2.447 billion and only 89 million carryover, experts warn of potential deficit financing amid planned no increases for education and welfare.
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Ahrens
Mike Hayden
Ryan
State Welfare Department
Local notes and arrests shape Franklin County Tuesday
Admissions include Shanna Kunard Garnett and Raymond Norcross Ottawa with dismissals for Pearl Petersen Ottawa. Randall S Flack 26 of 610 Beech arrested on failure to appear warrant. held in Franklin County Jail. Glen Albers 22 Eudora arrested on DUI. bond set at 530. Theft reported in North Cedar area. church charity scam denied by church officials. Multiple traffic incidents on I 35 23rd Main and Pomona with damages over 500 and possible injuries. Local market quotes given for wheat corn milo soybeans and PIK certificates.
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Shanna Kunard
Garnett
Raymond Norcross
Ottawa
Pearl Petersen
Sheriff’s News
Randall S. Flack
Beech
Franklin County
Public Safety News
Glen Frank Albers
Eudora
Department of Public Safety
North Cedar
Stephanie A. Weldon
Wichita
Weldon
Ransom Memorial Hospital
23Rd and
Main
Kristin Lee Hoffmeister
Oakland
Calif
Joan L. Geer
Geer
Pomona
Lawrence L. Turnbaugh
Quenemo
Turnbaugh
Fet
Lee
Wallsville
Jacqueline L. Lowe
Wellsville
Ottawa Co-op
ASCS
Laura F Pitts Garnett obituary and services details
Laura Faye Pitts Garnett 92 of Richmond died December 23 1989 at Oakhaven Nursing Home Richmond funeral at 130 pm Friday at Farris Feuerbom Chapel Garnett burial at Berea Cemetery LaCygne born May 25 1897 married Everett Pitts January 29 1914 he died June 1972 survivor s include two daughters Ida Faye Lickteig Defiance Iowa Mamie Pedrow Richmond four sons Marion Pitts Sabins New York Amos and Everett Pitts Medford Ore Carl Pitts Oskaloosa Iowa 33 grandchildren and many great grandchildren memorials suggested to Anderson County Hospital Garnett. The family will meet friends 7 to 8 Thursday at Farris Feuerbom Chapel. John Firman Gere 87 Baldwin died December 25 1989 funeral 1 pm Wednesday January 3 1990 at Lamb Roberts Funeral Home burial Walnut Creek Cemetery south of Wellsville complete obituary later.
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Laura F. Pitts
Ida Faye Lickteig
Defiance
Iowa
Mamie Pedrow
Richmond
Marion Pitts
John F. Gere
John Firman Gere
Baldwin
Ottawa
Orchard Lane
Lamb-Roberts
Walnut Creek Cemetery
Wellsville
Rockwell accused of harassment in whistleblower case
Houston based documents allege Rockwell International used confidential files on aerospace workers who spoke out about fraud and safety in the space shuttle program. The suit names Rockwell Space Operations Co RSOC and two RSOC security officials, with settlements reached with Unisys and four employees.
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Houston
Rockwell International Corp
U.S. District Court
Rockwell
Houston Post
Ms. Solomon
Unisys Corp
Unisys
Rockwell Space Operations Co
Rockwell International
RSOC
James Roberts
Danny T. Myers
Franklin County Almanac Forecast for Tonight and Thursday
The forecast lists clear conditions for tonight with lows near 30 degrees. Thursday will be partly cloudy with highs in the mid-50s and southerly winds of 10 to 20 mph.
Driving Safely in Kansas During the Holiday Season
DPS News warns Kansans that traffic fatalities will far surpass murders and property losses will exceed burglaries. It stresses that driving is a privilege, laws are tested before licensing, and compliance with all traffic rules reduces risk of death.
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State of Kansas
State of
Kansas
Namning
Ticket
M.K. O’ Shea
Ottawa
County GOP women to elect officers at Poncho's
Franklin County Republican Women will meet at Poncho's 429 S Main at noon Friday to elect officers for the upcoming year and discuss Kansas Day activities planned in Topeka January 26 and 27.
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County Gop
Franklin County
S. Main
Topeka
After School Call Your Phone Friend Ad Briefs
Local ad briefs list after school phone line hours 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Various businesses announce winter hours and sales including carpet warehouse fashion alley and a New Year party at The Other Place. Mentions corrections to Budge’s sale and new looks from Scruples Effects Perm System with appointments. Ottawa events include Sanitation route changes and New Year’s Eve dance with Over Easy at Over Easy.
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Charlotte's Chat
S. Elm
Larry
Cora
Kansas Tech Enterprise grants total 828 thousand dollars
The Kansas Technology Enterprise Corp awarded 828,063 in economic development grants. Nine grants were approved, including 575,524 to KU, KSU, and Wichita State University for lab equipment, and 252,539 to five companies and an agricultural group.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Technology Enterprise Corp
University of Kansas
Kansas State University
Wichita State University
Kansas State
Kraft TeleRobotics Inc
Overland Park
Master Machine Tools
Nutchinson
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Herald
Barbara Dew
Alice Jo DeFries
John Marshall Harris
Legislative Research
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General Fund
Richard Ryan
Division of Legislative Research
Ed Ahrens
Legislative Budget Committee
the Daily Report
Janet Dean
el Segundo
Ria Solomon
America
The
Post
Franklin County Almanac
DPS News
Ad Briefs
BUDGE
Sutton
Ottawa Sanitation
Fashion Alley
Shawnee
American White Wheat Producers Association
Interface Consultants
Pittsburg
Comdisco Systems Inc
Lawrence
Unitech Corp
Memoriam
Warren H. Garrett
Warren H
Bud" Garrett
Woodlawn
Mr. Garrett
Hickers
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