Lawmakers wrestle with school finance reform in Kansas
In the Kansas Statehouse, legislators chaired by Rep Bowden and Rep Wagnon gathered to discuss a sweeping plan to centralize school funding. The group weighed a statewide school tax and the loss of local district tax authority, amid concerns over taxes, equity, and court orders.
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Topeka
Statehouse
Rick Bowden
House Education Committee
Joan Wagnon
House
Wagnon
Senate
Joan Finney
Don Smith
Dodge City
Lee Hamm
Carl Holmes
Clyde Graeber
Leavenworth
Supreme Court
Smith
Ottawa area Folks & Facts highlights and honors
The Ottawa community features a National Children's Dental Health Month coloring contest sponsored by dentist Bill Burks with winners Amanda Lee, Matthew Neff, Evan Daugharthy, and others. Elks scholarships reward Ottawa High School seniors Tamara Slankard and Julie Herrick. Founders Day honors a University of Chicago professor Marty Baldwin. Appanoose Thinking Cap Quiz Bowl results place sixth graders fifth in state. Local dean’s list and honor roll notices, plus WCTU 1992 theme Families United and meeting plans.
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Ottawa
Bill Burks
Amanda Lee
Matthew Neff
Evan Daugharthy
Matthew Gifford
Kelsey Salman
Seth Ferguson
JoAnn Fitzgerald
Brady Keim
Cord Bradley
Sarah Galatia
Tim Leitaker
Crystal Branyon
Catie Wilson
McDonald's
Elks
Ottawa Elks Lodge
Tamara Slankard
Julie Herrick
Slankard
Pat Slankard
Julie
John
Linda Herrick
Tamara
Chicago
Baldwin
Martin E. Marty
University of Chicago
Baker University
Marty
Billy Lincoln
Jacob Lang
John Neill
Jennifer Green
Jessie Watts
Michael Moody
Bryan McNees
Patrick Crooks
Jeff Bingham
Jamie Bingham
Stacia Wood
Alex Lincoln
Elizabeth Germer
Harold Germer
N. Hemlock
William Jewell College
Liberty
Kelly M. Brown
Quenemo
Allen County Community College
Iola
WCTU
Women's Christian Temperance Mary Black Union
Joanne Morrison
Goldie Wadkins
Ann Sommers
Free Methodist Church
N. Oak
Noriega case notes Japanese investors link to canal
Defense transcripts reveal Noriega discussed Japanese buyers paying him for help with a canal takeover. Judge Hoeveler remarked on Japanese influence as the trial touched on whether he aided Japanese interests. Proceedings paused as DEA agents prepared to testify for the defense.
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Miami
Manuel Noriega
Panama Canal
U.S
William Hoeveler
Nonega
Noriega
Panama
United States
Japan
Amjad Awan
Bank of Credit and Commerce International
Justice Department
Frank Rubino
Awan
Rubino
London
Houston
Hawaii
Hoeveler
Drug Enforcement Administration
AP chief Boccardi Urges Press to Serve Audiences in 1992
Lawrence Kansas AP report says Louis Boccardi president of The Associated Press cautions media against irrelevance and urges focus on accurate fair reporting. He urges coverage of relevant issues and candidates while criticizing excessive attention to the Clinton affair as not the campaign’s core issue.
Kansas reporters win Marvin Award for KPERS enterprise
Lawrence Kansas AP Rich Hood and Gene Meyer of The Kansas City Star win the Burton W Marvin Kansas News Enterprise Award for a year long series on the KPERS money loss scandal based on over 200 stories and 2,000 interviews. Wichita Eagle's Jon Roe earns honorable mention for a comparative city leadership section.
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Lawrence, Kan
Kansas City Star
Kansas
Rich Hood
Gene Meyer
Burton W. Marvin
Kansas News Enterprise
William Allen White Foundation
Hood
KPERS
Wichita Eagle
Jon Roe
Wichita
U.S
Foundation
Paul Stevens
Associated Press
Kansas City
Dave Seaton
Winfield Daily Courier
Bill Coon
Vance Publishing
Local Ad Briefs Highlight Standout Night Offers
Sat night ribeye dinner priced at 5.88 from Hill House. Appanoose grade School hosts chili supper and carnival 5 30 to 8 30 on Fab 8. Budge's Winter Clearance continues at 208 S Main. Valentine items include diamond heart shapes priced 400 to 1490 with terms. Legislative coffee Feb 8 at Peoples Nat's Bank. Dairy Queen offers frozen cake orders by Feb 12. Wendy's breakfast specials list prices under 2 dollars. Young Place announces winter clearance at 50 percent off.
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Dairy Queen
Dairy Queen Nord
South
Ottawa Herald subscription rates listed for 1991
The Ottawa Herald publishes daily except Sundays with subscription rates effective March 1 1991. Rates vary by delivery method and location including Ottawa carrier service rural route motor route and mail in Franklin and adjacent counties with prices ranging from one month five dollars sixty to sixty eight dollars annually.
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Jim R, Hitch
Terry Ostmeyer
Day Bemis
Carol Ackermann
Peg Armstrong
Virginia Whitacre
Wayne Snow
Joan Rossman
Calivary
Ottawa
Cartier
Franklin County
State of Kansas
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The
Capitol
Holmes
Sandy Praeger
Lawrence
Doug Lawrence
Burlington
Marvin Barkis
Louisburg
Paola
John Marshall
Harris News Service
S.clusser
Narbenseee
Hill House
Appanoose
S. Main
Sutton
Peoples Nat's Bank
Wendy's
Ottawa Herald
104. S. Cedar
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