More Snow Due to Hit Kansas in Coming Days
Snow blankets Kansas with several inches at Salina Concordia and light levels elsewhere. A winter storm watch is issued for northwestern Kansas tonight and the rest of the state Tuesday as a disturbance moves from Utah. Temperatures will range from the teens to the 30s with increasing cloudiness and a broad chance of more snow through Tuesday and cold conditions midweek.
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Ottawa Planning Commission to hear Loyd Builders zoning request
The agenda for the regular 7 p.m. Tuesday meeting includes continuing the public hearing on Loyd Builders zoning petition for a Main Street tract between 18th and 14th. A second public hearing will consider vacation of an alley between Poplar and Mulberry, bounded north by Seventh and running 300 feet south.
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Carter Turns Again To Reorganization
President elect Carter resumes focus on government reorganization and a possible new Department of Energy and Natural Resources. He plans meetings with Lance and awaits budget, while visiting his mother in Americus and attending Plains Baptist Church with several black guests, marking a notable moment for local integration.
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Ford Plans Busy 17 Days as President End Nears
Washington AP Ford returns from Vail Colorado with wife Betty. vows active leadership in final days. Key actions include ending government controls on gasoline prices, proposing a $10 billion tax cut, reconsidering blanket amnesty for Vietnam era draft evaders, and introducing legislation to admit Puerto Rico as a state amid opposition.
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Ottawa City loses 250000 federal grant for water project
EDA rejects Ottawa's request for 250000 in Local Public Works funds to finance a 12 inch water main and distribution system upgrades. City Manager Mills cites unemployment figures and notes grant would lower project cost from about 4.5 million to 4.2 million, with slower rate increases.
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Puerto Rico Governor Keeps Focus on Economy
Puerto Rico's new governor Carlos Romero Barcelo, sworn in as the island's fifth elected leader, pledges to revive the sagging economy and end intolerable living conditions. He avoided addressing Ford's statehood proposal, saying economy comes first and the issue will be studied later.
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Sprinklers Help Contain RMH Fire On New Year’s Eve
Fire damaged the old section of Ransom Memorial Hospital costing about 3000 dollars. The sprinkler alarm worked and confined the fire to the attic after responders had to use a Cedar Street hydrant. Investigators suspect an electrical light socket or short may have sparked the blaze. some sprinklers did not activate as expected. No patients were in the affected area. roof repair plans are tentative.
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Herald
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Holiday fires kill dozens across seven states
A New Year weekend blaze toll rose to at least 45 lives across seven states with major fires in Chicago Brookfield and Boston Old North Church damaged. Chicago fires killed five in Brookfield housing an unidentified woman burned. two gasoline cans found on the fourth floor. Chicago Northwest Side blaze killed nine with undetermined cause. Old North Church in Boston suffered smoke damage from a four alarm fire near an adjacent building.
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