City hearing on Skunk Run needs for HUD funds
Ottawa residents pressed the city commission to include Skunk Run improvements in its Community Development application. Richard O. Elliott cited flooding basements from increased runoff after paving on Elm Willow and Ash streets, debris in the run, and children swimming when full. He warned mosquitoes breed when water stands. The run flows from 17th Street northeast past First Street into the Marais des Cygnes River. Continued on Page 10.
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Jay Bemis
Ottawa City Commission
Richard O. Elliott
S. Elm
17Th Street
Ottawa
First Street
Marais Des Cygnes
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Elliott
Elm, Willow
Ash Streets
City Park
Vocational Coop tours new building near Ottawa High
East Central Vocational Cooperative board members toured a new facility west of Ottawa High School as opening day brought heating issues and unfinished touches. They approved three new classes health occupations graphic arts and distributive education plus a wage raise for a student secretary and scheduled Vocational Education Week events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Bemis
East Central Vocational Cooperative
Ottawa High School
Ben Moor
Ottawa U.S.C
Moor
City Planners Put Off Decision On West Fifteenth Rezoning
Ottawa planning commissioners met over two hours but halted action on a re zoning request for Stuart Young on West Fifteenth. A 5-2 vote continued discussion next month as opponents argued traffic and value concerns while supporters cited housing needs and nearby comparisons.
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Harris Ray
Ottawa
West Fifteenth Street
West Fifteenth
Stuart Young
Ash
Young
Kansas City
Joel Tonkin
Urban Equities Inc
Floyd Coffman
Young’s
Marian Turner
Tonkin
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
David Watkins
HUD
Duane Anderson
West Fifteenth Area
Salina
Anderson
Feather Kaiser
First Wage Challenge Looms
AP reports AL Grospiron, president of the Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers Union since 1965, leads the first big test of President Carter's 7 percent wage guidelines as negotiations with 245 oil firms threaten a national walkout amid 400 contracts. Industry sources note automation may blunt immediate production impact and company spokesmen declined comment.
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Denver
Carter
al Grospiron
Texas City
Texas
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union
Grospiron Authority
Bakhtiar vows gradual martial law exit in Iran
Prime Minister-designate Shahpour Bakhtiar pledged to dismantle martial law gradually after parliament nominated him as Iran's civilian premier. He hinted Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi may depart the country for rest, with speculation Washington pressed the move. In Beverly Hills the Shah’s queen mother and sister were besieged by demonstrators torching cars and causing fires. 35 injured, two seriously. County forecast notes increasing cloudiness with snow flurries and temperatures in the mid-20s to mid-30s.
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Tehran
Iran
Shahpour Bakhtiar
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Bakhtiar
Washington
Beverly Hills
Calif
Los Angeles
Kansas coal slurry pipeline push gains lobbying heft
Supporters led by Energy Transportation Systems press for a 1979 legislative win to back a 1036 mile coal slurry line from Wyoming to Arkansas. Backers include Bechtel linked interests and Lehman Brothers, with railroad opposition over land rights and rail revenue shares. ETSI seeks eminent domain powers. Kansas and Nebraska lawmakers have refused.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Duane
Pete” McGill
House
House of Representatives
Energy Transportation Systems Inc
California
Bechtel Corp
Hoover Dam
Kansas- Nebraska Natural Gas Co
Hastings
Neb
Lehman Brothers
United Energy Resources, Inc
Powder River Basin
Wyoming
White Bluff
Ark
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Sumner County
Wichita
ETSI
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Mike Gullett
Scott Smith
United States
Shah
Crimson Tide
Tropics
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