Tank car leak forces Sturgeon evacuations over caustic spill
In Sturgeon Missouri an 800 resident town evacuated before dawn after a railroad tank car ruptured spilling 20,000 gallons of chlorophenol a carbolic acid. Monsanto officials explained the chemical and its odor while officials warned residents to shelter as the material cooled into a semisolid state.
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Sturgeon
Missouri
Jim Patty
Boone County Civil Defense
John Spano
Monsanto Chemical Co
St. Louis
Pepsi Fence OK Near Ottawa Plant
The Ottawa Board of Zoning Appeals approved a nine-foot fence for the Pepsi-Cola Bottling plant at 300 W. 17th St after a brief meeting. City clerk Pete Smith said theft of gasoline from trucks outside the building prompted the request as the plant expands.
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Pepsi-Cola
17Th St
Ottawa Board of Zoning Appeals
Pete Smith
Board of Zoning Appeals
Graveside rites set for Harley V Wallace Hillsdale
Graveside services for Harley V. Wallace 58 of Salina will be at 10 am Friday in Hillsdale Cemetery. He died Sunday in a Salina hospital. Survived by three sons Harley Jr Jess L and Harold, a daughter Zoe, two brothers and three sisters. Eight grandchildren.
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Harley V. Wallace
Hillsdale
Salina
Wallace
Ottawa
Missouri-Pacific Railroad
Harley V. Wallace Jr
Germany
Jess L. Wallace
Offutt Air Force Base
Omaha
Neb
Harold Wallace
Clathe
Zoe Wallace
Clarence E. Ebeck
Gardner
Gardner Medical Center
Wilson and Son Funeral Home
Wellsville
Highland Cemetery
Merril Kluhsman
Ebeck
Morse
First Lutheran Church
Paola
American Legion Post
Pittsburg State honor rolls list Pomona and Ottawa names
Pittsburg State University honor rolls include Valerie McCann and Steve Swallow from Pomona and Dean Pope from Ottawa RFD 2. An OHS Class of 1969 reunion meeting is set for 2 p.m. Sunday at the First National Bank meeting room.
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Pittsburg State University
Valerie McCann
Steve Swallow
Pomona
Dean Pope
Ottawa Rfd
OHS
First National Bank
Merle Paul SR
Ottawa
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Allen County Community College
Karen Crist
Debra Sobba
Garnett
Kemberley Strobel
Richmond
Richard Boone
Wellsville
Shirley Crist
Dorothy Welch
Princeton
Chris Bowman
Margaret Caldwell
Osawatomie
Ray Cassel
Kathi Foltz
Kay Hunter
Allen Osborn
Baldwin
Lee Anne Winfrey
Ottawa Area Ad Briefs and Sales Highlights
Young Place Ottawa promotes a winter kids clothes sale while LITWINs offers a large stock of ladies and men's snow hosts. GREEN Acres and Pizza Shack resume regular hours on Friday January 12. Sheldon’s Men’s Wear runs a semi annual sale and JIM’s Hill House hosts Saturday night hours until 2 a.m. Dog Food priced at 6.75 for 50 pounds and 3.49 for 25 pounds. Metzger Salvage advertises jeans on sale for five to fifteen dollars and SERTOMA LaSERTOMA hosts chili soup coffee pie at Masonic Temple January 13 with two lunch times. Tele painting classes start February 1 at Turner's Tele Shop with day and evening openings. A tax shelter seminar by Edward D Jones features Eric Wesman January 18 at 7:30 p.m. First National Bank Ottawa. United States government guaranteed bonds offered through Edward D Jones Ottawa with contact Michael J. Esser.
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Masonic Temple
Turner’s
West 15Th
Edward D. Jones and Company
Ottawa
Eric Wesman
Consolidated Capital
Chicago
Ilinois
First National Bank
Hallmark expansion eyed in Osage City bond plan
Osage City votes to issue a 4 million dollar industrial revenue bond to expand Hallmark Cards Inc. from 100000 to 190000 square feet. Plant manager Tom Harold says employment would rise by about 280 jobs as warehousing and production capacity increase. The plan aims to grow the plant and operations.
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Osage City
Hallmark Cards Inc
Tom Harold
Hallmark
The Test Moves Closer To Reality For Kansans
Kansas educators outline aims for a competency based education pilot amid debate on Kansas student quality. SRA, a Chicago firm, will draft questions while Kansas specialists select 20 reading and math objectives. The plan tests 15 objectives per grade in later years with life-situation items.
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Kansas
State Department of Education
Science Research Associates, Inc
International Business Firms
I.B.M
SRA
State Board of Education
C.B.E
Jim Howell
Wichita
Terry Parks
Shawnee
Donald Darnell
Kansas City
Willard Foster
State Education Department
Foster
Princeton
New York
Ottawa reports 10 percent drop in 1978 crime
Department of Public Safety released 1978 figures showing 513 total crimes in Ottawa, down from 568 in 1977. No robberies or murders occurred in 1978, burglaries fell 20 percent to 45 with 76 percent cleared, thefts declined to 343 with 48 percent cleared, assaults 96 with 94 cleared, and auto thefts 28 with 28 percent cleared. Accidents fell to 769, fires dropped to 164, but total fire damage rose due to a few major incidents.
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Department of Public Safety
DPS
Skiles
Ottawa
FBI
Ron Henry Ford
New Class Offerings at Ottawa Recreation Commission
Six classes offered this semester by the Ottawa Recreation Commission and USC 290 rhythmic aerobics include aerobics couples disco yoga cake decorating driver education swim and stay fit. Most start next week with details on meeting times fees locations and prerequisites. Enrollment occurs at the first class meeting.
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Ottawa Recreation Commission
U.S.C
HK. Stevens
Ottawa University
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Kan
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Kansas State University
College of Arts and Sciences
Shawnee, Kan
Leawood
United States
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Alvarez
Jose O. Menendez
Overland Park
Diana Wille
Prairie Village
Paul M. Wilde
Junction City
Kansas Board of Regents
Nigeria
Council of Presidents of the
Board of Regents
the Daily Report
Maralalaine Allen
S. Cedar
Tilfred Simmons
RFD
Ruth Brooks
N. Oak
Stanley Bross
N. Mulberry
Ralph Thompson
Burl Beam
S. Poplar
Mark McFarland
Public Safety News
Terry Lewis
S. Hickory
Honda Amc
N. Main
Sheriff's Department
Lynn D. Underwood
Herald
Orville R. Miller
City of
Sheriff’s News
Charles Joseph
Overcash Jr
Reno
Floyd Stoffer
Nampa
Idaho
Mercy Medical Center
Ad Briefs
Young Place Kids Clothes
Young Place
Litwin’s
Green Acres
Sheldon's Men's Wear
Jim
Metzger Salvage
Big Selection
Michael J. Esser
Edward D. Jones & Co
Spring Hill
City Commission
Marion Teeter
Bryson Allen
Dean McReynolds
J. C. McCaskey
Douglas Snell
School Board
U.S.D
Dennis M. Bollin
Mark Corder
Jim Price
John Keeney
Hillsdale Dam
Edgerton
Johnson County
Cindy Schwartz
Topeka
Hns
Oren Skiles
Treasury
C.O
Eyta Itil
BCMA
Wray
Delia Alma Wray
Jesse
Lamb-Roberts
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