Ottawa Chamber chief moves to Minnesota post
Steve Abrams outlines Ottawa’s strong growth, downtown revitalization plans, and major employers expanding in Franklin County. He notes the Gulf Western Ottawa Steel plant expansion, new housing and office development, rail service access, and city improvements while detailing the 1960s to 1970s economic progress and ongoing community efforts. Lessons include enrollment in Blue Cross Blue Shield, a banquet at Ottawa University, and multiple civic committees planning for downtown renewal and industrial growth.
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Steve Abrams
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
United States Chamber of Commerce
Northwest
Minneapolis
Minn
Ottawa
Ottawa Industrial Development, Inc
Chamber of Commerce
Franklin County
King Radio
Haven Steel Duke Manufacturing
H. D. Lee
Mode O'Day
Skyhook
Buildex
Armstrong Cabinet
Parmelee
National Sign
Chamber
Department of Public Safety
Chamber of Commerce and Industrial Development Board
Santa Fe
Missouri Pacific
Kansas City
IRS
Skunk Run
West 15Th
Pine Manor
Ozarks Regional Commission
Ottawa Industrial Development
EPA
Auditorium Authority
City Commission
Country Western
Rock
KC Philharmonic
Sen. Winter
Rep. Allen
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Watch on the Rhine revival kept alive by cast crew hope
Broadway revival of Lillian Hellman's Watch on the Rhine teeters after tepid reviews yet survives as cast and crew take pay cuts and backers pledge funds. Directors and actors volunteer work and the Shubert Organization lowers costs to extend performances through Sunday, with donations totaling about $100,000 and audiences slowly growing.
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New York
Lillian Hellman
Broadway
Golden Theater
Shubert
Lester Osterman
Lowell Sherman
Arvin Brown
Don Quixote
Joe Kipness
Rhine
Michael Alpert
The
Daily News
Washington
Yulin
Frank Converse
Henry Winkler
Osterman
Brown
Miss Miner
Munson elected Kansas Board of Agriculture president 1980-91
Gaylord R. Munson a Junction City farmer and Angus cattle breeder was chosen president of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture for 1980-91. He is a Kansas State University 1933 graduate and longtime Geary County resident. Also elected were Howard Wilson as vice president and Robert Teagarden as treasurer. Re-elected on the 12 member board were David Shurle and Jobin Oswalt.
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Topeka
Kan
Gaylord R. Munson
Junction City
Friday
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Munson
Geary County
Kansas State University
Kansas
Howard Wilson
Sharon Springs
Robert Teagarden
LaCygne
David Shurle
Manhattan
Jobin Oswalt
Hutchinson
Dole Calls To Move Olympics From Moscow Over Afghanistan
Republican Sen. Robert Dole of Kansas urged moving the summer Olympic Games from Moscow due to Soviet aggression in Afghanistan. He voiced the idea in a meeting with Omaha World-Herald editors after implying it Wednesday, a proposal Mondale echoed in Iowa on Thursday.
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Omaha
Neb
Robert Dole
Kansas
Moscow
Afghanistan
Omaha World-Herald
Walter Mondale
Iowa
Chemical forces early dismissal at Lincoln South Academy
In Kansas City Missouri 35 to 40 seventh and eighth graders and staff were evacuated after fumes from a chemical used to replace an asbestos ceiling entered the school's air system. The building sent occupants to Lincoln North and then home as headaches and nausea were reported. In Arkansas City Kansas a high school student faces juvenile charges for a phony bomb threat after a brief lockout. authorities found no device.
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Kansas City, Mo
Kansas City
David Burker
Lincoln South Academy
Burker
Lincoln North
Arkansas City
Kan
Richard York
Cowley Coun
KC Man Seeks Grassroots Candidate for President
Lionel Kunst, a Kansas City small businessman, has spent months seeking a genuine leader from the people rather than a politician. He funded a large ad campaign and attracted some media attention but no major breakthrough. Kunst now shifts focus to the White House Conference on Small Business and criticizing high interest rates, while continuing to push for a grassroots independent bid if support grows.
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Kansas City
Lionel Kunst
Kunst
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
New Republic
Time Magazine
Tonight Show
60 Minutes
Lionel Kunsts
Washington
Federal Reserve System
Eunst
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North
South Dakota
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Towa
Minnesota
Kansas Retail Council
Kansas Industrial Division
Washington, D. C
Ottawa Retail Association
ORA
KC Royals
Humane Society
United Way
Orin Skiles
Retail Association
New York Post
New York Times
Jan Miner
Harris Yulin
His Wife
Josephine
Dole
Russia
American Cellulose Mfg., Inc
Industrial Blvd
Ottawa, Kansas
Ty District
Thomas Edison
Edison
Mary
Pulliam’s
Music House
Town St. Lawrence
National SemiConductor
Treasury
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