Ottawa Sees 5.8 Percent Drop in Major Crimes in 1985
Ottawa major crimes fell 5.8 percent in 1985 to 419 cases from 445 in 1984, continuing a downward trend aided by school and community crime prevention programs. DPS Director Oren Skiles cited officer visibility and patrols as key factors, with McGruff the crime prevention dog conducting 133 programs by year end. The report notes a 55 percent clearance rate for major crimes, 281 solved cases, and no homicides or rapes in 1985.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Bemis
Ottawa
Department of Public Safety
DPS
Oren Skiles
McGruff
Franklin County
Uniform
Skiles
Menninger Urges Tax Hikes To Fund Kansas Social Programs
Dr. Karl Menninger told a Washburn University audience that Kansas must raise taxes to fund social services from state hospital care to daycare for working mothers. The 92 year old urged public insistence on funding, warned Kansas has fallen from leading to near bottom in mental health care, and blamed the state for discharging patients without homes. He spoke with Gov. Carlin and legislative leaders at the Dr Karl Menninger Lecture Series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Karl Menninger
The
Menninger Foundation
Kansas
Menninger
John Carlin
Senate
Robert V. Talkington
House
Mike Hayden
Washburn University
Community notices on church events and music groups
A reception for Rev. and Mrs. Jim McCrossen marking their departure from The First Baptist Church of Ottawa will run 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday. The Nazarene church hosts a seminar Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with Larry Fine speaking, and Ottawa University Symphonette begins spring rehearsals Monday at 7 p.m. The Lakeland Bluegrass Association hosts a jam session Sunday at Lamont Hill Resort with acoustical instruments only, no February jam due to the Winter Festival on Feb 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim McCrossen
First Baptist Church
Ottawa
McCrossen
First Baptist Church of
Kansas City, MO
Ottawa University
College-Community Symphonette
Lakeland Bluegrass Association
Lamont Hill Resort
Pomona State Park
Ottawa Church of the Nazarene
7Th
Elm
Larry Fine
Mid- America Nazarene College
Olathe
Earl Copsey
Burglary interrupted as Ottawa man aids arrest near Olathe
A 32-year-old Chicago man, Michael W. Beavers, was arrested on burglary charges after an Ottawa man interrupted a burglary at his home. Beavers was caught when an Illinois license vehicle matched the description given by Leon Barnes, with Colorado-stolen property later recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Olathe
Ottawa
Michael W. Beavers
Brad Gilges
Beavers
Leon Barnes
RFD
Barnes
Gilges
Funeral notices and hospital notes from Ottawa area
Obituaries for Clarence Eldon Fowler 76 of Ottawa and Carl Walter Moore 79 of Wellsville announce services on Thursday and Friday with burial at local cemeteries. Alfred F. Meiers 83 of Quenemo also listed with service details. Hospital notes report admissions dismissals and local traffic and arrest items, including a grass fire near Pomona and area police actions.
Kansas faces looming teacher shortage says Emporia State study
An Emporia State University report warns Kansas may grapple with a drastic teacher shortage within three to five years. It notes a 2.8 percent drop in prepared teachers in 1985 and a 57 percent decline since 1972, citing low salaries and weak career paths as factors. The study urges higher entry salaries, top pay raises, scholarships, and performance incentives to attract and retain teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emporia
Kan
Kansas
Jack Skillett
College of Education
Emporia State
Bill Scofield
Skillett
Scofield
Memorial notices for Fowler Reed Proffitt and Proffitt services
Obituary notices announce Clarence Eldon Fowler Earl A Reed and Myrtle Proffitt. Fowler, 76, of 433 S Mulberry, died Jan 14 1986 at University of Missouri Medical Center. Services Jan 17 at Lamb Roberts with burial Highland Cemetery. Memorials may go to Hospital Auxiliary Home Care Fund. Reed funeral at Lamb Roberts Jan 16 with burial Highland Cemetery. Memorials to Trinity United Methodist Church or American Cancer Society. Proffitt funeral Jan 17 at a local funeral home with burial Highland Cemetery. Memorials to Kansas Heart Association. Friends may call prior to services at the funeral homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Eldon Fowler
S. Mulberry
University of Missouri Medical Center
Columbia
Lamb-Roberts
Yorton Clark
Highland Cemetery
Peabody
Bessie T. Laytham
Huntsville
Fowler
Peabody and Higbee
Clarence BE
Bud” Fowler
Casper
Howard L. Fowler
S. Cedar
Ronnie Fowler
Pomona
Opal E. Beauchamp
Ottawa
Leona D. Clark
S. Cherry
Lamb- Roberts
Ransom Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Home
Clarence E. Fowler
S. Mulberry St
Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home
Hospital Auxiary Home
Earla, Reed
Earl A. Reed
David Petersen
Trinity United Methodist Church
American Cancer Society
Myrtle Proffitt
Lamb-Roberts Funeral
Glendon Epp
Kansas Heart Assn
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Bill
Donna Reed
Beverly Hills
Calif
Grover Asmus
Miss Reed
Bill Mullenger
Denison
Town
Ad Briefs
Princess House
Turner
W. 15Th
Steve Grogan
Patriots
Peoples National Bank
Hudat
Leeus
the Daily Report
Carl Walter Moore
Wellsville
Olathe Community Hospital
Wilson and Son
Baxter Springs
Flossie Kurtz
Lowell
Moore
Carl Moore Drilling Co
Wellsville Assembly of God
Everett Moore
Paola
Ellen Harned
Kansas City
Assembly of God Church
Alfred F. Meters Quenemo
Alfred F. Meiers
Quenemo
Ransom Memorial Hospital
United Methodist Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Bentonville
Ark
Ellen Rendell
Centropolis
Meiers
Melvern
William Frank Meiers
John R. Meiers
Thomas A. Meiers
Mary Louise Raney
Springfield
Minnie B. Rose
Patty S. Pegram
Feltner Funeral Home
Lyndon
American Heart Association
Mary Cardell
Richmond
Nedra Porter
S. Ash
Esther McClintic
Mulberry
Bloy Quintana
N. Cherry
Helen
Scribner
Georgia Morris
Crestview Nursing Home
District Court News
Richard A. Foltz
Princeton
Milton E. Madden
Ottawa Rfd
Donald A. Gray
Oak
John M. Roberts
Mark J. Clark
Hamblin
Rick H. Griffin
John H. Radcliffe
Gardner
Ronald A. Hurlbut
Alfred L. Hendricks
Baldwin
Lonnie J. Riley
King
Ine
Sheriff's News
Atvesis
Peggy
Lou
Murphy
Osage
North Locust
Public Safety News
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Rick Traw
Ottawa High School
Fred Wolfe
OHS
Third
Willow Streets
Trelan
Sheffield
Agh
Melvin E. Nichols
Main
Susie Y. Holman
Nichols
West 19Th
Vera C. Denton
W. 19Th
Ronald L. Hammer
Edgerton
Pomona Township
Robert Steele Sr
Jay Wiscombe
Centropolis Township
Ottawa Co-op
Memoriam
Earl Lee Slankard
Earl Lee Stankard
Houston
Texas
Greenwood
Bay City
Dengel Bory
Hickory
Funeral Home
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