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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1987
Page
6
Public awareness drives credited for keeping Franklin County crime in check as officials note the role of community vigilance. Page 3 highlights efforts, programs, and local cooperation in reducing incidents and improving safety.
Page 4 reports on efforts to memorialize Billy Williams and Catfish Hunter, with focus on which teams and ceremonies may honor their legacies as part of upcoming hall of fame recognition.
Ottawa county officials consider self-insurance options as a cost cutting measure amid aging residents who favor health care security over Social Security benefits. Page 8 notes the focus on local fiscal planning and senior health needs.
Franklin County Historical Society hosts a 7:30 p.m. meeting at the Ottawa Youth Center to spotlight Camillus Kessler a nationally syndicated cartoonist from Ottawa in the 1900s whose work like Seems Like Yesterday and Home Town Echoes drew on local history and nostalgia.
Kansas welfare chief Robert Harder says farmers increasingly seek aid due to persistent agricultural downturn. Food stamps remain the primary assistance. cash grants are hard to obtain because farm equity in land and equipment complicates eligibility. Oil price collapse worsens regional welfare needs, especially in Hays Garden City Pratt and Winfield offices.
In Topeka Gov Mike Hayden approves provisions for first degree murder death by lethal injection amid decade long push. Rep Clyde Graeber says bill introduced after Hayden read it. Kansas Senate panel hears tax reform urgencies to attract business and jobs.
Europe faces record cold as governments mobilize thousands of soldiers to rescue stranded travelers and clear roads while frigid conditions claim dozens of lives. In Britain roads and rail lines remain buried and airports across France report delays. Churches open to shelter the homeless as Weather Office warns of no end in sight.
Trustees of Ransom Memorial Hospital met in executive session for about two hours to hear complaints from former assistant laboratory supervisor Lois Shepherd, who resigned after 18 years. The meeting followed a December session. no action was reported, and Shepherd’s lawyer waited by the phone.
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