Ottawa Crime Falls 15 Percent In 1984 Report
Ottawa's 1984 major crime total fell 15.3 percent from 1983, with 445 Part I offenses. Theft dropped 18 percent to 292, rapes and assaults also declined, while arson and burglary rose. DPS credited public vigilance and neighborhood watches for the continued drop as clearance rates improved to 63.8 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Bemis
City of
Ottawa
Department of Public Safety
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
DPS
Candidates May File With City or County
Franklin County Clerk Laura Sutton announced that residents of third class cities may file for city and school board seats with either their city clerks or the county clerk due to a 1984 statute. Filing runs until January 22, but the courthouse will be closed Monday for Martin Luther King Day. candidates in Franklin County may file today, tomorrow, or Tuesday until noon.
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Franklin County
Laura Sutton
Lane
Pomona
Princeton
Rantoul
Richmond
Wellsville
Williamsburg
Sutton
Martin ‘Luther King
Wiring Blamed For Fire At Local Chiropractor Home
The Department of Public Safety ruled the fire at 702 E. Std last Friday was caused by faulty wiring or a short. Lt. Daryl Shutt said the blaze started in the living room wall area with electricity as the heat source and no accelerant found. The fire destroyed a 144 story structure owned by chiropractor Larry Matney. renter Terry L. Ledom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DPS
Department of Public Safety
E. Std
Daryl Shutt
Shutt
Larry Matney
Terry L. Ledom
Blue Cross Plans Rate Cuts Across Kansas Subscribers
Fletcher Bell approved a plan reducing Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas rates by 6 to 14 percent, totaling about 7.1 million in savings for roughly 125,000 subscribers and providing 15 million in refunds or added benefits to groups over 25.
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Peka, Kan
Fletcher Bell
Blue Cross
Blue Shield of
Kansas
Blue Shield
Wyandotte and Johnson
Bell
Kansas Department of Insurance
Farm Bureau
Kiwanis Pancake Day and Local Notices
Ad brief listing Kiwanis Pancake Day on Monday January 21 from 11 to 1 30 and 5 to 7 30 at 1st United Methodist Church along with haircuts prices 4 50 shampoo and set 5 perms 18 50 Touch Glo contact 242 8003. Knights of Columbus paper drive Saturday January 19 9 11 in Sacred Heart parking lot. Also Bud's bar ad with discount clothing Boutique hours Price's Appliance and Drake Jewelry repair notices and RCA TV sale plus Cloud Nine Bridal Shop temporary hours. Eagles Lodge Western party Saturday dinner dance and Sunday initiation lunch and Super Bowl.
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Eagles Lodge
Flaming Heart
Death notices for Arlene Goldman and J Grant Steven
Funeral services are set for Arlene Goldman 65 of Lawrence at 2:20 p.m. Friday at Rumeey Funeral Home with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. She leaves a son Dean Goldman and two sisters. Also listed are the death and funeral details for J Grant Steven 86 of Garnett with services at Lamb Roberts Funeral Home and burial in Highland Cemetery. Survivors include a son Lawrence Grant Stevenson and several relatives.
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Arlene Goldman Lawrence
Arlene Goldman
Lawrence
Lawrence Hospital
Rumeey Funeral Home
Oak Hill Cemetery
Goldman
Pawnee County
Ottawa
Salvation Army
Waldo Emerson Goldman
Dean Goldman
Bessie Mabel Anderson
Isabelle E. Smith
Hutchinson
New Hampshire
J. Grant Stevenson
Garnett
Lamb
Roberts Funeral Home
Highland Cemetery
Jerrard Harnden
Pear Bechtle
Lawrence Grant Stevenson
Seabrook
Texas
Evelyn Havely
Slidell
Leslie
Stevenson
Chester Stevenson
Buffalo
Ira Stevenson
Los Angeles
Local sales tax receipts total 11.36 million for October
Kansas Department of Revenue reports October local sales tax receipts at 11,356,353.36 with distribution to Franklin County and cities like Ottawa Pomona and Williamsburg. Four month totals show Franklin County rising 5.6 percent from 1983 to 1984 amid transitional tax effects since July 1963.
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Kansas Department of Revenue
Franklin County
Department of Revenue
Ottawa
Pomona
Williamsburg
Stranded 3 Year Old Recovers In Kansas
Meggan Birmingham was found clinically dead with a 68 degree body temperature in a front yard near Olathe. Doctors revived her from hypothermia and took her off the respirator after mid day as authorities investigate how she and her mother ended up in the cold. The 3 year old, found about 6 a.m., had been in a dress and tights when located, seven miles from her Lenexa home. Her mother Jane Birmingham, 31, was hospitalized at Shawnee Mission Medical Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Birmingham
Shawnee Mission Medical Center
Meggan
Olathe
Lenexa
Hermann
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Oren Skiles
Skiles
Detectives’ Bureau
Ad Briefs
1St United Methodist Church
Touch & Glo
Knights OF Columbus
Sacred Heart
Etta
Bud's
N. Main
Kiwanis
1St
United Methodist Church
S. Main
Price's
Drake Jewelry
RCA TV
Cloud Nine Bridal Shop
the Daily Report
Richmond High School
Ottawa Business College
Ottawa Fire Department
McKinley Lodge No. 41
AF & AM
Ray E. Wolter
Word
Cottage Grove
Ore
Tawa
Springfield
Wolter
Prince William
Mary Alice Taylor
Eleanor Smith
Milner
Ann Harrington
N. Mulberry
Harold Walter
Gladys White
ORV
Shanna Mitchell
Edythe Taylor
John Faden
Lincoln
Grace Liken
Quenemo
Rudolph Sudja
Overbrook
RFD
Lucille Ross
Poplar
Sheriff's
David L. Chamberlain
Mond
District Court News
G— Birdene
E. Prock
Homewood
Harold Holman
Kansas City
Helen Karey
Prairie Village
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Hickory
Mabel P. Sloan
Clearview City
Ellis E. Ball
Sloan
South Cedar
Reid Ward
Helen M. Butell
Ward
Ottawa Co-op
Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home
Reynolds
Memoriam
Senaida Garcia
Dengel & Son
Jim McCrossen
Irene Kaub
Irene (Mulvany) Kaub
Paul Winkler
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Centropolis
Floyd J. Kaub
Lenton Moeg
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