Court ruling clears path for elderly housing project
Ottawa City Commission, after a District Court ruling overturning a zoning board denial, approved three measures to allow a $1.4 million, 60 unit five story low income elderly housing project at Seventh and Mulberry. The actions include vacating an alley, granting an all utilities easement, and providing ingress and egress from Poplar. Allen Loyd abstained.
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Don Lambert
Seventh and Mulberry
Ottawa City Commission
District Court
Board of Zoning Appeals
Investment Resources Corp
Wichita
Floyd Coffman
Poplar
Allen Loyd
Loyd
LBT
Loyd, Burch and Thompson
Ottawa University
Burden On Area Stockmen Grows
Water line work slows due to weather and rock as Princeton Rural Water District No 3 nears completion to connect with Rantoul water. Farmers suffer livestock losses amid shortages while some cisterns and pond water substitute for household and animal use.
Two Cigars For Melvin
Princeton farmer Melvin Stockard welcomed a seven pound two ounce grandson while the Princeton rural water district met Tuesday night Stockard, a board member, was elected chairman in his absence He laughed saying he has done the same to others and it has a way of catching up with you.
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Stockard
Princeton Water District
Princeton
Melvin Stockard
Princeton Rural Water District
DPS Head Oren Skiles to Attend FBI National Academy
Ottawa public safety director Oren Skiles will join about 200 officers in the 11 week executive program at the FBI Academy in Quantico starting April 8. Mayor John Sheldon praised the honor, noting the FBI covers most costs while the city pays Skiles' salary during leave.
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Oren Skiles
FBI National Academy
Skiles
Ottawa
Kelley
FBI
Bob Mills
Public Safety Department
Baby Boom Of Sorts Has RMH Hopping
Ottawa mothers push ongoing birth surge as Ransom Memorial Hospital nursery holds nine babies, a figure not a record yet but set to rise with more due. Nurses note even with two or twenty, feeding becomes hectic and twins or triplets may share rooms.
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DE McGlashon
Ottawa
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Cecelia Reyes
Carter becomes president in a pledge of unity and duty
In a Georgia accent Carter takes the oath as president, thanking Ford and calling for a united national spirit. Mondale is sworn in first as crowds swell to about 150,000 on the Capitol plaza. Kansas lawmakers hear eight death penalty opponents urge rejection of bills to reinstate capital punishment amid ongoing hearings.
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Washington
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Gerald R. Ford
America
Warren E. Burger
Republic
Capitol
Walter F. Mondale
Thomas P. O'Neill
Massachusetts
Capitol Police
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Robert F. Bennett
Curt Schneider
Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee
Edward F. Reilly Jr
R-Leavenworth
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Board of Appeals
Joan Istas
Rantoul Water District
Princeton Rwd
Howard Simcox
Simcox
A Princeton
Jack Beebe
John Richeson
City
Kansas Court of Appeals
Mike Latimer
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Coffman
Latimer
Melvin
DPS
Mills
Wilma Bristow
As Ransom Memorial Hospital
Dennis Jones
Lincoln
Jones
Ninth Mobile Home Court
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