Buildex Shifts From Gas to Coal Amid Energy Push
Buildex Inc to convert four kilns from natural gas to coal as it weighs costs and potential EPA scrubber requirements. CEO Dennis Woolman notes gas supply limits, rising prices, and possible Congress energy package while four used coal mills are revamped for a wet scrubbing system. He delays final switch pending federal incentives.
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Diane Yeaman
Ottawa
Buildex Inc
Dennis Woolman
Buildex
Cities Service
Woolman
Congress
Environmental Protection Agency
Wyoming
EPA
Elevator Blast Kills 3 in Liberty Missouri
Three men died and six were injured in an explosion and fire at a grain elevator complex in Liberty near Kansas City. Officials believe dust and oxygen may have triggered spontaneous combustion in the sacking area of Desert Gold Feed Co. The charred bodies of Tim Goode, Leroy Stewart, and Bruce Mills were recovered around 11:36 p.m. Representatives from the OSHA and agriculture department began investigations.
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Liberty
Kansas City
Desert Gold Feed Co
George Robinson
Paul Stump
Tim Goode
Weston, Mo
Leroy Eugene Stewart
Stillwater
Kan
Bruce Mills
Mills
William Wheeler services set in Lawrence church
Obituary notices for William Paris Wheeler 75 of Lawrence died Jan 18 with services Jan 21 at Full Gospel Christian Assembly Church and burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Survived by wife Eva Belle, two sons, four daughters, three brothers, a sister, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Also notices for Margery Ripple Hiawatha funeral today, fire department scare, Wellsville crime case, Kansas City cattle market quotes, Grace Eunice Michel funeral, local hospital admissions and dismissals, a birth, and theatre production details.
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William P. Wheeler Lawrence
William Paris Wheeler
Full Gospel Christian Assembly
Lawrence
Oak Hill
Wheeler
Callau
Eva Belle
Macon
Santa Fe Railroad
Wiliam C. Wheeler
Robert W. Wheeler
Frances Denney
Rossville
Nadine Bryan
Ash
Ottawa
Juanita Jacobs
Louise Rogers
Rialto
Calif
Paul Wheeler
Joe Wheeler
Kirksville
Johnny Wheeler
la Plata
Annie Gilbert
Rumsey Funeral Home
Margery Ripple
Hiawatha
Margery E&. Ripple
United Presbyterian Church
Mount Hope Cemetery
Ripple
Topeka
Franklin County
Harold E. Ripple
Grace Eunice Michel
Robson-Towner
Princeton Cemetery
James Thornton
Eldon Rader
Carroll Whiteford
John Love
Harry Murphy
Robert Dunn
Loren Triplett
Fred Hoffman
Charles Adell
Chamber Banquet Set By Greater Ottawa Chamber
The Greater Ottawa Chamber of Commerce will hold an annual meeting and banquet at 6 30 p m on January 31 in Ottawa University’s Student Union main dining room. Richard F Hrdlicka Hesston Fiat Corp senior vice president general counsel and board member will speak. Reservations due January 24 at 5 p m. Tickets cost six dollars. Hrdlicka born in Prague earned a law degree from Washburn and has served as Harvey County county attorney and USS D 373 Newton school board member and president.
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Greater Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Ottawa University
Richard F. Hrdlicka
Hesston-Fiat Corporation
Hrdlicka
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Friends University
Wichita
Washburn University
Harvey County
Board of Education
Uss.d. 373
Newton
Ottawa Recreation Commission
Wichita Banker Haines Reappointed to Kansas Regents
Gov. Bennett reappoints Jordon Haines of Wichita to a full four year term on the Kansas Board of Regents effective immediately, running to December 31, 1981. Haines, 50, has led 4th National Bank and Trust Co. since 1966 and holds KU degrees. He is a Sabetha native.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert F. Bennett
Jordon Haines
Wichita
Kansas Board of Regents
Bennett
Haines
Henry A. Bubb
Elmer Jackson
Kansas City
John D. Montgomery
Junction City
Montgomery
4Th National Bank and Trust Co
University of Kansas
Kansas
Sabetha
Ramblin Building to be re dedicated at town corner
Harold Matney plans re dedication of the old Peoples National Bank building in February or March restoring its Ramblin Building name. Interior work is nearly complete with three floors occupied by Personal Thrift Ottawa Insurance Edward D. Jones Rex Bruington Memorial Gardens. Exterior work to start soon with white and brown trim and cleaned stained glass. Renovation cost about 80000 dollars. federal grant valued at 28000 dollars remains unpaid due to state delays. A reunion catered by El Jacal, with a plan for a nearby park, accompanies the project as Matney moves on to the North American hotel purchase.
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Old Peoples National Bank
Second and Main
Harold Matney
Ramblin
Hamblin
Personal Thrift
Ottawa Insurance
Edward D. Jones
Kansas
el Jacal
Bank
Matney
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Cpl
Duane Davidson
Clay County
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Jack Bunyan
Missouri
Jefferson City
Ad Briefs
Mary Kay Cosmetics
Sandy Clary
FBI
Herald
Metzger Salvage
N. Main
S & M Buffet
Mon
First United Methodist Church
Franklin County Conservation District Thurs
Farm Bureau
Scott's Service
Litwin
Litwin’s
U. S
Michael J. Esser
Edward D. Jones & Co
Eagles Lodge
The
Rhythm Kings
Underwood Tax Service
S. Main
VFW
Marvin Ross
Citizens State Bank
Pomona
the Daily Report
Public Safety News
Southwestern Bell
Sheriff's News
Wellsville
Ronald Dorsey
Franklin County District Court
Dorsey
Herbert C. Richardson
Jody Best
Williamsburg
Clifford Spratt
Rantoul
Mildred Abel
Daniel Norton
S. Elm
Marilyn Stevenson
Rantoul Rfd
David Bien
S. Mulberry
Ruth Morgan
St. Francis Hospital
Floyd A. Jacob
N. Cherry
Veterans’ Hospital
Jim Olson
Baker University
Baldwin City
Darby- Hope Theater
Parmenter Hall
William “Billy” W. Horstick
Richmond United Methodist Community Church
Richmond Cemetery
Paul Lynn
Lamb-Roberts
Ottawa Department of Public Safety
Richard Hadlicka
Wichita Man
Schuster
Deryl Schuster
U. S. Senate
Anchor Savings Building
Overland Park
Small Business Administration
Funeral Home
Church School
First Baptist Church
Violet Robson
Rena Towner
Joe Ferns
Dorothy Reams, David Bunch
Robson-Towner Chapel, Inc
North Main
Memoriam
Our
Goulash
Golden
St. Main
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