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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1978
Page
12
A brief page note references Wimbledon coverage and sports highlights. It hints at scattered items across pages including nurses aides stories and political charges refuted by KPL. The Rochester flood unfolds with local efforts to recover and digs out progress noted.
In Kansas counties supporters and opponents of liquor by the drink push signature campaigns to place the issue on ballots. Ellis County petitions exceed 1,000. Ford County seeks 560 valid signatures by Sept. 7. Shawnee County plans aim for 15,000 signatures with 4,000 needed for November. Local chambers back the effort while guiding stance remains neutral. Weather forecast: clear to partly cloudy through Saturday with scattered storms, highs near 90.
Ottawa Mayor Pro Tem Dorothy Nichols performed a change-up ceremony during Ottawa Night at Royals Stadium. About 255 Ottawa fans and over 19,000 others stayed through a 45 minute rain delay as the Kansas City Royals fell to the California Angels 9 to 2.
Tornado watch and possible storms prompt Bruce and Veda Rogers to cancel Thursday night’s Whippoorwill run. A test sail for Ring Around the Rodgers With A 'D' proceeded with minor issues, crowd on shore watched, dinner show sold out for 49 booked sailings, and refurbishment costs at about 12 000 dollars.
The Labor Department reported a drop in the national un employment rate from 6.1 to 5.7 percent in June, the lowest since 1974, with teens driving much of the decline. The same period saw a 0.7 percent rise in wholesale prices, including a 1.1 percent jump for food, signaling persistent inflation pressures. Dallas bureau notes NEA delegates at its convention shifted to defending public education and pushing for one third federal funding amid Prop 13 fallout.
Ottawa RFD 2 consultant John H. Schnieders argues his chemical treatment methods cut waste and water use in drinking water plants by up to 40 percent and could bring cheaper tertiary oil recovery for small operators. He envisions a nucleating polymer approach that shifts polymerization into rock formations with small pumps, testing soon near Augusta amid cautious optimism.
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