Why Each Ottawa Bond Issue Is Questioned By Voters
Don Lambert outlines the $600,000 vocational bond plan for USD 290 Ottawa. Voters wonder necessity costs and outcomes if defeated. Jack Bushman explains program scope, rental income, per student assessments, and five year district commitments guiding a 10 year bonds payoff with hopes of a fall 1978 building ready for classes.
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Don Lambert
Ottawa
U.S.D
the Herald
Jack Bushman
Ottawa Board of Education
East-Central Vocational Cooperative
Baldwin City
Central Heights
Pomona- Williamsburg
Ottawa High School
Precincts Shift for Vocational Bond Vote in Ottawa
Voters in Ottawa and surrounding townships will use altered polling places for a $600000 East Central Vocational Cooperative bond election on July 12. Laura Sutton, county clerk, says locations vary by precinct with specific switch to Lincoln School, the courthouse, Ottawa Junior High, or Senior High depending on where one usually votes.
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Diane Yeamans
Laura Sutton
U.S.C
Vocational Cooperative
Sutton
Ottawa
Lincoln School
Franklin County
North Baptist Church
Trinity Church
N. Cedar
Rock Creek
Latimer
Homewood
Greenwood
Lincoln Township
17Th Street
Centropolis
Hayes
Ottawa Township
Scott
Rain and Wind Return to Ottawa Area
Ottawa and surrounding areas recorded nearly two inches of rain on Thursday, raising river and lake levels. No major damage reported aside from downed trees. North Main Street cleanup completed. Lake Pomona and nearby waters rose, with discharge adjustments underway as storms threaten through the weekend.
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Ottawa
Bob Moore
Ottawa Public Works Department
North Main Street
Marais Des Cygnes
Overbrook
Osage City
Lake Pomona
Rich Bagby
Melvern
Jobless Rate Spoils Wholesale Price Drop
The June report shows wholesale prices falling six tenths of a percent the largest drop in four years, while unemployment rose from 6.9 to 7.1 percent. Farm prices led the decline, easing inflation signals, yet higher joblessness, especially among adult women, raises concerns about labor demand. Overall employment rose 270,000 to 90.7 million, with a labor force gain of 480,000 to 97.6 million, keeping the unemployment rate up. Whites saw a small rise in joblessness, while blacks and teenage workers also faced higher rates.
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Washington
Fatzer to retire from Kansas Supreme Court
Chief Justice Harold R. Fatzer plans to retire in September after four decades in public service. Alfred G. Schoeder of Newton will succeed him as chief justice, with Gov. Bennett to appoint from a three-name panel. Fatzer helped shape judicial ethics, court unification, and compensation studies.
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Peka
Kan
Harold R. Fatzer
Kansas Supreme Court
Associated Press
Fatzer
Justce Alfred G. Schoeder
Newton
Supreme Court
Kansas
Kansas Hall of Justice
Kansas Legislative Coordinating Council
Lake visitors heed advice on Fourth of July weekend
Army Corps of Engineers urged lake goers to avoid Pomona and Melvern Reservoirs due to high water. Pomona welcomed 39,000 visitors and Melvern 34,000, far below other Kansas City District lakes at 50,000 to 100,000, totaling 790,000 for 11 lakes, down 12 percent from 1976. Four drownings occurred in boating accidents at Pomme de Terre and Milford Lake. Olathe water bills alarmingly high: newspaper publisher Richard Buzbee faced 4,424.97 for a month, potentially rising to 4,867.46 without payment. officials blamed a billing error.
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Army Corps of Engineers
Pomona
Melvern
Kansas City
Richard L. Curl
Corps Lakes
Pomme de Terre
Missouri
Milford Lake
Olathe Daily News
Richard Buzbee
Reorganization Of Kansas Guard Adds Mech Infantry Structure
Gov. Bennett announced the Army approved moves to complete the Kansas National Guard 69th Brigade reorganization into a mechanized infantry unit. No armory losses, but some unit missions and alignments change to match equipment.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert F. Bennett
Department of the Army
Kansas Army National Guard
Bennett
Ottawa
68Th Infantry Brigade
Mech
Hiawatha
130Th Field Artillery Group
Hutchinson
Wichita
Kansas City
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Board of Education
National Weather Service
Weather Service
Carter
Labor Department
North Main
Olathe Editor
Olathe
Hns
Buzbee
635Th Armor Battalion
Manhattan Area
891St Engineer Battalion
Manhattan
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