Ottawa Municipal Auditorium Faces Tough Sponsorship Challenge
Editorial urges Ottawa residents to support the OMA as city funding is reduced for 1994 95. It calls for corporate sponsorship, increased ticket sales, and co sponsorship options while promoting two seasons, free under 12 admissions, and a local community arts series to sustain the auditorium’s role in Franklin County.
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Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Ottawa
Kansas
Producers Club
Franklin County
No Kidding By Karl A Van Asselt Summary
A brief note lists earnings of six people for various works and authors in 1939, citing Karl A Van Asselt and World Features Syndicate. Entries include ilutg br Freadsite earning 209 for Interpretation of Dreams, 30,000 for a Sports Illustrated piece, Julia Howe 25 cents for Battle Hymn of the Republic, Dreiser 68.40 for Sister Carrie, and F Scott Fitzgerald 33 for nine books.
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Julia Howe
Dreiser
Carrie
F. Scott Fitzgerald
World Features Syndicate
It's Your Quarter readers weigh in on tax and bike trail plans
A reader thanks the editor for covering the sales tax and urges action on Walnut Street bridge in Ottawa, proposing a bike trail to the park with fencing. The letter criticizes Main Street traffic safety and notes missed printings, while the piece includes community poetry and a callout for the forum contact number.
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Walnut
Marais-des Cygnes
Ottawa
Main Street
The hitching post and a century of change
A look back at Franklin County notes from 100 50 and 25 years ago. In 100 years ago the Franklin County Teachers Institute opened with 127 attendees at $1 each and elocution appeals. Forty five years ago a 1935 Ford Coup was given by lottery during WWII war bond sales, raising over $1 million in Franklin County. Twenty five years ago in Princeton the US 59 widening plan near Coats Corners aimed to reduce fatalities with a five mile project costing $935,000 and serving an estimated 5 630 vehicles daily by 1987.
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Franklin County Teachers Institute
J.P. Harris
Ralph Harris
Nellie Wharton
Colorado
Franklin County
W.S. Tulloss
Maud
Ned Jones
Anna Wightman
Princeton
Coats
Mark T. Roberts
State Highway Department
Chanute
Abolish Kansas Parole Board Urged in Open Letter
An open letter to Governor requests abolishing the Kansas Parole Board arguing current guidelines since 1993 render parole decisions unnecessary. Prisoners claim unequal justice under prior law, claim Board delays release and wastes taxpayer dollars, and call for redirecting resources to mental health and other programs while expanding prison capacity.
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Kansas Parole Board
Kansas
Parole Board
A to Z Plan Critics Warn of House Session Pledge
Richard E. Marbes cites a DAV article condemning the A to Z proposal. He warns that a 56 hour House session would permit rapid votes on program cuts with minimal debate, bypassing committee hearings public input and CBO analyses.
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DAV
Richard E. Marbes
House of Representatives
House
Congressional Budget Office
Government contact list for members and offices
A compiled contact guide lists key federal and state officials with mailing addresses and phone numbers. It includes President Bill Clinton, U S Senate members Bob Dole and Nancy Kassebaum, Representative Jim Slattery, Topeka and state officials like Gov. Joan Finney, Attorney General Bob Stephan, and others with their office locations and telephones.
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Bill Clinton
White House
Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, D.C
U.S
Bob Dole
Hart
Senate
Washington
D.C
Nancy Kassebaum
Russell Senate
Jim Slattery
Rayburn
Topeka
Jayhawk Tower
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Karl A. van Asselt
Lawrence and
Live Oak Band
Sam Stone
Tam
Little One
Coralee Weiss
N. Main
Eugene Field
Jim Hitch
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Ottawa Herald
Forest Park
Joan Finney
A. Charac
Ter
Lansing
Jackson
State Capitol
Bob Stephan
Judicial Center
Ron Todd
Southwest 9Th
George Teagarden
Statehouse
Walker Hendrix
Doug Walker
Mallard Fillmore
Malard
Tn 1
Bruce Tinsley
Ieeemetry
Caenn
Normandy
Baranovichi
Minsk
Brest-Litovek
Asia
Teng-cheng
Salween Front
Burma
Huston
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