State Attorney General Proposes Prison Overcrowding Solution
Kansas Attorney General Robert Stephan presents a proposal for presumptive sentencing with uniform class based terms and 20 percent variation. He urges mandatory probation for some non violent first offenses and minimum security housing to reduce maximum security crowding. The plan requires funding for new facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Robert Stephan
Stephan
Advisory Committee
Corrections
Michael Barbara
John Carlin
Department of Corrections
Library Line Q and A column on etiquette local landmarks
Library Line offers quick answers from etiquette to local geography. It covers wedding gift etiquette, pool phone listings, the difference between buttes and mesas, upcoming sidewalk sales in Lawrence and Ottawa, cord wood measurements, largest Kansas counties, and Mount Rushmore’s location near Rapid City South Dakota.
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5Th & Main
Emily Post
Forest Park
Encyclopedia Americana
Buttes
Lawrence
Lawrence Public Library
Ottawa
Random House
Kansas
Butler County
el Dorado
Wyandotte County
Mount Rushmore
South Dakota
Rapid City
New Books at the Ottawa Library
The Ottawa library lists several new titles spanning history fiction biography and memoir. Margaret of Anjou battles to defend Henry VI’s throne in Red Rose of Anjou while Kissinger and Nixon’s White House era is explored in The Price of Power. The Lazarus Effect features underwater Mermen and islanders in conflict, Hitchcock life is analyzed in The Dark Side of Genius, and This Year in Jerusalem chronicles 1947 Israel birth through a Beverly Hills girl and a mobster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Jean
England
Margaret of Anjou
Henry VI
Kissinger
White House
Seymour Hersh
Hersh
Nixon
Frank Herbert
Pandora
Alfred Hitchcock
Donald Spoto
Hitchcock
Germany
Jerusalem
Joel Gross
Beverly Hills
New York
Israel
1947
Ambulance Road Rules Emphasize Safe Driving Privileges
This guide explains ambulance driving privileges and duties under law, including speeding limits under safety, ignoring red lights, and parking for scene access. It urges private drivers to yield, stop, and avoid following or watching scenes to prevent hindering emergency teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jo L. Turner
EMTA
Franklin County Ambulance Service
Summer sale and party notices in Pomona area ads
A cluttered ad brief lists events and sales including DANCE to Black Pearl at the Wagon Wheel Pomona with no cover, Little River Band at The Other Place, Rock House party with Bootleg, JUMBO shrimp dinner, Monty's Broasted Chicken, Aunt Samantha dance at the Coach Club, VFW Saturday night specials, garden tractor pull at the fair, and Mark IV shoes with 30 to 60 percent discounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomona
Samantha
Coach Club
Marriage Licenses and Divorces Reported
The Daily Report lists marriages for Robert C. Hull and Dianna Leach of Baldwin, plus Kenneth Lee Nelson and Barbara Dunn of Ottawa, with ages. It notes Debra Powell's divorce from Gary Powell. Civil cases include Franklin Savings Association versus Roger and Elizabeth Schmanke and Charles F. Curry Company versus David and Carol Douthit. A non injury collision near South Main involved Douglas Welsh and Velma Ballard with $400 damage to Ballard. Open to all 60 plus for reservations. weekly cafeteria menu and German Day planned. markets show slaughter steer and heifer prices down from last week with cows and bulls also lower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Hull
Ottawa
Dianna Leach
Baldwin
Kenneth Lee Nelson
Barbara Dawn Dunn
Phillip M. Barton
Pomona
Loreta E. Crist
Overbrook
Debra 5
South Main
Douglas A. Welsh
Osage
Velma C. Ballard
Lola
Ballard’s
State Crime Hotline Set Up in Kansas
Kansas officials launched a statewide toll free crime hotline to allow confidential tips from anywhere in the state. The call center at KBI in Topeka will operate 24 hours, funded at 350 dollars monthly, with the number 1 800 KS CRIME promoted to encourage public cooperation.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Robert Stephan
Tom Kelly
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Kelly
KBI
Attorney General
Stephan
Kangas
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Teana Library
EMS Lifelines
Sheriff’s Monthly Report
Ad Briefs
Drake
Young Place Kids
Wilson
Little River Band
Rawleigh
Celebration Hall
Franklin County Fair
Sand Creek Restaurant
Rock House
Monty
VFW
Country Gold
Wagon Wheel
Friends OF the Ottawa Library Board
Kemper Arena
Jcpenney's
The
Franklin Co
Shwe
Oplinist
the Daily Report
District Court News
W.w
Kansas City, Mo
Midwest
Omaha
Sioux Falls
God
Choice
Jolietto
Ottawan
Winston E. Peterson
Monument
Kansas Wheat Commission
Peterson
Dennis L. Shirley
Narcatur
Adrian J. Polansky
Belleville
Donald H. Turnquist
Lindsborg
Vernon V. Schroeder
Jetmore
Carlin
Mildred Odom
Manhattan
State Board of Nursing
Dorothy V. Danskin
Nursing Board
Pat Boos
Severance Democrat
Patricia Diamond
Hutchinson Republican
Elaine Harvey
Hays Democrat
Berniece M. Smith
Ottawa Democrat
Bobby D. Dodd
Nickell Barracks Training Center
Salina
Kansas and
Colorado National Guard
Steven R. Davis
Gary D
Wanda G. Davis
Rural
Davis
2Nd Marine Aircraft Wing
Marine Corps Air Station
Beaufort
D.C
Calvary Baptist Church
W. 7Th
Pine Street
Wan Sa
Cate
Memoriam
Sonny Dean Harris
Sacred Hearth Catholic
Paul Miller
Richmond Cemetery
Future Farmers of America Memorial Fund
Central Heights High School
Dengel & Son
George & Dale Swank
George H. Swank
Dale R. Swank
William Weber
V.F.W. Memorial
Louise Hamilton
Ash St
Hickory
Nancy Schehrenr
Nancy
Kathy Floyd
Karen Martinez
Marcio Pounds
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