City weighs new waste system for Ottawa
George B. Pyle reports Ottawa weighs rotating biological contactors to treat sewage. City officials, guided by engineering firm A.C. Kirkwood, consider a $2.5 million project with EPA backing, aiming to double capacity and add storage while weighing maintenance risks and rising bills. A public hearing is set for Aug. 4 with a decision after Aug. 3.
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George B. Pyle
Marais Des Cygnes
Ottawa
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Watkins
City Hall
Fourth and
Walnut
Ottawa University tops $1.1 million in gifts for year
Ottawa University reports $1,132,172 in private gifts for the achievement fund in the latest fiscal year, with $250,000 toward the Mabee Challenge seeking a $100,000 Mabee Foundation match. A extension to meet the challenge is sought and the Decade for Achievement program targets more than $11 million in unrestricted income during the 1980s.
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Ottawa University
Larry Dailey
Dailey
Ottawa
Achievement Fund
Robert E. Shaw
Shaw
Funeral and court news from Ottawa county and surrounding area
Funeral services are announced for Claude Knoche of Wellsville. Mrs Lucy Ruth Davidson, 81, Wichita, formerly of Ottawa, to be buried in Rest Haven Wichita. Local adoptions and admissions list appear, plus multiple crime, accident, and sentencing items from Ottawa and surrounding towns. The report includes a burglary, a vehicle collision injuring a child, a noninjury crash, driving-privilege suspension, and guilty pleas. Farm prices and commodity quotes from Ottawa Co op and Kansas City AP update market activity.
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Lucy R. Davidson
Lucy Ruth Davidson
Wichita
Ottawa
Rest Haven Mortuary
Homer Teter
S.elm
COF Signs New Marketing Agreement with Trim Line
COF Training Services Inc signs an exclusive marketing deal with Trim Line of Overland Park owned by William and Thomas Harvey. The pact aims to provide steady workshop work for COF clients in Ottawa and Osage City, with $38,000 in business projected over six months and potential yearly renewal if sales quotas are met. Trim Line has already bought $15,000 of COF products.
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COF Training Services Inc
Overland Park Company
COF
Thomas Harvey
Ottawa
Osage City
Senate Deadlocks Over Social Security Minimum Benefit
The Senate voted 52-46 to table Sen. Donald Riegle’s amendment to restore the minimum Social Security benefit, while the House debated a measure to preserve the $122 minimum. President Reagan criticized Democrats for exploiting fears to maintain the benefit as calls for rally protests grew outside the Capitol.
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Washington
Senate
Donald Riegle
D-Mich
Reagan
House
Jim Wright
Texas
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
National Council of Senior Citizens
Capitol
Riegle
Russell Long
D-La
Sen
Bob Dole
R-Kan
Congress
Counterfeit Food Stamps Rise Amid Expanded Use
Senate heard that counterfeiters are flooding the market as food stamps grow in use from 10.5 million recipients in 1971 to over 23 million, with annual costs surpassing 11 billion dollars. Investigators say stamps are now used as a second currency for purchases from weapons to homes.
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Washington
Senate
John Graziano
Agriculture Department
New York
California
Senate Agriculture Committee
Department
Graziano
Commerce Department
Ad Briefs And Local Closures And Specials
Litwins offers Playtex at 20 percent off Wednesday only. S&M Buffet closes Thursday nights until further notice. MOCK Motors at 126 S Hickory closes for vacation July 13 to 26, reopening July 27. Freda's Dress Shop celebrates third anniversary with drawings and notices forthcoming. The Rock House hosts ladies night Tuesday with first two drinks free 8:30 to 10:39 p.m. Olmsted Electric delays Milwaukee Tools rep arrival to Wednesday July 22. rescheduled date to be announced.
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Mock Motors
S. Hickory
The
Rock House
Ist
Milwaukee Tools
Olmsted Electric
Mike Henry to Stay at Home Until Thursday Return
Mike Henry of 833 Tremont will remain at his home through Thursday before resuming duties at Qsawatomie Nursing Home. He was injured two years ago in a motorcycle crash. Larry Powell, executive director of the Greater Ottawa Chamber of Commerce, came back Monday from a weeklong Institute for Organization Management session at the University of Colorado.
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Mike Henry
Tremont
Qsawatomie Nursing Home
Larry Powell
Greater Ottawa
Ottawa man linked to Kansas City bank heist car
DPS and the FBI tied a stolen 1973 Corvette linked to Ronnie L. Smith Jr. of Ottawa to a Kansas City Kaw bank robbery. The Corvette was found after a Security National Bank branch was robbed. two men, one in a dress with high heels and a wig, carried out the hold up, injuring a male employee.
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Department of Public Safety Today
FBI
Ottawa
Kansas City
Kaw
DPS
Ronnie L. Smith Jr
S. Oak
W. Wilson
Smith
Security National Bank
Kan
Associated Press
State Ave
Baldwin
Scouts Launch $4 Million Growth Fund Drive in Kansas City Area
The Heart of America Council seeks four million dollars for renovating Naish and Bartle scout reservations to meet safety standards. Thomas H. Bornholdt is general campaign chairman in Twin Rivers District, with Herbert Yamabayashi as local scout executive. The effort covers 19 counties and 17 districts surrounding Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas.
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Heart of America Council of the
Boy Scouts of America
Foundation For Growth Fund
Herbert Yamabayashi
Twin Rivers
Thomas H. Bornholdt
Ottawa
RFD 2
Overland Park
Yamabayashi
Naish and
Bartle
Bornholdt
Heart of America Council
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Wild Calf-Tying at Franklin County Fair Rodeo
Butch Riddle lists most contestants for the two day Wild Calf-Tying event at the Franklin County Fair Rodeo. Thursday’s teams include Mages Rose Horming O Connors Lepley Lepley Miller and others with sponsors Our Own Hardware Ottawa City Lloyd Builders Kansas State Bank. Friday features teams from Franklin Savings Public Safety Killough C H Car Washes Ottawa Co op Richmond Co op National Sign Peoples Bank Steanson Pluming Havens Steel. Call Riddle at 242 2651 for team assignments.
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Butch Riddle
Franklin County Fair
Larry Mages
Gary Rose
Dave Horming
Mike O'’Connors
Terry Lepley
Carl Lepley
Mike Miller
Carl Hornbuckie
Butch Brazil
Dave Brown
Larry Marstall
Rick Warner
Rick Prue
Our Own Hardware
City of Ottawa
Ottawa Truck
Lloyd Builders
Kansas State Bank
Franklin Savings
Department of Public Safety
Killough Inc
C & H Car Washes
Ottawa Co-op
Richmond Co-op
National Sign
Peoples Bank
Steanson Plumbing
Havens Steel
Riddle
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Wellsville
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Edgerton
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Jay Fleer
S. Walnut
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Ash
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Braddock
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Williamsburg
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