Mayor Sues City Over Legal Fees for Cross-Claims
Ottawa Mayor Fred Heathman filed suit against the city and Public Safety Director Oren Skiles to recover about 4 020 in legal fees from two cross-claims dismissed last October in Franklin County District Court. The commission, by a 3 1 vote with Dan Fogle dissenting, refused to pay. Heathman warned the suit could proceed after giving the group time to settle, noting 30 days to answer.
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Melissa Bauman
Herald
Fred Heathman
City of
Ottawa
Department of Public Safety
Oren Skiles
Heathman
Commission
Skiles
Franklin County
Dan Fogle
John Richeson
John Dowell
Lyle Dresher
Fogle
Richeson
Voting Lines Are Revised Across Ottawa Precincts
Six county clerks met in Ottawa to redraw voting precincts as new state law requires lines to follow ground features and potentially affect about five Ottawa precincts. Federal approval is still needed. changes may alter two precincts per site while districts like Precincts Three Four Six and Seven face redefinitions.
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Ottawa
Franklin
Laura Sutton
Sutton
Secretary of State
Kansas
Hawthorne School
Youth Center
Eugene Field School
GOP Go-fer On The Run In Kansas Politics
Fred Logan Jr. leads Kansas Republicans as state chairman aiming to visit all 105 counties by November and to focus on the 1988 and 1990 elections. In Ottawa he spoke at a Franklin County GOP picnic praising Gov. Mike Hayden and stressing continued party control through outreach and travel.
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Jay Bemis
Herald
Fred Logan Jr
Kansas
No. 60
Franklin County
Larry Tenk
Ottawa
RFD 2
Logan
Jim Allen
Jack Beauchamp
K.C
Mike Hayden
Johnson County
Shultz Reveals Darkness in Iran Contra Knowledge
Secretary of State George P. Shultz testified before Congress that Reagan aides kept him in the dark about Iran Contra events and that he was sick to his stomach when he learned some details. He said Casey and Poindexter opposed him and Weinberger, and that he and Weinberger urged against arming Iran in 1985.
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Washington
George P. Shultz
Reagan Administration
Shultz
Reagan
CIA
William Casey
National Security
John Poindexter
Benjamin Weir
Lebanon
Israel
Iran
United States
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
White House
Weinberger
Oliver L. North
Kuwait
steer roping boosts Ottawa Franklin County Fair
Diane Yeamans reports the 122nd Franklin County Fair adds steer roping drawing world-class rodeo stars to Ottawa. The event, part of the Eastern Kansas Pro Rodeo Series, attracts about 58 runs from 29 steer ropers, with top times around 9.4 seconds. Rocky Garnett of Hutchinson advocates keeping steer roping alive amid public concerns.
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Diane Yeamans
Herald
Franklin County Fair
Hutchinson
Rocky Garnett
Kansas
Ottawa
Franklin County Fairground
Rodeo Cowboys Association
Fort Scott
Iola
Gardner
Mound City
Rumford Rodeo Co
Abbyville
Wilson County
Fredonia
Floyd Rumford
Jim Davis
Bandera
Texas
Junior Garrison
Marlow
Okla
Phil Lyne
Rhode Island
California
Garnett
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