Woman Arrested In Party Death Case In Ottawa
Sheila Walker 18 of 912 S Cedar was arrested on a county warrant for furnishing intoxicants to a minor after the death of Shelly Ward 17 at a party in Walker’s apartment. Ward died from a skull fracture at Ransom Memorial Hospital after an incident on a second floor balcony. Walker posted $500 bond and faces a 3:30 p.m. arraignment Monday in District Court. The death was ruled accidental by the Department of Public Safety. Mike Fitzgerald 26 was hospitalized for injuries and later released. Ward was an Ottawa High honor student and cheerleader. Federal and local records note Barker filed the complaint alleging sale to Ward under 21. party beer reportedly was 3.2 percent. Walker’s DWI charge from May 18 is referenced, with related traffic offenses.
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Sheila R. Walker
S. Cedar
Ottawa
Walker
14Th and Main
Shelly L. Ward
Department of Public Safety
Miss Ward
Ransom Memorial Hospital
DPS
Wendell Barker
Shelp Ward
Paice
Barker
Welli
South Main
D. Miller
Pomona
Veterans Administration Hospital
Topeka
Miller
Edna Kay Knapp
Osage Drive
Edna Jolly
N. Poplar
Knapp
Nora M. McIntosh
W. 10Th
Raymond P. Daugharthy
College
Sante Fe
Marais Des Cygnes
Mid America
District Court
April Sales Taxes Spread to Franklin County
Franklin County received 80204.95 from the State Treasury Department as its April sales tax share and 2049.76 from compensating-use tax distributions. Ottawa gained 28598.87 in sales tax and 530.72 in compensating-use tax, Pomona 653.59, and Williamsburg 266.72 from state coffers.
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Franklin County
State Treasury Department
Accor
Ottawa
Pomona
Williamsburg
Nichols to chair panel on professional liability issues
State Rep. Dorothy Nichols of Ottawa was named chair of the House Special Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance. The panel will decide on a potential professional liability insurance mandate and study the uninsured motorist statute, assigned risk health coverage, and Medicare supplement age ratings.
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Dorothy Nichols
Rottawa
Mike Hayden
Financial Institutions and Insurance
Cheese Distribution in Franklin County May 1985
ECKAN will distribute cheese dry milk and honey Monday to Franklin County USDAdonated surplus recipients. Locations include ECKAN Franklin County Senior Center Sunflower Plaza Apartments Lane and Rantoul Richmond City Library Walnut Plaza Apartments Wellsville and community churches. In May 1985 total 435 Ottawa households obtained commodities.
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Eckan
Franklin County
Franklin County Senior Center
Sunflower Plaza
Lane and Rantoul
Richmond City Library
Walnut Plaza
Wellsville
Ottawa
Written condition list required for Kansas landlord tenant rules
The state requires both landlord and tenant to prepare a detailed written list of premises conditions within five days of move in to avoid disputes over the security deposit. If an inspection cannot be arranged, tenants should conduct one with a witness, take photos, and produce two identical copies for signatures. Upon move out a joint re inspection and signed checklist confirm satisfactory condition and deposit refund, with specific repairs documented in writing. Tenants must provide 30 days notice for changes, except where weekly rentals or military orders apply. Free Tenant Handbooks are available, and evictions are questioned as to whether they are forcible.
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Kansas
ECEAN
Housing Board
Summer clothes sale and local notices mix
An assortment of local ads and event notices from Ottawa area papers. Promotions include The Boutique offering 20 percent off summer clothes at 230 South Main, A Cut Above staff addition and June perms, Scha n's Ice Cream and West 7th Service, various dances, a baby contest in Williamsburg, a pet puppies for adoption, Father’s Day buffets, barber shop closures, theater shows, and multiple service and community notices.
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South Main
Hijackers Seize Planeload of Americans to Algiers
Ath ens to Rome TWA flight with 153 aboard is hijacked. Passengers beaten and threatened as hijackers force refueling in Beirut and flight to Algiers, where the airport is closed. Two women freed report shots fired and a man wounded.
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Algiers
Algeria
TWA
Beirut
Larnaca
Cyprus
Lebanese Transportation Ministry
Ziad Kassem
Associated Press
U.S
Irma Garza
Laredo
Texas
Funeral held for Dewey Hackler in Wellsville landmark
Dewey A. Hackler 87 of Wellsville died Wednesday at a Gardner hospital. Funeral at 11 a.m. Saturday at Wilson and Son Funeral Home with burial in Wellsville Cemetery. Hackler born March 7, 1898 in DeSoto. farmer. worked for State Highway Maintenance and Hercules Plant. retired 1958. Survived by wife Clara Seeker Hackler, daughter Mona Ortoff, son Donald Hackler, sister Beulah Hiller, four grandchildren, two great grandchildren. Family to meet friends 7 to 8:30 p.m. tonight at the funeral home. Memorials to Kansas Lung Association.
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Dewey A. Hackler
Wellsville
RFD
Gardner Hospital
Wilson and Son Funeral
Hackler
DeSoto
State
Hercules
Clara Seeker
Olathe
Mona Ortoff
Donald Hackler
Baldwin
Beulah Hiller
Humboldt
Kansas Lung Association
Local Markets Prices at Ottawa Co-op Thursday Afternoon
Quotations show Wheat 3.15, corn 2.70, milo 4.50, beans 5.75, oats 1.90. Market update reflects Thursday afternoon rates from Ottawa Co-op.
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Ottawa Co-op
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S. Mulberry
Ward
Fitzgerald
RMH
Nichols
House
Standing Committee On Labor and Industry
Commercial and Financial Institutions
Cindi Wilson
Pat Garvin
Schwan’s
Red Barron Pizza
West 7Th Service
Convience Store
Hairport
S. Main
George Washburn
Aseum
Washburn
Ad Briefs
Drake Jewelry
Willamsburg
Bud's
N. Main
Elks Lodge
Spin
Schwan
Crook’s Loor
Argie’s Menagerie
Virginia’s Hill House
Dad
Adventure Land Video
Jana
Icel
Ottawa Civic Theater
Clarence Darrow
Charlotte
Marva
Ora Lee
Ms. Garza
Larth
Frances Reynolds
Chicago
Alexia Turner
Fort Worth
Tex
the Daily Report
Lucille Hopkins
Pomona Rfd
Fula Skidmore
Retiremet Village
Téeonce P. Mode
Lary M. Nichols
Willow
M. Welch
Princeton
Chistopher M. Williams
Tris W. Haas
Senvice
Calistis Alten
Highland
Sheriff's News
Public Safety News
A. Burgoon
Bilk
Michael Dryden
Ord
Steve Dryden
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Jody L. Bulmer
East Seventh
David D. Crumm
Crumm
Glenn R. Berry
Vassar Playhouse
Guys and Dolls
Pomona Lake
Forest Park — South of
Shelterhouse
Dave Petersen
Trinity United Methodist
Iring
Memoriam
Harold F. Davis
Harold F
Hal” Davis
Wesley Kelicher
Dengel & Son
Don Fotbuany
Hickory
Ontewa
Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home
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