Carlin Pushes Rail Amendment at PCA Ottawa Meeting
Kansas Gov. John Carlin urged support for a constitutional amendment to allow state aid and acceptance of federal money for railroads, citing the Rock Island Railroad’s closure and the need for efficient transport to bolster the economy and meet energy-related grain shipping demands. Robert Stainbrook and Dan Lickteig were re elected to PCA board.
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John Carlin
Production Credit Association
Ottawa University
Carlin
Rock Island Railroad
Robert Stainbrook
Dan Lickteig
PCA
George Wingert
Ottawa
Jackson
Marge George
Hemlock
Aid Boost for Rock Island Subsidized Run Endorsed
The Senate Commerce Committee endorsed a bill to extend government subsidized operation of the Rock Island Railroad into spring and resolve labor issues as a path toward selling tracks. The measure would fund about 10 million to keep 45 days of service and push ICC reviews of buyer proposals. Separately, Osawatomie State Hospital faced a surprise inspection by a Legislature investigative committee probing drug and sex abuse allegations, with five members touring wards and dormitories amid media presence.
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Senate Commerce Committee
Rock Island Railroad
J. James Exxon
R-Neb
Rock Island
Nancy Landon Kassebaum
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Osawatomie
Kan
Osawatomie State Hospital
Robert Talkington
Riola
Talkington
Ottawa Kansas to audit city buildings for energy savings
Graduate students from Kansas University will inspect City Hall Public Safety HQ Ottawa Library Municipal Auditorium Youth Center power plant and public works department and the Franklin County Courthouse in an energy audit funded by Title III. The study will measure energy use and savings potential and could make the city eligible for grant funds including a feasibility study for an alcohol fuel plant linked to the power plant expansion.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
Kansas Energy Office
Kansas University
Department of Public Safety
Power Plant and Public Works Department
Halbach
Here Today Gone Tomorrow North central Kansas faces winter storm watch
Temperatures rose to mild after record lows but a new winter storm watch is posted for north central and northeast Kansas. Snow could be heavy, with strong northerly winds dropping highs into the 20s Tuesday. Ottawa Power Plant reports 15/32 Friday, 0/31 Sunday. February total 1.43 inches. Wolf Creek plant officials say four construction supervisors have quit or been fired in 10 days amid rumors of unrest. contractor disputes cited by project manager Bill Hitt.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
National Weather Service
Burlington, Kan
Wolf Creek
Familiar Issue For Planners
The Ottawa Planning Commission will discuss the Ottawa Library’s future and hear a request to appoint Bucher and Willis of Kansas City to locate a site for a new library. Other items include reducing senior housing square footage and reexamining zoning laws for mobile homes. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. in City Hall commission room.
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Ottawa Planning Commission
Ottawa
Library Board
Bucher and Willis
Kansas City
City Commission
Commission
City Hall
Court Rules Bell Misused Denial Of Rate Increase
The Kansas Supreme Court unanimously faulted Insurance Commissioner Fletcher Bell for failing to provide detailed reasons when denying Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas a 21.9 million dollar rate increase for 1979. The ruling emphasizes the need for explicit, fact-based explanations rather than generic statutory language.
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Kan
Fletcher Bell
Blue Cross and
Blue Shield of
Kansas
Kansas Supreme Court
Bell
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
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Tehran University
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Wolf Creek Shuffle
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Daniel International Corp
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