Zoning Debate Shapes Franklin County Growth
About 300 people, led by the Franklin County Taxpayers Association, attended a zoning meeting at Ottawa Junior High School to discuss county development spurred by Interstate 35. Kansas State extension economist Donald Erickson urged integrated private and public planning, county-wide zoning, and local input, noting population growth and the need to balance agriculture with enterprise while addressing governance concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardis Foust
Franklin County Taxpayers Association
Ottawa Junior High
Donald Erickson
Kansas State University
Erickson
Kansas
Franklin County
Washington, D. C
James Peckham
Rural Rantoul
Don Yockey
George Atchison
Harrison
Lincoln
Yockey
Ottawa
Roy E. Swank
Franklin County Extension Service
Franklin County Community Development Program
Next Move Up To Governor In Pay Bill Drama
In Topeka the legislative pay bill clears the Senate 21 to 16 with three absent and narrowly passed the House 63 to 62. Governor Docking has not stated his stand on signing or vetoing the measure which would raise lawmakers salaries to 6000 dollars a year plus per diem. The Senate also backs a census figure change for state aid and approves a 23 million supplemental appropriation for fiscal 1971.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
Senate
House
Docking
Kansas
State Board of Agriculture
Frank Hodge
R-Hutchinson
City Commission Hears Parking Lot Assessments Questions
Edward McGrath reports at City Hall as Alfonso Mayes questions who pays for parking lot assessments after contracts signed by benefit district owners. The Commission awaits court answers while approving bond sales to Stern Brothers and first readings for zoning changes in Alexander's Addition and annexation of Erma DeWitt land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward McGrath
Ottawa
City Commission
Alfonso A. Mayes
S. Cherry
Commission
City Hall
Steve Ralph
Mayes
Franklin County District Court
Ralph
Orlin Smith
Stern Brothers Investment
Kansas City
Orrin Smith
Alexander's
Lincoln
Fifteenth
Planning Commission
Erma C. DeWitt
Ruling On Primaries Reversed
TOPEKA Kansas attorney general's office reversed a prior ruling, indicating second class cities need not hold a city primary next Tuesday. Answering Rep. Eugene F. Gastl, Vern Miller's office says second class cities are exempt by 1968 legislation since candidates run on nonpartisan tickets. The opinion allows exemption by charter ordinance.
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Topeka
Attorney General's Office
Eugene F. Gastl
Dshawnee
Vern Miller
Liberal Group Sues KSHSAA Over League Exclusion
A Liberal Kansas group filed a federal class action against the Kansas State High School Activities Association and eight board members along with the state education commissioner and board. The suit seeks an injunction to realign Kansas activity leagues to place Liberal Unified School District 480 with comparable members and to stop dues collection until such realignment occurs. The case alleges Liberal was barred from eligibility and faced travel burdens to play enough games, and also seeks an injunction regarding band discrimination and future scheduling.
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Wichita
Kan
Liberal
Kansas State High School Activities Association, Inc
C. Taylor Whittier
State Board of Education
Donald Musick
Milo Peterson
Charles G. Wolfe
Robert Blum
George Madelen
W.R. Channell
Clinton Hill
Herschel Olmstead
George Rosel
Ned Lowry
Tom Brown
Chet Kiesling
Dave Fisher
Dan Hill
Kaye McGillivray
Dean Riney
Paul Gatlin
Jerry Goodwin
Hugo Wiederstein
Everett Johns
Tommy Williams
Gene Mullins
Harry Massey
Jim Cates
Bill Broughton
Dick Pediret
James Yoxall
Nelson Escoe
Gene H. Sharp
South
Kansas
Liberal Unified School District No. 480
Ottawa Chamber Luncheon Hosts Kansas Legislators
The first legislative luncheon of the year, sponsored by the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce, will be held Saturday at noon at the House of Douglas. Sen. Winton Winter and Rep. George Wingert are expected to attend to discuss progress of the current Kansas Legislature session.
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Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
House of Douglas
Winton Winter
George Wingert
Kansas
SJC Boosts Voting Age Amendment
Washington AP The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a proposed constitutional amendment to lower the voting age to 18 in all elections federal state and local Supporters aim to move it quickly through Congress so states can ratify before the 1972 elections They claim 86 senators favor the measure Democratic leader Mike Mansfield said it could be the first bill taken up after filibuster issues are resolved
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Congress
Mike Mansfield
Senate
Reprieve In Rail Threat
Washington report says union negotiators in a nationwide railroad dispute will resume talks after a brief breakdown. They assured no strike is imminent. President Charles Luna of the United Transportation Union and Assistant Secretary of Labor W d Usery voiced cautious optimism for a settlement.
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Washington
Charles Luna
United Transportation Union
Asst
W. d. Usery
Weather forecast for county winds and temps
Tonight partly cloudy and warmer with southerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Friday partly cloudy and warm. Low tonight 30 to 35, high Friday in the low 50s. High Wednesday 37, low today 17, high a year ago 57, low a year ago 29. Record high 83 in 1910, record low 1 in 1960. Hourly temps ending at 8 am today shown with minor barometer reading 30.05.
Allies Push Deeper Into Laos Front as U S Helicopters Fly In
U S helicopters ferried hundreds of South Vietnamese troops six miles deeper into Laos while Saigon forces repelled counterattacks. Commanders said the advance reached about 2 1/2 miles west of the border near Sepone, opening a new front east and west of Highway 9. Casualties rose across allied forces with 69 U S killed last week and South Vietnamese losses at 898 killed. Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Lam said more reinforcements, air support, and infantry were entering Laos as heavy enemy concentrations moved toward South Vietnam's central highlands.
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Saigon
Laos
Sepone
Route 9
le Thung Hien
Khe Sanh
U.S
Hoang Xuan Lam
Associated Press
J. T. Volkerstorfer
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnam
Reds Boycott Vietnam Talks
Paris AP reports chief Communist delegates boycotted the weekly session of the Vietnam peace talks. The United States accused them of showing no interest in a settlement and criticized their tactics and preconditions. Ambassador Bruce denounced the North Vietnamese presence in South Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos as illegal.
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Paris
Vietnam
Nixon
North Vietnam
United States
U.S
David K. E. Bruce
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Arabs' Answer To Cease-Fire Is Due Sunday
The Associated Press reports President Anwar Sadat will announce Sunday whether Egypt will accept another extension of the Middle East cease-fire due to expire that day. Al Ahram cites U S efforts to persuade Israel to withdraw from occupied Arab lands and seeks a clear American stance on acquiring territory by force. Sadat’s decision will be announced in a radio television address and discussed by Egypts National Defense Council as U Thant at the UN pressed for a cease-fire extension to move peace talks forward.
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Associated Press
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Middle East
Cairo
al Ahram
U.S
William P. Rogers
Washington
Israel
U.N. Security Council
Mahmoud Riad
Rogers
Riad
United States
Soviet Union
Sadat
National Defense Council
Arab Socialist Union
U Thant
United Nations
U.N
Big Four
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University of Kansas
Everett Oshel
Bruce Welton
Welton
Twelfth
Thirteenth
Main
Street Department
Post Office
Chamber of Commerce
C. W. Bollweg
Ottawa Garden Club
Bollweg
Civil Defense
D. F. Kyle
Kyle
Kshsaa
Association
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