Ottawans seek answers on DPS questions at city meeting
Ottawa residents pressed the Department of Public Safety with a list of 21 questions at a city meeting led by Bev O Connor. They questioned recent DPS events including a Christmas Eve fire magazine incident and the firing of three DPS employees, and raised concerns on legal costs and DPS leadership moves.
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Jay Bemis
Herald
Department of Public Safety
Ottawa City Commission
Bev O’connor
S. Oak
DPS
Anderson, Byrd & Richeson
Jim Herlein
Braden plan seeks 28.5% property tax cut in Kansas
A Braden plan proposes a constitutional amendment to raise the statewide sales tax by one cent to 5.25 percent, generating about 210 million dollars for local school districts to cut property taxes. If approved, the Aug. 7 primary would decide, with reductions starting December 1 and hearings at the Statehouse.
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Topeka
Kan
Jim Braden
Kansas
Braden
Statehouse
Iola
Atchison
Great Bend
Fort Scott
Augusta
el Dorado
Clay Center
Concordia
Winfield
Arkansas City
Pittsburg
Abilene
Lawrence
Hays
Garden City
Dodge City
Ottawa
Junction City
Newton
Olathe
Shawnee Mission
Parsons
Leavenworth
Emporia
McPherson
Paola
Beloit
Coffeyville
Independence
Chanute
Hanson Honored for Heroic Action in Ottawa Shootout
Bruce Hanson, the Ottawa officer wounded in a February 26 bank robbery shootout, was honored last night with a gold sealed resolution presented to his wife Anne Marie. The ceremony also recognized five other Department of Public Safety members and a sheriff's officer for aiding Hanson after the shooting, with state officials proposing similar resolutions. The city also moved to reissue 1984 industrial revenue bonds for Ottawa Retirement Village and approved KOFO Radio’s temporary street closure for an April 6-7 lawn show and vehicle display.
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Bruce Hanson
U.S
Herlein
DPS
Rick Oglesby
Fred Heathman
Cal Lantis
Charles Gil
Jay Bemis
Herald
Ottawa
Hanson
Anne Marie
University of Kansas Medical Center
Bruce
Department of Public Safety
David Hood
David Sellens
Larry Wilson
Kelly Shambaugh
Mark d’Augereau
Craig Davis
Sheriff's Office
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Gillette
Bettie Sue Shumway
Jim Allen
Ottawa Retirement Village
W. 15Th
ORV
Kofo Radio
Hickory Street
Municipal Auditorium
Brad Howard
KOFO
Educators ponder decline in tuition increases
New York AP report notes many colleges announce smaller tuition hikes, the smallest in a decade. Administrators cite cost cutting and savings passed to students, while others see pressure from student outrage, legislative action, and governing boards. Applications wobble at top schools, Harvard among them, signaling limits to rate hikes. College Board data show 9 percent average tuition rise this year, with double-digit jumps 1981–84 and four-year public colleges up about 20 percent in 1983–84, then easing to 5–9 percent in recent years.
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New York
Robert Atwell
American Council of Education
Atwell
Harvard
College Board
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Daryl Shutt
Charles Gillette
Steve Zak
Hanson Et al
Anne Marie Hanson
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