Paola housing project backer found amid HUD talks
A new backer, Jack C. Oliver and Co. of Shawnee Million, may revive a federally subsidized housing project for low income and elderly residents in Paola. HUD had visited Paola to verify the application for 47 units north of East Peoria Street and east of Hospital Drive. construction could begin in July for a three story, $1.5 million building with 40 one bedroom and 7 two bedroom units. rents would be subsidized at $324 and $380 respectively.
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Jack C. Oliver and Co
Shawnee Million
Gene Berress
FCH Services
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Peoria Street
Hospital Drive
Hijacker Apprehended Without Resistance
A Continental Airlines Boeing 727 en route from Phoenix to Tucson was hijacked for 200000 and transport to Cuba. The hijacker was captured at Tucson International Airport after the plane landed. Flight 62 carried 89 passengers and the flight attendant Mary Ellen Paul was freed unharmed.
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Ariz
Cuba
Continental Airlines
Phoenix
Tucson International Airport
Continental
Jack Gregor
Los Angeles
Mary Ellen Paul
Gregor
FBI
Flight 62
Miami
Local Ad Briefs Roundup From Ottawa Area
Community notices include Dr Hays clinic closure for March 16 17 farm bureau price alerts April 15 new Town Country Welding Clinic at 202 Walnut concerts at Bill s Bar Friday night sausage gravy breakfast specials at Colonial Inn Wellsville pancake breakfast at 9 am Budge s Sport Center shoes sale Didde s Atlases 1979 Rand McNally stock PRIED chicken supper VFW St Patrick dance Marvin Ross Country Gentlemen Tax free municipal bonds available via Edward Jones office Ottawa Kansas with minimum 5000 and contact details
Dinner To Honor OU Foreign Students
Ottawa University hosts a potluck dinner April 1 at Meldon Laury 1320 Ash to honor foreign students. The Ottawa Hospitality Committee aims for 25 community members and up to 25 foreign students with donations and help for housing, transportation, and a post dinner Spanish speaking song and dance show at 7:30 pm in OU's administration building auditorium.
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Ottawa University
Meldon Laury
Ottawa Hospitality Committee
Laury
Ottawa
Betty Angell
Ottawa area records bloom with fires and fines
Details from Ottawa and Wellsville include a Thursday trash fire at 809 Sycamore blamed on vandalism with no damage reported, a Wednesday spark incident, multiple juvenile runaways reported on I-35, and a long list of traffic and conduct fines across Ottawa and Pomona including speeding, disobeying signals, and open container violations. An upcoming adult driver education meeting is set for March 19 at Ottawa High School.
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Department of Public Safety
Tim Criqui
Sycamore
Victor R. Garey
Ottawa
Brian J. Potterf
Wellsville
Daniel W. Rocker
Pomona
Ottawa High School
Police arrest 19-year-old in hydrant plot and truck damage
Ottawa police charged Steven C. Mason 19 with criminal damage to property for opening city fire hydrants and sugar in a rural Pomona pickup’s tank. He appeared in Municipal Court March 22 on misdemeanor counts as officers seek a second suspect and investigate theft of eight signs from Plattner Industries.
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Pomona
Steven C. Mason
Mulberry
Plattner Industries
E. North
Plattner's
Larry Neal
Kansans Fight Gas Allocation Change Amid DOE Plan
Local officials and dealers in Kansas oppose a DOE gas allocation scheme changing the dealer base year from 1972 to July 1977 through June 1978. The 90 day trial began March 1 amid calls for hearings in Kansas City or Chicago and warnings that rural areas may lose fuel under the new base period. Senator Dole's office cites delayed allocations and questions the plan's fairness for farmers and motorists.
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Harris News Service
Washington
Kansas
Robert Dole
R-Russell
Randy Miller
Dole
Department of Energy
Miller
Marsha McKay
McKay
Mobil
Colorado
DOE
Secretary of Energy
James Schlesinger
Kansas City
Chicago
Auditorium concerts and high school play schedule
Tickets for the LeGarde Twins concert are five dollars in advance six at the door with a Kansas City show nearly sold out at seven dollars. The KU Chamber Choir and Lawrence Chamber Players perform a gospel interpretation of St John with three dollar tickets, Easter tied. Ottawa High will stage Annie Get Your Gun at 7 30 nightly with tickets two dollars adults and one fifty students. A Wellsville 19 year old is held on charges of falsifying police reports and theft after a K Mart armed robbery in Olathe.
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Kansas City
Jaworski
LeGarde Twins
Tom and
Ted
Merv Griffin
Mike Douglas
Australia
Las Vegas
St. John’s
James Ralston
KU Chamber Choir
Lawrence Chamber Players
Cauditorium
Ottawa High School
Butler Music
Auditorium Box Office
Butler's
Sheldon’s
Town and Country Supply
Olathe
Wellsville
Johnson County
Olathe K-Mart
K-Mart
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Williamsburg
Keith Sleichter
Cherry
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Charles M. Weber Jr
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Victoria Hays
Steven W. Norris
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Susan Scott
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