Ottawa City Commission names five member panel for DPS probe
The Ottawa City Commission reveals a five member panel to investigate the Department of Public Safety amid debate over selections. Kansas Open Meetings Law questions arise as Franklin County Attorney Wendell J. Barker calls for disclosure and corrective steps. A new effort in the Kansas Legislature seeks to curb drunk driving with proposed penalties and a passenger crime for alcohol impaired drivers.
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Ottawa
Department of Public Safety
Jim McCrea
Franklin County
Wendell J. Barker
Kansas
Barker
Herald
Elder Sets Things Straight at Nursing Home
A speaker visits 60 to 70 residents at a nursing home delivering a 35 minute talk. He fields an abrupt critique from Mr Forsley who laments television and urges readers to read and act, ending the encounter with a blunt dismissal of the speaker.
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Mr. Forsley
Hair Growth Cream Sparks Debate On Happiness And Vanity
The column argues about a new scalp treatment promising hair regrowth at $600 yearly, noting it helps some young men but questions its impact on happiness. It contends hair is decorative, estimates time spent styling, and warns a year wasted chasing appearances unless romance favors the wearer. It ends with humor about medical test results.
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Lincoln Park Zoo
Panties day promotion and radium water study notes
A quirky letter mix covers a Panties Day promotion by Lila Williams with green mint panty gear and interview notes, plus a Water Quality Association warning about radium in ion exchange water softening. An unrelated radio DJ riddle, and a humorous riff on trash waste and sacks, boxes, and bottles filling the narrator’s garbage.
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Vassarette
Lila Williams
New York
New Jersey
Water Quality Association
Chicago
Surrogate Case Stateside Judge Faces Heartache and Law
In Washington Judge Harvey Sorkow must decide the Baby M surrogate birth case, choosing custody between Mary Beth Whitehead and the Sterns while considering future regulation of surrogacy. The article details the parties, ethics, and potential legal paths as church and state ponder policy.
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Washington
Republic
Harvey R. Sorkow
Mary Beth Whitehead
William Stern
Sara
Sterns
Sorkow
New Jersey
Ryan
William
Stern
Florida
Edna Gladney
Fort Worth
Texas
Marilyn Anderson
Ednaew
Baby M
Melissa
Bill
Richard Whitehead
Elizabeth Stern
Sara-Melissa
Whiteheads
Vatican
United States
Solomon
Ottawa Herald 1986 subscription rates list and staff
Ottawa Herald announces July 1 1986 subscription rates for delivery and mail in Ottawa Franklin County and surrounding areas. Rates include one month to one year options with varying prices by delivery method and region plus 5.5 percent sales tax for out of state subscribers. Staff and contact lines list editor publisher and department heads.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
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