Increased Usage Key To Airport Projection Study
Harris Rays A study by Ottawa planning consultants Bucher Willis projects a near fourfold rise in aircraft operations at Ottawa Municipal Airport by 2000. The plan, part of an unfinished master plan, foresees more than doubling based aircraft over 21 years and outlines funding and expansion steps with county involvement, pending federal funds and possible joint ownership talks.
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Harris Rays
Ottawa
Ottawa City Commission
Franklin County
Bucher & Willis
Ottawa City considers street projects to be heard in April
Ottawa officials plan a 9 35 a m meeting at City Hall to discuss six street improvement projects costing about 786 460 dollars including Maple Elm Cypress Hemlock and Dundee and sewer work They seek a public hearing in April funded by general obligation bonds and benefit district assessments A Seventh Street renovation from Cedar to west limits would cost about 840 000 with federal funds covering most If approved leases for farmland and hay at Ottawa Municipal Airport are also on the agenda Washington reports corporate profits up 26 4 percent last year and GNP growth of 69 percent in Q4 with full year at 4 percent, viewed as a setback for anti inflation efforts.
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Ottawa City Commission
City Hall
Commission
Hemlock
Dundee
Seventh Street
Cedar
Ottawa
Teachers Seek Near 10 Percent Hike
290 district teachers seek a roughly 10 percent salary increase next year, totaling more than 167000 dollars above current pay, with a plan to raise base pay and annual increments. The proposal, submitted to Superintendent Neuenswander, awaits a 8 p.m. Wednesday negotiation with the Ottawa School Board amid talk of a 5 to 7 percent funded by Legislature limits.
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Jay Bemis
U.S.D
Dan Neuenswanther
Carter
Neuenswander
Kansas
Charles Gentner
Ottawa Education Association
Gentner
Ottawa
New chapter in the legend of Ray Meyer
A feature traces Ray Meyer’s enduring influence and career arc, highlighting key milestones and the legacy he built in college basketball. The piece weaves through his coaching philosophy, program impact, and lasting imprint on the sport's culture.
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Legend of
Ray Meyer
Israel Egypt Clash Over Jerusalem Threatens Peace Talks
The Associated Press reports Israel and Egypt publically disagreed over Jerusalem and Palestinian statehood in the first post-Carter visit clash. Mustafa Khalil doubted any dispute would block the treaty, while Menachem Begin warned the West Bank Gaza and East Jerusalem would not be conceded. County forecast: cloudy with rain chances and thunder likely tonight and Wednesday.
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Associated Press
Israel
Egypt
Jerusalem
Carter
Mustafa Khalil
Menachem Begin
West Bank
Jordan River
Gaza Strip
East Jerusalem
Begin
Knesset
Attorney rebuts Sen Winter over US-59 Coats Corner plan
Garnett attorney Orville J. Cole blasts Sen Wint Winter over the US-59 Coats Corner Princeton curve project. He challenges a meeting at Princeton to review alternatives to the Kansas Department of Transportation plan, arguing the two-curve relocation is costly and unsafe. Cole favors minor improvements along the existing path and cautions against extravagant construction. The Highway Advisory Committee planned another April meeting as Winter insists the project be reinstated.
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Robert Wellington
Orville J. Cole
Sen. Wint Winter
Coats Corner
Princeton
Cole
Winter
Kansas Department of Transportation
Leo Wiederholt
Garnett
Gwinn G. Shell
Highway Department
Coats
Wiederholt Farm
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