Murder still unsolved in Ottawan. leads trickle in
Franklin County sheriff's department has no suspect in the March 20 murder of Doris E. Branson at her Shawnee Road home. Capt. Craig Davis says progress includes ongoing tips, pending return of evidence reports from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation labs, and a promising lead that ended without result. The case includes a robbery angle with Branson's purse found near Le Loup, though not deemed the primary motive. Information continues to come in at two to three contacts weekly as authorities pursue new angles.
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Branson
Shawnee Road
le Loup
J.C. Penney
Henke Chrysler
Ottawa
Jeff Herrman
KBI Labs
Weather Tonight and Kansas Outlook Through Weekend
Showers and thunderstorms likely tonight with a low in the upper 50s and southeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Kansas extended Friday through Sunday calls for chances of showers and thunderstorms daily, especially north and east, with highs in the 70s to mid-80s and lows mostly in the 50s.
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Kansas
County weighs computer upgrades and Williamsburg road work
Franklin County commissioners heard proposals ranging from under 20 000 to over 200 000 to update the computer system and discussed a distributed processing option to allow department tasks on PCs while maintaining a main frame. They also approved extending chip and seal work on US 50 through Williamsburg, budgeting up to 1200 for curb to curb paving and charged the city.
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Franklin County Commission
Williamsburg
Gordon Slater
Custom Software Ltd
Salina
Richard Stapp
Stapp
Main Street
Peace returns as 700 inmates back to cells at Fort Leavenworth
About 700 of 1,400 inmates at the U S Disciplinary Barracks returned to their cells after a two night disturbance that injured five inmates during a seven hour standoff Monday. Authorities reported no violence or hostages and said communications remain ongoing with inmates seeking changes in parole, clemency, smoking, and movie policies.
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Fort Leavenworth
Kan
U.S
Washington
John Head
Head
Multiple Kansas murders surface in Bourbon, Baxter Springs reports
Bourbon County deputies seek a 24 year old white male in connection with a body found shot several times in a rock quarry west of Fulton. The victim's identity remains pending relatives. In Baxter Springs a 20 year old woman was stabbed to death by an unknown assailant in a duplex. no suspects yet. In Kansas City a purse snatching turned fatal at a Wal Mart parking lot with a 21 year old suspect arrested. In Wichita a Spokane man pleaded guilty to a bank robbery in Kansas and three in Washington, awaiting sentencing.
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Fort Scott
Bourbon County
Harold Coleman
Fulton
Sheriff's Deputies
Coleman
Baxter Springs
Kansas
Jennifer Judd
Justin
Judd
Picher
Okla
Quapaw
Kansas City
Brenda Jean Wassink
Kane
Wal-Mart
Mike Dailey
Wassink
Dailey
Sam Breshears
Wichita
Washington
Larry G. Bailey Jr
Spokane
Wash
Union National Bank
U.S. District
Washington Trust Bank
First Interstate Bank
Bailey
Associated Press
Dailey to study at PSU in Student Training Academy
Erin Dailey, an Ottawa Middle School eighth grader, was accepted to the Student Training Academy for Research and Science at Pittsburg State University from June 7 to 26. About 250 state applicants competed for the three week residential program, where Dailey will work with PSU science professors on research methodology and ethics with career exploration.
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Erin Dailey
Ottawa Middle School
Pittsburg State University
PSU
Cynthia Montague
OMS
Dailey
Tom
Deb Dailey
Olive
City Commission to Hold Special Study Session on Electric Rates
The Ottawa City Commission will meet at City Hall tonight at 7 for a special study session. City Manager Dave Warren says the city has studied rate adjustments since last year and staff reports and recommendations will be presented to the commissioners.
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Ottawa City Commission
City Hall
Dave Warren
Ad briefs and notices with contact numbers
Ad briefs list BEST LOCATION and Land values for Country Club Heights with contact 242 2532. Mechanical trouble closes aluminum recycling at COF Training Services. reopening date to be announced. Fall enrollment for Faith Lutheran Preschool contact 242 7366. OWBA ANNUAL Meeting set for Indian Lanes May 14 at 7 p.m.
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Country Club Heights
Call
COF Training Services
OWBA
Garfield Students Publish in Kansas Journal of Reading
Four Garfield writers see works published in the 1992 Kansas Journal of Reading. Michael Robinson, Chris West, Sam Lawrence, and Chasity Farrar are STEP-1 students of Jan Clark and Marcia McDaniel. The four, selected from Clark and McDaniel classes, wrote about Black and White by David Macaulay.
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Garfield
Kansas Journal of Reading
Michael Robinson
Marcia McDaniel
Chris West
Sam Lawrence
Chasity Farrar
Jan Clark
Garfield School
Eisenhower School
Clark
Kansas Reading Association
Clark’s
McDaniel
David Macauley
Shirley Lawrence
Hickory
S. Cedar
Michael
Cindy Goodale
Wendy West
Burroughs
Diane Yeamans
Pomona board approves summer plan and space needs
Pomona West Franklin school board approved a summer maintenance program and accepted two basketball coaching resignations as it prepares for budget changes. Superintendent James E. Cain said about 385000 in extra revenue from new school finance law will fund space at Appanoose Grade School and other staff needs. A video link project between Williamsburg and Pomona high schools would cost 40000 upfront and 35000 annually.
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Diane Yeamans
Herald
Pomona
West Franklin
Staned
James E. Cain
Cain
Appanoose
Mike Folks
Pomona High
Patty Weber
Vera Schulz
Angthier
Karla Green
PGS
Green
United Telephone
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Williamsburg
Ottawa Herald Classifieds Rates 1992 Update
Public notice lists subscription prices for Ottawa Kansas and surrounding areas effective March 16 1992. Rates vary by delivery method including carrier motor route and mail within Franklin and adjacent counties with annual totals and tax terms.
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S. Cedar
Ottawa
Kansas
Jim R. Hitch
Carrer
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