Ottawa eyes 1337 acre feet water deal from reservoirs
Ottawa negotiates with the Corps of Engineers via the Marais des Cygnes Basin Advisory Committee comprising Ottawa Melvern Paola Osawatomie LaCygne and rural district No 6 plus Kansas City Power and Light. The plan would secure 1337 acre feet or 6.6 percent of a 20000 acre foot entitlement annually, equating to about 435 million gallons per year and over 90 percent of a typical year's water if scarce.
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Pomona
Melvern
Ottawa
Corps of Engineers
Marais Des Cygnes River
Paola
Osawatomie
LaCygne
Franklin County Rural Water District No. 6
Rantoul
Kansas City Power & Light
Nice Guys fired as Coleman exits Coleman Co
Sheldon Coleman, head of Coleman Co. in Wichita, says success comes from relationships with people. Under Ronald Perelman ownership the company did well financially but Coleman was fired for not fitting the new mold. Coleman praised capitalism while noting Japanese approach values profits.
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Sheldon Coleman
Wichita
Coleman Co
Coleman
Ronald Perelman
Government contact details for lawmakers and executive
List of officials including President George Bush at the White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave Washington DC 20500 and senators Bob Dole Nancy Kassebaum with offices in Hart and Russell Buildings DC 20510 plus Rep Bob Whittaker and state lawmakers Jim Allen Bettie Sue Shumway with Topeka office addresses and phone numbers for public inquiries.
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George Bush
White House
Pennsylvania Ave
Washington
D.C
Sen
Bob Dole
Hart
Senate
Washington, D.C
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates Readjusted April 1989
The Ottawa Herald lists new subscription rates effective April 1 1989 for Ottawa and surrounding areas. Carrier delivery prices include one month five dollars and up. motor route and mail options vary by region with yearly plans up to sixty nine fifty.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
Native artist Robert Sink to perform at Skunk Run Day
Ottawan native Robert Sink, a Shawnee Mission graduate and Broadway performer, will be the featured artist at Skunk Run Day on June 4. A self taught landscape painter, Sink works mainly in oil on canvas and often paints en plein air in places like the Flint Hills.
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Robert Sink
Shawnee Mission
Ottawa High School
Baker University
Baldwin
New York
Juilliard School of Music
Ensigns
South Pacific
Kansas City
Old Orpheum Theatre
The
Entetain
Link
Flint Hills
Ottawa
Courtroom Pranks and Electric Chair Tales From a Drunken Trial
A traffic court case reveals a judge’s offhand vow to shoot swearing officers, later recanted as an obiter dictum. Other tales recount a masqued mock trial inside the station, a fake judge and an elaborate electrocution setup that ends with a frightened drunk man spared by a governor, then returning to tavern life after two beers.
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The
Chicago Tribune
Arthur Ellis
State Hospital
Nieman Fellows Reunion Walks Through New England Heritage
A Nieman Fellows reunion tour traces American learning from Harvard Yard to the Erie Canal museum in Syracuse. The writers reflect on early education, the Erie Canal’s 1817 state funding, and the contrast with modern public works as they revisit Cambridge and Williams College.
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Cambridge
Mass
New England
Harvard University
America
South Bend
Notre Dame
Lake Shore
New York State
Clarence
Buffalo
Syracuse
Erie Canal Museum
Albany
Empire Plaza
Nelson Rockefeller
Hudson
Berkshires
Williamstown
Norhhwest
Massachusetts
Williams College
Lexington and Concord
Walden Pond
Nieman
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Ottawa Herald
Cedar
Kansas
Jim R. Hitch Tarry Ostmeyer
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Mike
Ment
the Plaza
Commerce Bank of Kansas City
Kansas City Junior League
Heritage Show
Sink
Jim Hitch
Royko
Lake Erie
John i McCormally
Harris News Service
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