Ottawa set to repair streets and renew Dodson lease
Ottawa city commissioners approved a summer street program including chip and seal on 13 streets and overlay on five, plus storm drainage work in six areas at a total rehab estimate of 155000 dollars. They also preliminarily agreed to a 36 year lease with Dodson Aviation for the Ottawa Airport expansion, paying 500 dollars annually with a 25 year option.
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Lori Alvarado
Ottawa
Summer Street
Ottawa Airport
Randy Wetmore
Mulberry
Dundee
Hickory
Ninth
Forest Street
Cleveland Street
Avor Street
Brockport Street
Addison Street
Wilson
Man
Logan
Robert Dodson
Dodson Aviation
Dodson
Wetmore
Maryland
City Park
Alex Lombardi
Topeka
Kansas Agricultural Statistics
Kas
New faces in Ottawa Lions Club gain 26 new members
The Ottawa Lions Club reports 26 new members joined during a revitalization drive, bringing total membership to 46 from 20. A 6:30 p.m. induction banquet will be at Westminster Presbyterian Church with keynote Claude DeVoriis of Wichita and Carl Gump installing new officers.
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Ottawa Lions Club
Russell Crites
Westminster Presbyterian Church
13Th & Maple
Leo Beller
David Bettge
Lyle Cordle
Larry Fore
John Gladman
Gayle Holden
Gary Marshall
Roger Millbern
Herman Norwood
Dale O’hara
Donna Swearingen
A.F. Voelmeck
Jane Richards
Glacia Cordle
Hayden picks Harland Priddle as lieutenant governor running mate
Gov. Mike Hayden selects Harland Priddle, Kansas secretary of commerce, as his running mate for reelection. Priddle will resign his commerce post to campaign and may return to the cabinet if Hayden wins. He previously ran with Jack Brier in 1986.
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Topeka
Kan
Mike Hayden
Harland Priddle
Hayden
Commerce
Jack Walker
Overland Park
University of Kansas Medical Center
Priddle
Kansas
Jack Brier
Brier
GOP
Larry Jones
Wichita
Miller tapped as Weigand's lieutenant governor running mate
Rep. David G. Miller from Endora, a Republican critic of Gov. Hayden, is chosen as lieutenant governor candidate for Nestor Weigand Jr. Weigand, a Wichita real estate executive, plans a formal announcement Thursday during a statewide tour starting in Kansas City. Miller, 40, leads a conservative group called the rebels and serves his fifth term in the Kansas House.
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Wichita
Kan
David G. Miller
Endora
Nestor Weigand Jr
Weigand
Miller
Kansas City
Mike Hayden
Hayden
John) Carlin
Weather Tonight Forecast Cloudy With Rain Likely
The forecast calls for cloudy skies tonight with an 80 percent chance of rain. Lows around 60 degrees.
Hydrogen leaks force NASA to scrub Columbia launch
NASA postponed the Columbia mission after hydrogen leaks detected during fueling. Repairs may delay liftoff to next week. 12:28 a.m. launch abandoned six hours before scheduled lift. The nine day observatory mission Astro aims to study ultraviolet radiation from distant stars with three telescopes.
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Cape Canaveral Fla
NASA
Columbia
Lisa Malone
Malone
Astro
Midwest wins county bridge bid for second phase
Midwest of Independence won the nine-bridge bid totaling 730987.80 for the second phase of a 3 million dollar Holton county bridge replacement project. The bid beat the engineers’ estimate by 79234.50, with A Q Steuber Construction Reece Construction and Rhoades Construction also submitting bids. Welvier Construction was disqualified for omitting box bridge bids. The second phase starts soon, with a third phase planned for this fall.
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Franklin County
Leroy Wasmund
Gardner Hayden
Gary Shofner
Cook, Flatt & Strobel
Topeka
Midwest
Holton
A.Q. Steuber
Reece
Salina
Rhoades Construction
Newton
Welliever Construction
Ad Highlights and Community Notices
A compact listing of local notices includes a YES vote encouragement for a school district split, advance run maps for a political campaign, a clearance sale at Charlotte's Chat and Curl, summer painting classes enrollment starting June 4, and a Vacation Bible School at First Baptist Church June 4–8. Health screenings offer cholesterol, triglyceride, blood sugar, hemoglobin tests at Franklin County Health Dept on May 31.
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Franklin County Health Dept
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates 1980
Ottawa Herald lists delivery prices for April 1 1980 and beyond across multiple options. Rates cover carrier in Ottawa and rural towns, motor route, Franklin County and adjacent counties, rest of Kansas, and out-of-state mail with monthly, three month, six month, and yearly terms.
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Ottawa
Carrer
Franklin County
State of
Kansas
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