New Brochure On City and County Unveiled
Ottawa and Franklin County were unveiled in color at a luncheon Friday as a new advertising brochure promoted the city and county. The 36 image booklet cost about 5000 dollars and was financed by multiple local entities.
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Hallowesta
Ottawa Jaycees
Jaynes
Sam Hastings
Kramer's Drug Store
Ottawa
Franklin County
Jerry Mason
Greater
Mason
Ottawa City Commission
Franklin County Commission
Ottawa Industrial Development, Inc
Peoples National Bank
Kansas State Bank
First National Bank
Franklin Savings
Anchor Savings
Soroptimiat Club
Chamber
Fred Searls
Chamber Board of Directors
Cyclones
Ottawa High
Pittsburg
United Fund Drive Boosts Franklin County Red Cross Support
The Franklin County Red Cross Chapter will receive 6200 from the United Fund Drive, the largest share for any local group. The chapter funds blood bank operations, emergency relief, first aid training, and bloodmobiles, with recent efforts including flood and tornado relief, a water safety program, and military family support.
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Don Lambert
Franklin County
Red Cross
United Fund
Robert Clogston
Missouri
Clogston
Ottawa
Williamsburg
Frances Warner
Ford Testimony Makes History in Presidential Trial
President Ford became the first sitting president to give videotaped sworn testimony in a criminal case. The session, held in the Executive Office Building, concerned the Sept. 5 Sacramento assassination attempt rapport with Lynette Fromme. The deposition will aid Fromme's Sacramento trial set for Nov. 4.
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Washington
Ford
Sacramento
Calif
White House
Lynette
Fromme
U.S. District Court
Thomas MacBride
California
Miss Fromme
Fied
John E. Virgo
MacBride
Winter Elected Temporary Senate Chair in Topeka
TOPEKA Kan AP acting chairman of the state Senate Ways and Means Committee San Wint Winter R Ottowa named the committee chair. The acting chair may replace former chairman Sen Rosa Doyen Benson Deaganization and Rules. The rules committee took no action on ways and means. Winter also chairs the Senate Lane on Daren tnment Organizaen said he presumes Winter will be stripped of that chairmanship due to the rarity of presiding over two committees.
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Topeka
Kan
State Senate
San. Wint Winter
Ottawa
Rosa Doyen
Benson
Winter
Senate
Daren @tnment Organizaen
Child Care Credit Expanded in House Tax Bill
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a provision making child care benefits available to all working parents as final votes on the 560 page tax bill loom. The bill adds a 20 percent tax credit with a maximum of 400 for one child and 800 for two or more, applying to all taxpayers and costing an estimated 307 million to the Treasury. The move follows earlier reversals, including a prior plan to end state and local gas tax deductions.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Slurry Pipeline Issue Considered in Kansas
A special legislative committee in Kansas examined granting land condemnation powers to a company planning a 282 mile slurry coal pipeline across the state. Three days of testimony were heard. The panel, led by Rep. Fred Harris, will reconvene on November 18 to decide if such legislation should be enacted.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Fred Harris
R Chanute
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