Ottawa implements city beautification projects on Main and east side
Editorial notes multiple improvements in Ottawa Kansas: Otta wa Co op Assn expands with new pumps. Dodds Memorials relocates and beautifies its corner. a five tier fountain at Haley Community Park by Ottawa Jaycess enhances Main Second. Cedar House Health Center renovates East 15th area. Projects stem from Chamber and community support. overall city gains attractive public spaces amid other drawbacks.
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Keokuk
Ottawa Co-op Assn
Dodds
Ottawa Jaycess
Haley
Fountains
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15Th
Indifferent Kansas Drunk Driver Gets Mild Plea Deal
A Johnson County court case last week highlights leniency for fatal drunk driving. A man with .18 blood alcohol pled no contest to a misdemeanor and received a one year sentence after driving through Shawnee neighborhoods and fatally running over his mother at a family gathering.
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Kansas
Johnson County
Shawnee
The
Hutchinson News
Letters reveal Kansas election rhetoric and campaign snippets
Readers letters expose statewide political campaigns as Kansas elections loom. Messages praise or attack candidates including Joan Finney and Eric Rucker, critique Sally Thompson, and discuss tort reform, insurance costs, and a controversial tape involving Bob Stephan and Fred Phelps. The mix shows a sharp, partisan public discourse across multiple residents and groups.
Wanted: a subservient gofer for odd jobs and brains
A narrator seeks a near-constant assistant to hold, fetch, answer calls, and perform minor tasks while staying alert to needs, with a blend of politeness and occasional abuse. The job demands rapid, precise responses, retention of facts, and adaptability for long hours.
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John Kennedy
Hendrix backer urges closer look at Shumway record
Kansas State Rep. Bettie Sue Shumway criticizes Republican challenger Walker Hendrix in WIBW radio ads over corporate farming and Chamber endorsements. The piece questions her votes during the December 1989 two day legislature session, including a 2 percent excise tax on merchants manufacturers and livestock inventories and the lack of public hearings.
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Bettie Sue Shumway
Ottawa
Walker Hendrix
Kansas
Shumway
Ings
Bettie Sue
Deregulating trucking gains support for Fogle Quarry backer
In 1975 Topeka, State Rep. George Winger championed a bill to deregulate trucking of rock, sand, and gravel to aid Fogle Quarry. He lobbied, negotiated compromises, and steered the measure from committee to passage in the House, then toward law without dissent.
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Fogle Quarry
KCC
Topeka
George Winger
House
Contact details for federal and state representatives
A list provides names and addresses for the President George Bush White House and senators Bob Dole Nancy Kasacbaum and others, plus U S representatives and state lawmakers. It includes street addresses Washington DC 20510 20516 20500, and Topeka Kansas contact numbers.
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George Bush
White House
Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, D.C
Bob Dole
Hart
Senate
Nancy Kasacbaum
Russell
Senate Omee
Bob Whittaker
Rayburn House
Washington
D.C
Jim Allen
Statehouse
Lopeka
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Joan Finney
Mary Holladay
Governor's Office
Mike Hayden
Mike
Sen
Ben Vidricksen
Kansas Treasurer's Office
Eric Rucker
Eric
Kansas Republican Party
Paul Bud Burke
Shawnee Federal
Sally Thompson
Sally
Robin D. Bishop
CPA
Highland Homes
Ron Todd
Mr. Feleciano
Paul Feleciano
Feleciano
Kansas Insurance Department
Fletcher Bell
Joan Engelken
Terri Johnson
Marcia Stuart
Ruth Marstall
Wakarusa
Rhonda Rostetter
North Richland Hills
Texas
Bert Cantwell
Bob Stephan
Fred Phelps
Stephan
Phelps
Vern Miller
Cantwell
Miller
Marshal Saper
Airways
Jim Hitch
Ottawa Herald
Andy
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Tribune Media Service
Hendrix
State Chamber of Commerce
George Wingert
George
Dick Nichols
McPherson
House of Representatives
Jack Beauchamp
RFD
Beltie Sue Shumway
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