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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1978
Page
6
City crews replace about 700 of 1,500 signs to meet Uniform Traffic Control Devices rules. Work follows a 1973 DOT grant funded review and 1976 Main Street resignalization, with current sign replacement supported by a 90-10 federal grant.
Gov-elect John Carlin said he will replace G T Van Bebber as KCC chairman when his term ends next March. He plans a closer look at how the utilities and rate making are handled, and he has not yet chosen a successor.
Inside Highlights notes OHS presents Hollywood satire at the auditorium. Sports coverage previews the Cyclones blowing winds of optimism. A page 8 item reports the death of a famed American illustrator.
In Topeka Kansas AP reports general election turnout measured 721000 voters for the US Senate race, about 61 percent of 1182000 registered, a state record. Secretary of State Jack Brien predicted 822000 voters or about 70 percent.
President Carter signed a diluted energy bill at the White House after 18 months of contention, omitting many of his original tough proposals. The measure foresees natural gas price changes and consumer tax credits while deregulation faces cost shifts. critics warn of large consumer losses, while supporters promise long term gas supply. Carter also approved a $19.7 billion tax cut at Camp David, delaying public notice to avoid political optics.
Franklin City-County Planning Commission meets tonight first with the Ottawa Planning Commission at 7 in City Hall, then its regular session at 7 45 in the county Courts Building. Topics include a possible December public hearing on the one mile jurisdiction, mobile home park plans, county subdivision rules, health system plan prep, and a zoning and procedural bylaw review.
Partly cloudy and mild tonight with lows in the mid to upper 40s. Friday will be partly cloudy and cooler with highs in the 60s and southerly winds 10 to 20 mph.
Top Egyptian negotiators met Secretary Vance amid a dispute over tying a peace treaty with Israel to future Palestinian talks. Sadat seeks a clear goal of an overall Mideast settlement, while Israeli hardliners push to drop the linkage. Begin, on a Canada fund drive, declined to concede pre 1967 borders or a Palestinian state.
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