County Officials Push Forward Multiple Projects
County officials announce several ongoing infrastructure and public works efforts on page 3, outlining planned improvements, funding sources, and timelines for construction across multiple districts.
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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1985
Page
6
Bennett Weighs 1986 Gubernatorial Bid After Stephan Exit
Former Gov. Robert F. Bennett inches toward GOP bid for 1986 governor as Attorney General Robert T. Stephan withdraws. Bennett, practicing law in Overland Park, says he is seriously considering a campaign and will hold a news conference next week. Stephan’s support signals could aid Bennett with about 400000 dollars raised for a race. Other potential contenders include U. S. Rep. Bob Whittaker Kansas House Speaker Mike Hayden and Secretary of State Jack Brier with several more weighing entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Robert F. Bennett
Robert T. Stephan
Bennett
Overland Park
John Carlin
Stephan
U.S
Bob Whittaker
Augusta
Kansas
Mike Hayden
Atwood
Jack Brier
Kansas City Times
Topeka Capital Journal
Ottawa Weather Summary for 24 Hours to 6 PM Tuesday
The Ottawa Water Plant reported a high of 40 degrees and a low of 29 during the 24 hour period ending 6 PM Tuesday. County forecast calls for partly cloudy cold tonight with lows 10 to 15 and mostly cloudy cold Thursday with highs in the low to mid 20s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ottawa U cagers stomp Baker in strong showing
Ottawa University basketball team routed Baker in a decisive victory. The report flags a land bank PCA merger proposal on the ballot, though officials lament low voter turnout and limited participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Land Bank
PCA
Downtown Ottawa to light Mayor's Christmas Tree ceremony
Ottawa will host a 5 p.m. lighting at Second and Main featuring the Mayor's Christmas Tree by PRIDE, with the Ottawa High Cytones, mayor, city commissioners, and Santa. Downtown lights will glow at 5 each evening as merchants stay open to 8 with refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diane Yeamans
Ottawa
PRIDE
Ottawa High School
Cytones
Dave Bemmels
Santa Claus
Bemmels
Larry Powell
Chamber
Main
Ottawa High
Lela Mae Santarpia
Jim Wiley
Franklin County
Santarpia
Earl Zimmerman
Bethany Chapel Choir
Rotachords
Greenwood Baptist Youth Fellowship
First Baptist Church of Ottawa
North Baptist Church
Ottawa University
Faith Lutheran Church
Community Foursquare Church
Ottawa Bible Church
Ottawa Jaycees
Holiday Spotlight On Nation s Homeless
A Associated Press report details tens of thousands of homeless Americans seeking shelter and charity meals for Thanksgiving. It cites rising homelessness due to rents utilities and job skill gaps, with families led by women and transient workers among those affected. Reverend Carl Resener of Union Mission in Nashville notes survival kits as aid to them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Weinstein
Associated Press
Nation
Carl Resener
Union
Nashville
Tenn
Cartoonists To Show Their Serious Side On Hunger
About 175 cartoonists will dedicate Thanksgiving Day strips to world hunger. Garry Trudeau leads the effort with Comic Relief, urging readers to notice the issue and act. Donor ads for USA for Africa will also run in participating papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Garry Trudeau
Doonesbury
Trudeau
David Stanford
Charles Schulz
Holt Rinehart & Winston
USA
Africa
RMH Target Of Upcoming Survey By JAY BEMIS
Ransom Memorial Hospital will survey employees and 200 citizens to gauge impressions, part of a marketing study by Association of Independent Hospitals. Deborah Kimball of Baptist Medical Center Kansas City oversees the process, with confidential responses and aim for about 30 percent employee participation. ATH joined AIH for one year at $5,000 and will fund the $7,000 survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Bemis
ATH
Ransom Memorial
AMH
AIH
Kimball
Thanksgiving Drought Feast of 1860 in Franklin County
Franklin County history recalls The Great Drought of 1860. Judge Daniel M. Valentine and family endured extreme privation in Peoria County frontier life. On Thanksgiving Day 1860 they carved hoe cake, dried peaches, and prairie chicken amid scarce butter sugar coffee and lard, with water from a dug river seep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mark Lambertson
Franklin County Historical Society
Kansas
Franklin County
Daniel M. Valentine
Valentine
Iowa
Peoria City
Peoria
Dought
Valentines
Marais Des Cygnes
Lean Times
New York Illustrated News
Franklin-Douglas County
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State Senate
Robert W. Talkington
Iola
Fred Kerr
Pratt
Lawrence M. Jones
Wichita
Gene Bicknell
Pittsburg
Barbara Pomeroy
Whitewater
Jason Lear
N. Mulberry
Brian Guiett
Mulberry Street
Steve Zuk
Baker
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Main Street
Phil McCracken
Ruth Stansbury
Williamsburg
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