Vo Tech Facility Set to Open West of Ottawa High
East Central Kansas Vocational Cooperative leaders expect to move into a new building west of Ottawa High within about three weeks. North building work mainly overhead piping and heating. south building painted but slower. Open house planned for early December. Enrollment target rises to 130 to 140 next year, with bonding and liability bids discussed.
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Jay Bemis
East Central Kansas Vocational Cooperative
Ottawa High School
Ben Moor
Moor
Cooperative
OHS
Vocational Cooperative
Supreme Court rules OSHA cannot shield workers from dangerous tasks
The Supreme Court rejected government pleas, leaving intact rulings that OSHA cannot bar employers from firing workers who refuse dangerous tasks. The decision follows prior cases like ironworker Jimmy Simpson’s 1974 firing and signals Congress must amend the 1970 law for broader OSHA authority. The term also tackled six death row appeals and Arizona capital punishment laws.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Federal
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Georgia
5Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
OSHA
Jimmy Simpson
Simpson
Carrollton
Carter Administration
Congress
Federal Agency
Arizona
Ottawa City and Planning Commission Meeting Agenda
The Ottawa City Commission meets at 9 35 a m Wednesday to review a planning report, approve no fund warrants for 40000 to repair the aerial platform fire truck, act on a cereal malt beverage license for Taco Tico, decide the final disposition of the Seventh Street improvement, approve the airport lease and services agreements, repeal hangar and open aircraft parking fees, and consider a mutual aid fire and rescue agreement with Baldwin City. The Ottawa Planning Commission meets at 7 tonight to hold a public hearing on rezoning land south of the water plant from light industrial to residential, consider waiving preliminary plat requirements for Country Club Heights replat, hold a public hearing on mobile home park zoning amendments, discuss Franklin City County subdivision regulations participation, and meet with Bill Lynch regarding the South Poplar Street land subdivision plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa City Commission
Planning Commission
Taco Tico
S. Main
Pat Aguire
Seventh Street
Baldwin City
Senatorial campaigning comes to Ottawa
A brief notice notes senatorial campaigning activity reaching Ottawa as part of a broader push. Campaigns move across regions, seeking support from voters and rallying local volunteers amid ongoing political contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Byrd Chooses Stance on ERA Extension Fight
Senate Democratic Leader Robert Byrd said he will oppose the Garn amendment extending the ERA ratification window. He favors the 39 month extension but would not allow states that ratified to withdraw. The Senate vote awaits Friday with a crucial Wednesday test on the Garn measure. County forecast follows: clear, cool tonight. sunny, warmer Wednesday. highs in the 70s.
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Washington
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
Byrd
Jake Garn
Utah
ERA
Garn
Associated Press
Income Taxes Broken Down Bite by Bite
The IRS reports 85.2 million 1977 returns with 1.13 trillion in adjusted gross income and 154.6 billion paid in federal income taxes. Taxpayers vary by brackets 5.9 percent for under 10 thousand, 10.6 percent for 10 to 15 thousand, 60.2 percent for 15 to 50 thousand, and 22 percent for 50 thousand and over, with weeks worked to pay taxes rising from about two to sixteen. The mythical average taxpayer does not fit neatly into these categories.
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Washington
Sam
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Bell Rakes Blues Over The Coals
Topeka Kansas Insurance Commissioner Fletcher Bell denied a 22.3 million premium increase for Kansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield affecting 376000 insureds. He faulted administrative costs and urged cost savings through provider relations while offering options for a new filing or a hearing.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Fletcher Bell
Bell
Blue Cross
Kansas
Johnson and
Wyandotte
Health Looms In Papal Vote
Health factors enter papal succession talks as the conclave nears on October 14 with a focus on younger papabili. Vatican experts note John Paul I’s brief reign and prior popes age trends while highlighting the need for a pastoral leader with regional roots.
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Franz Koenig
Vienna
Leo Suenens
Belgium
John Paul
Pius IX
Benedict XV
John XXIII
John Paul I
Vatican
Giovanni Benelli
Florence
Vatican Curia
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Harrises
Oakland
Calif
William and
Emily Harris
Patricia Hearst
Alameda County
Lowell Jensen
Superior Court
Stanley P. Golde
Larry Williams
Garnett
Ottawa Co- Op
Co-Op
Williams
Mike Gullett
Ottawa Planning Commission
Country Club Heights
Noel Douglas
eTo
City of
Franklin City
Bill Lynch
South Poplar Street
Peterson Drive
Pocketbooks
Vatican City
Humberto Medeiros
Boston
Denver
Continental Oil Co
Commerce City
Continental
Robert Alexander
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