Kansas faces jail shortage as crime fight climbs
Franklin County Sheriff Rex Bowling urges county commissioners to fund relief for jail crowding. He proposes temporary remodeling of offices into a minimum security area or relocating to the basement of the County Courts Building, and a long term jail addition costing 2 to 2.5 million. Five prisoners from Franklin County are held in Coffey County Jail.
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Kansas
Franklin County
Rex Bowling
County Courts
Bowling
Coffey County
Burlington
America
Mass mailings vs drug treatment for pregnant addicts
Editorial notes that Congress voted to fund drug treatment for pregnant addicts but a conference committee redirected 115.6 million to mass mailings. The piece condemns the move as self-serving and damaging to democracy, arguing the funds could vastly expand treatment. It highlights the toll on newborns and accuses lawmakers of electoral self-preservation over public health.
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Senate
House
House Senate
Congress
U.S
The Toy Man Raises Alzheimer’s Funds With Doll House
Robert Snover known as The Toy Man, longtime Ottawa craftsman, builds a doll house to raise funds for the Alzheimer's Association benefiting the local retired federal employees chapter. He plans more builds for state and national conventions, aims to donate $650 to $700. Snover coordinates Alzheimer efforts across seven states and serves as vice president of the local chapter. He retired in 1979 from federal service and emphasizes care alongside research.
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Robert Snover
E. 10Th
National Association of
Federal Employees
Alzheimer’s Association
Snover
Toy Man
South Main
Ottawa
McOmixr
Leavenworth
Louisville
John Elder
Myron Nelson
Woodruff Crawford
West Kansas faces loss of Senate seats as population shifts
Kansas lawmakers confront reapportionment as rural decline presses western districts toward losing seats while growth centers like Sedgwick and Johnson counties push for more representation. The northeast and southeast regions could reshape the Senate, altering power balance and highlighting urban rural divides.
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Kansas
Senate
Salina
Hutchinson
Wichita
Johnson County
Ben Vidricksen
Vidricksen
Saline
Lincoln
Ellsworth
Russell
Barton
Rice
Norton
Phillips, Smith
Jewell
Republic
Rooks
Osborne
Mitchell
Cheyenne
Rawlins
Decatur
Sherman
Thomas
Sheridan
Graham
Wallace
Logan
Gove
Scott
Trego
Ellis
Lane
Ness
Rush
Hodgeman
Pawnee
Edwards
Widrickson
Sedgwick County
Shawnee
Wyandotte
Sedgwick
Johnson
Topeka
Legacy by James A Michener mirrors current events in review
Herald Book Review discusses Michener’s shorter novel Legacy. Maj. Norman Starr and his wife search for family papers to bolster a Fifth Amendment stance before Congress over the Iran-Contra affair. The book profiles diverse ancestors including a Supreme Court justice and a suffragist, ending with the Constitution as the final chapter.
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Michener
Maj
Norman Starr
Congressional Committee
Maj. Starr
Supreme Court
United States
Roosevelt
Zack
Starr
Ottawa Herald circulation rates 1989 Ottawa Kansas
The Ottawa Herald lists subscription rates effective July 1, 1989 for Ottawa and surrounding areas by carrier and mail. Carrier monthly rates are 5.01, three months 14.03, six months 26.82, one year 51.37. Motor route monthly 5.27, three months 14.53, six months 28.07, one year 53.63. Franklin County and adjacent counties mail rates 5.27 monthly, 15.33 three months, 29.57 six months, 56.88 yearly. All other areas by mail 6.26 monthly, 18.79 three months, 36.08 six months, 69.67 yearly.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
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