Get Cracking On Water Plans
Ottawa city officials and rural water district boards met to outline a water service framework. Districts will contract with the city for treatment while water rights remain with users, ensuring district access during droughts. The discussions covered distribution limits, looming rate increases, and potential funding from federal sources to upgrade rural water systems.
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Kansas
Rwds
Morgan Williams
Senate Agriculture Committee
Farmers Home Administration
Agriculture Department
Fmha
Elton Murrow
Robert O'Shea
Topeka
Area Weather presents county forecast update
Mostly clear tonight with low around the 40s. Partly cloudy conditions expected Wednesday with a warmer high in the mid 70s. Light and variable winds tonight.
US Moves Army Assets to Europe for Early War Readiness
Gen. Bernard W. Rogers says the Army will transfer equipment and manpower from U S units to Europe to bolster defenses against a potential Soviet ground attack. He notes a trade off in continental readiness for Europe’s quick response, with sources suggesting stockpiles adequate for two divisions, possibly along the north German plain.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Bernard W. Rogers
Army
Rogers
The
Association of the United States Army
North German
Milo Spillage at Ottawa Co op Draws Help in Garnett
Larry Williams of rural Garnett assisted in unloading a truck load of milo on Tuesday at the Ottawa Co op. The elevator has been receiving corn and milo regularly and recently started beans. Williams got dusty toward the end but the air cleared as spillage was swept into the bin.
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Larry Willams
Ottawa Co-op
William
Absence Of Rightwingers Prompted Pearson Move
Senator James B. Pearson said he would likely have run again if a serious challenge from the John Birch ultra-right had existed in Kansas. He announced he would bow out after his current term ends in January 1979, leaving a long series of victories amid a national shift toward Democrats in federal politics.
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Lew Ferguson
Associated Press
James B. Pearson
John Birch
Kansas
Pearson
United States
Republican Party
GOP
Washington
Farm Work Force Slumps In Kansas Data
Kansas farm employment fell about eight percent in one year with roughly 6500 fewer farm jobs, while total Kansas employment rose a record 126,800 since 1972. Gov Bennett released figures showing farm departures to industry as unemployment declined to 41,900, 3.7 percent of the labor force. Ottawa City Commission meets at 9:30 a.m. to discuss nuisance abatement on private property and a request by new auto dealers to show 1978 models in City Park on Oct 28-29.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Department of Human Resources
Robert F. Bennett
Bennett
Ottawa City Commission
Emerald Church on the hilltop recalls Irish settlement legacy
Area History Part II recounts the Emerald Church near Williamsburg rebuilt after 1938 lightning fire. Don Lambert notes Crosby funded restoration, the granite foundation from Garnett, and a dome modeled after Topeka’s Capitol. The church, rectory, old school, and cemetery sit on a hillside known as Emerald Isle.
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Don Lambert
Bing Crosby
Williamsburg
Crosby
Ohio
Mlinois
Garnett
Kansas
Kansas Capitol
Topeka
Luxembourg
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Ottawa
City Commission
RWD Boards
Vi Reusch
Princeton
Rantoul
Wellsville
Baldwin
Robert Mills
Emerald Isle
Senate
Edward F. Arn
Arch Tetzlaff
Harland Dale House
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