Glut Of School Activities Concerns Central Heights Board
Central Heights Board of Education discussed rising school activities and policies at its Monday night meeting. Principal Bob Erisman reported 15 secondary groups and rising fundraisers, urging limits to avoid interfering with academics. The board approved eight new policies and addressed road conditions to the school, plus a planned trip and a library funding request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Istas
Central Heights Board of Education
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Central Heights
Gibbons
Holy Land
Ed Horstick
Kansas Association of School Boards
Wichita
Helen Davidson
Dole Campaign Faces Name Mixups and Scheduling Woes
Springfield reports note Senator Bob Dole’s visit to a farmer named Nixon caused groans as locals misread the mailbox name. The piece catalogs campaign advance missteps from delayed schedules to jet reallocations and cramped reporter rosters, highlighting the strain of Dole’s demanding travel pace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Bob Dole
Dole
Nixon
Crestview Nursing Home Lease Negotiations in Franklin County
Franklin County Commissioners renegotiate Crestview Nursing Home lease citing rising operating costs due to state improvements like a sprinkler system. Negotiations with lease agent Robert Green ongoing. no agreement reached. Also approved audit contract with Arnold Lemon for 1977 and tentative 1978 budget, costing 5800 dollars, plus a 325 dollar rotary card file and 11390 dollar bituminous distributor purchase. Washington dispenses census reform and rabbit meat inspection veto. President Ford signed mid decade census law with first 1985 count and counts every five years thereafter.
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Franklin County Commission
Crestview Nursing Home
Victor Warren
County Commission
Robert Green
Crestview
Warren
Arnold Lemon
Franklin County
Lemon
State GOP Forces Seem To Be Sitting Pretty
Two weeks from election day 1976 Kansas Republicans show a rosy path in a broad poll. Ford and Dole lead Carter and Mondale by seven points statewide. GOP incumbents hold solid leads in the 4th District and other races. Democratic hopes waver on the state house and treasurer race as voters remain split and urban opposition grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Iowa
Dole
Secret Service
Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Ford
Bob Dole
Jimmy Carter
Walter Mondale
GOP
Ross Freeman
Martha Keys
Central Research Corp
Topeka Capital-Journal
Garner Shriver
Dan Glickman
Keith Sebelius
Larry Winn Jr
Joe
Robert F. Bennett
Ford-Dole
Carter Mondale
Carter
Wichita
Lloyd Hooper
Ford-Dole Committee
RMH Considers 4-6 Percent Salary Increase Plan
Ransom Memorial Hospital trustees discussed a possible four to six percent pay raise for staff. Administrator Steve Lott was authorized to assess feasibility and report on financing. He outlined steps to improve emergency care, enhance policy visibility, and coordinate with the hospital auxiliary on landscaping. The board also approved hiring a part-time worker to assist with a 1977 accreditation survey and noted Ottawa as the seven county health care center with a meeting set for Oct 26. Lott reported a September average of 39 patients daily and a $9,000 deficit for the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Steve Lott
Lott
Joint Committee On Accreditation
Council of Health Systems
Ottawa
Passages Your Erroneous Zones And The Right and the Power
A catalog of titles includes Passages Your Erroneous Zones The Final Days The Right and the Power Roots Fire and Ice A Man Called Intrepid A Year of Beauty and Health and various works by Adolf Hitler On Order Most Popular Books At Ottawa Library. Fiction titles listed include Sleeping Murder James and the Giant Peach Crowned Heads Choirboys Return of Moriarty. Non Fiction authors Christie Dahl Tryon Wambaugh Gardner are noted.
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Adolf Hitler
James & the Giant Peach
Crowned Heads
Choirboys
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Bob Erisman
Erisman
Bud Laird
Williamsburg- Pomona
Baldwin
Carl Otto
Crest
Otto
Three Rivers League
George Nixon
Houston
Sen
Cole
Richmond
Bob Miller
Insurance Agency
Ottawa Herald
Business and Professional Guide
Optometrists
James A. Eaton, D
Optometrist
Olin G. Wollen, D.D
Star & Times
Tom Chappell
Dennis L. Smith, D.D
S. Main
Rodney McClay, D.D
Hicks Electric CO
Pharmacists
N. Main
Raney-Reynolds Rexall Drug Store
Willard Anderson
Cherry
John Reynolds
A-1 Cab CO. and
City & Top Hat Taxi
Chiropractors
Don L. McKelvey
D.C
Chiropractic
Orthopedics
W. 15Th St
J. C. South, D.C
M. Brockway
Taylor Construction
Ralph E. Taylor
Brown's Hardware
Verne Wadkins
Jack Graftham
Graffham’s Electric Service
Poplar
American Family Insurance
Larry Shaw
W. 15Th
BOB Luce Johnson Motors
Newman Boats
Canterbury Court
Behlen Metal Buildings
Hawkins & O'Hara Construction Co., Inc
E. Wilson
Franklin County Mental
Health Clinic, Inc
Jonson
S. Cedar
Richardson
Otani Cencn
Trinity, Touch
Cat Dolores
Lonely Lady
the Deep Crowned Heads
Ottawa Library
Laura
Christie Dahl
Tryon Wambaugh Gardner
Bombeck Haley
the Clinic Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Services
Pune
Aera
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