City Wrestles Revenue Bonds
Ottawa city officials and the Ottawa Industrial Development discussed industrial revenue bonds at a Friday study session. They weighed which industries to finance or refinance, tax consequences, service fee agreements, and the need for uniform guidelines to avoid favoritism while protecting ad valorem rolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewel Scott
Ottawa City Commission
Ottawa Industrial Development
Fred Zook
Zook
OID
Local Manhunt Fails to Catch Suspect After Truck Assault
Local law enforcement from City and County, including Ottawa Police and Franklin County Sheriff, joined in a house to house search after a man forced a Topeka truck driver to Ottawa. An all out effort with about 30 officers began around 10 a.m. and ended about 2 30 p.m. with no arrest. The suspect, in his 20s, 5 9, 160 pounds, with a blue denim jacket and tan pants, fled along railroad tracks after jumping from the truck near First and Main.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Lambert
Topeka
Ottawa
Joel Vashey
Vashey
First and
Main
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
C. O. Johnson
Franklin
Oil raid claims spark Arab Israeli clash near Haifa
Damascus said Syrian jets bombed an oil refinery near Haifa in the first Arab air raid on Israeli heartland in retaliation for attacks on economic targets. Israel dismissed the claim as unsubstantiated and mocked the report from Damascus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Haifa
Damascus
Israel
Tih
Unidentified man hunt yields man and woman found near tracks
Franklin County Sheriff Lewis Ashcraft led a four block house to house search after an armed robbery report but failed to locate the suspect. Officers found a man and woman in bushes by the railroad and later learned the suspect may not be local.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County
Lewis Ashcraft
Kansas Highway Patrol
East 7Th Street
Ashcraft
Ottawa Police Department
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Ottawa Fire Department
The
Fish and Game Commission
Miami, Osage
Douglas County Sheriff Departments
Garnett Police Department
S. Cherry
Cedar
Nixon Allows Stennis To Hear Watergate Tapes
President Nixon agrees to let Sen. John C. Stennis review the Watergate tapes to verify a presidential summary. He will prepare the summary for Judge John J. Sirica while Cox halts further subpoena actions. Reaction splits Senate panel members over the compromise and potential prosecution pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Archibald Cox
White House
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Cox
Senate
Watergate Committee
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Sirica
Sam J. Ervin
R- N.C
Howard H. Baker
R Tenn
Senate Watergate Committee
Stennis
Ottawa dogs muzzled ordinance on first reading
The Herald clarifies that Ottawa Council approved the dog control ordinance on first reading at Wednesday's meeting, not final approval. Final action is set for the November 7 commission meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
Ottawa City Commission
Commission
Water Tap Fight Holds Up New Ottawa Area Home
A $50 000 southeast Ottawa house sits vacant as owner Howard Roe cannot tap Rural Water District 2 for water. The district refused Roe’s September request under a contract limiting taps per quarter section, prompting debate over city control and district rights. Roe, pending move by Oct 29, blames the district and city boards and has enlisted lawyer John Anderson Jr. to pursue water access.
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Joan Istas
Ottawa
Howard Roe
Roe
Bruce Spears
Robert Green
Rural Water District
Robert W. Mills
John L. Richeson
City of
Water District
Water District Board
Green
Spears
Ife
Water Board
Lam
John Anderson Jr
Olathe
Kansas
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Maribeth
Maribeth Ogg
James Ogg
S. Willow
Ottawa High School
Susan Brooks
Betty Brooks
Barb Willhite
Merle Willhite
OHS
Turner
Law Enforcement
Don Lytle
Indiana
Lawrence
Executive Branch
Baker
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
R-Conn
City Commission
Mills
Ottawa Trade Area
Overland Park
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