Ottawans pledge mark Bicentennial celebration events
Ottawa area teachers and students join national Bicentennial observances for the Constitution's 200th birthday. Reagan leads a Wednesday pledge at 12 30 pm while Thursday commemorations at the County Courts Building include district officials and the Franklin County Bar Association.
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Franklin County
Reagan
Philadelphia
District Court
Franklin County Bar Association
County Courts
Trade Deficit Still At A Runaway Pace
The July trade deficit widened for the fourth straight month to a record 16.5 billion, as imports rose and exports fell, bringing the annual rate to 168.7 billion for January through July 1987. Exports slipped 5 percent to 21 billion while imports rose 2 percent to 37.5 billion led by higher foreign petroleum costs.(policy context and quotes omitted)
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Washington
Commerce Department
Labor Department
U.S
John Danforth
R-Mo
Clayton Yeutter
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Congress
House
Yeutter
School Board Meets Monday In regular session at 7:30 p.m
The Ottawa Board of Education will meet in regular session at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the school district office on Main Street. Agenda includes a report on Power of Positive Students, enrollment, August storm damage to Eisenhower School, athletic advisory recommendations, and a personnel report.
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Jim Allen
Jack Beauchamp
Ottawa School Board
Herrman
Eisenhower
al Keefer
Eugene Field
Ronald Averyt
Ottawa University
Ottawa Board of Education
Nancy Hale
Roger Nelson
Nelson
Eisenhower School
Lyle Rutter
Hale
The Three Investigators Open For Business In Ottawa
Young Frank Wiles leads a kid detective agency with partners Joe Griffin and Tim Rodgers. The group, inspired by Alfred Hitchcock, solves cases like locating missing objects and a missing cat, charging four dollars per case plus a one dollar per kid filing fee.
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Herald
Frank Wiles
Frank
Eugene Field
Three Investigators
Ottawa
Stan
Janet Wiles
Joe Griffin
Wiles
Gary
Cindy Griffin
Ottawa Rfc
Tim Rodgers
Bill
Marjorie Rodgers
Wellsville
Tim
Alfred Hitchcock
Jeff
Steve Zuk
Sunflower State tops in soil reserve enrollments in Kansas
Kansas ranks second nationwide in acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program after five signup rounds, with about 1.9 million idle acres. Texas leads with 2.7 million. State director Frank Mosier says land should be returned to permanent cover, while farmers may receive 76 to 80 million dollars yearly. Nationwide enrollment stands at 22.9 million acres toward a goal of 40 to 45 million by 1990.
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Ashington
Soil Bank
Capitol Hill
Kansas
Texas
Frank Mosier
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Agriculture Department
America
Lynn Lutgen
University of Nebraska
Lutgen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ottawa Library
Kansas Committee For the Humanities
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
Hawthorne
Elaine Herrman
Jay Bemis
United States
Jerry Jasinowski
National Association of Manufacturers
Lawrence Chimerine
Wharton Econometrics
Bala Cynwyd
Columbo
Jim Hitch
Sam
Nebraska
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