Local clubs hold meetings at area churches and parks
DAR members met at Ransom Memorial Hospital for the first 1997 group gathering with officers installed. Oasis Club gathered Sept 9 at Westminster Church for a potluck with 30 members. Dean Royce to speak on a Russia trip. Nightcrawlers Camping Club met Sept 13 at Wolf Creek Park with 23 in attendance and birthday and anniversary celebrations noted.
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Cynthia Montague
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Lois Jones
Pomona
Vern Roller
Jean Stinson
John Fritts
Ottawa commissioners seek KDOT action on US 50 overpass
Ottawa and Franklin County officials plan a last letter to KDOT Secretary Dean Carlson urging to keep the US 50 overpass open. They cite liability rules and costs for removal about 270 thousand dollars and 4 million dollars for required upgrades. They seek compensation if removed and improvements to Eisenhower Road and US 59 corridor during I-35 work. They ask for widening at 23rd Street to aid truck turns and permanent maintenance transfer for Eisenhower.
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Dean Carlson
Ottawa
Franklin County
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Court meets in hallway at Kansas Statehouse for treason talk
A makeshift common law court reconvened at the Kansas Statehouse in Opera, debating an interim government and declaring Graves guilty of treason by hanging. About a dozen participants faced troopers after being locked out of the Old Supreme Court Chamber, meeting instead in a third floor hallway.
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Supreme Court
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Mark Kline Drake
Rock
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Graves
Secretary of State
Ron Thornburgh
Highway Patrol
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Brownback Prevails in Bid to Shield Wyandotte Cemetery
Sen. Sam Brownback successfully amended a spending bill to restrict the use of Huron Cemetery in Wyandotte County Kansas, blocking plans by the Oklahoma Wyandotte to build a 4 to 5 million bingo parlor above burial plots. Kansas Gov. Bill Graves and three tribes sought a restraining order in federal court to halt the project as tribal leaders denounced Brownback’s actions.
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Ashington
Sam Brownback
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Kansas City
Kan
Brownback
Wyandotte County
Oklahoma Wyandottes
Topeka
Oklahoma Tribe
Oklahoma Wyandotte
Leaford Bearskin
Bearskin
Ottawa Herald Delivery and Subscription Rates Notice
Reader information outlines home delivery expectations for Ottawa and surrounding areas with target times for on time delivery and steps to contact carriers. It lists subscription prices for Ottawa carrier, rural routes, Franklin and adjoining counties, rest of Kansas, and other states along with available discounts for three, six, and twelve month terms.
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Ottawa Herald
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John D. Monig editor and publisher legacy noted
John D. Monig, editor and publisher, is referenced in connection with imontgomery okowahherald.com and ae. The note confirms his role and enduring influence in local journalism.
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John D. Monig
Okowahherald
Weather outlook with storms and cool weekend
Partly cloudy and breezy tonight with a 30 percent chance for thunderstorms after midnight and a low from 70 to 75. South wind shifts to southeast 15 to 25 mph. Friday night brings colder temps with rain and thunderstorms likely and lows in the upper 40s to lower 50s. Saturday shows a morning shower chance and unseasonably cool highs of 60 to 65.OWES and
Stovall says Clinton delay on tobacco bill a disappointment
Kansas Attorney General Carla Stovall criticizes President Clinton for delaying his tobacco reform plan. She supports the concept and Kansas’ ongoing tobacco litigation, noting the potential 1998 passage timeline. She cites proposed targets to cut teen smoking and FDA regulation, plus ads and sales restrictions. She also references a Kansas share in the national settlement, around $1.5 billion.
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Fjopeka
Kan
Carla Stovall
Clinton
Congress
Stovall
White House
Food and Drug Administration
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Tobacco Companies
Fred Jackson
Shawnee County District Court
Jackson
Florida
Mississippi
Texas
Minnesota
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City reviews fire truck redeployment plan in budget review
City Manager Scott Lambers to study a plan that could place fire trucks in a single location to cover disasters, with county commissioners offering to delay the city share of payment until 1999 if 1998 funds are unavailable.
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Towe
Scott Lambers
Museum to extend packing into weekends as October ends
The museum plans weekend packing through October as renovations progress. An exhibits committee, with Chuck Regier of Bethel College, will create a temporary gallery to showcase seldom seen items and borrow exhibits from Kansas groups and locals. Scheduled exhibits include The Mills Grind Exceeding Fine and Santa Fe Trail tours.
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Historical Society
Chuck Regier
Kauffmann Museum
Bethel College
North Newton
Barker
Kansas
Quantrill
Limited edition book sale announced for Old Depot Museum
Copies still available by Oct 1 at $75 each. Purchase at The Herald office 104 S Cedar or by mail using ad order form on page 9. Historical society staff helped compile photos and text. From each book 2.20 goes to the Old Depot Museum renovation project.
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Herald
S. Cedar
the Historical Society
The
Old Depot Museum
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