KPL Gas to Close Ottawa and Outlying Offices
The KPL Gas Service Co will permanently close its Ottawa office at 1300 E. Logan and several outlying offices including Warrensburg and Saint Joseph next Friday, Sept. 28, consolidating operations at Crown Center in Kansas City. Most customer payments are by mail or phone, and 75 operators will handle calls from Crown Center to speed leak reports to Kansas City for repair, with Ottawa’s average response 24.26 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ry Diane Yermans
KPL Gas Service Co
1300 E. Logan
Berg
Crown Center
Kansas City
Warrensburg
51. Joseph
Ottawa
Clarence Miller
Osawatomie
Lyndon
Tonganoxie
Lawrence
Miller
Kansas Briefs: Insurance Move to Colorado. Lawsuit Over Sallie Mae
Kansas City briefs report Great West Life & Annuity Insurance Co. moves its charter to Englewood Colorado with Kansas approval, not affecting Kansas workers. Separately, former Sallie Mae employees Diana Crossfield and Brenda Albright sue in U.S. District Court, claiming firing to hide fraud and racketeering involving student loans, seeking damages above $500,000 plus punitive, alleging false assets and pay disparities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Colorado
Kansas
Great West Life & Annuity Insurance Co
Englewood
Fletcher Bell
Kansas City
Student Loan Marketing Association
Diana Crossfield
Brenda Albright
U.S. District Court
Kan
Crossfield
Albright
Sallie Mae
U.S. Department of Education
Weather Tonight Forecast Partly Cloudy and Cool
Partly cloudy and cool tonight with temperatures near September averages. Barometer falls from 30.15 inches as daylight ends. Sunset at 7 21, sunrise tomorrow 7 09, with scattered figures indicating month and year values from historic data.
Finney County tops at creating new jobs in 1989
Finney County added 1,202 new jobs in 1989 and led in job retention at first in Kansas, with 16,084 total jobs in the county last year and a 8.1 percent growth. The statewide study by Kansas Cooperative Extension Service credits the cattle industry for southwest Kansas gains, noting beef packing as the major job creator. County residents include Duane Williams of KSU Extension, who calls the results bright and cites growth in Easter Kansas and southwest Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim Unruh
Harris News
Garden City
Finney County
Kansas
Kansas Cooperative Extension Service
Duane Williams
Kansas State University Extension
Williams
Finney
Easter
Doniphan County
Southwest
Grant County
Stanton County
Southwest Kansas
Repon
Ottawa life skills program expands at Hawthorne and Ottawa
The state funded program, run through the local school system, expands to Ottawa with 11 students. Grade schoolers attend Hawthorne Elementary in the morning while older students study at Ottawa Middle School. Initiatives aim to change behavior, boost self esteem and foster independence.
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Hiawatha
Wichita
Oskaloosa
Ottawa
Hunninghake
Deann VanArsdale
Hawthorne
Ottawa Middle School
Kansan congressmen spent $334000 on franking mail in 1989
Kansas five representatives and Sen. Bob Dole spent hundreds of thousands on mass mailings in 1989. The National Taxpayers Union tallied 2.4 million pieces sent by Kansas House members totaling $334,645, with major costs for newsletters and town meeting notices.
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Washington
Kansas
National Taxpayers Union
House
Congress
Dan Glickman
Bob Whittaker
Augusta
Whittaker
Jim Slattery
Topeka
Jan Meyers
Overland Park
Ter
The
Postal Service
Senate
Bob Dole
R-Kan
Nancy Kassebaum
Coke-for-coke sting nets two Largo brothers and vendor owner
Undercover agents swapped 5000 cases of Coca Cola for crack cocaine and cash in a sting that led to the arrest of Cleveland Hill 42 and Henry Hill 53 of Largo and Anthony Castellano owner of Area Bay Vending Co. in Tampa. Cleveland Hill faces charges of sale and possession of crack cocaine felony firearm use. Henry Hill faces grand theft and crack cocaine charges. Castellano is charged with trafficking cocaine and sale of stolen property.
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Interagency
Cleveland Hill
Henry
Largo
Anthony Peter Castellano
Area Bay Vending Co
Tampa
KPERS bailout could cost state workers benefits parity
Topeka AP A proposal to align state worker retirement with legislators' plan could cost about 100 million dollars a year, possibly up to 200 million, depending on design. Marshall Crowther of KPERS warns costs hinge on full details and inclusion of all covered by KPERS. Rep. Joan Wagnon advocates the change amid IRS rule changes and prior legislative plan criticisms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Marshall Crowther
Kansas Public Employees Retirement System
Joan Wagnon
D-Topeka
Internal Revenue Service
Corrections On Health Fair Years And POW MIA Memorial Scope
A Thursday correction fixes a reporter’s error about Ottawa health fair years stating it is now in its seventh year. The Bulletin Board item about the VFW POW MIA memorial clarifies it honors 140,000 American MIAs across all wars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Bulletin Board
VFW
Southeast Asia
Ad Briefs and Local Notices in Nichols Area
Community event announces Connie and Dick Bernhardt at Nichols School on October 4 from 4 30 to 6 pm in City Park with refreshments. Local notices include Donna Lear relocating to 1525 S Main and Sutton's Cavalry ad. Underwood's 1990 GMC Year End Close Out Sale promises double rebates and low financing with a chance to win gas credits. KC Chiefs scores, Wolken Oil, Phillip's 66, and other local business references appear in the snippet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connie & Dick Bernhardt School of
True Nichols
Wace Arial Nowares
Nichols
Congress
J. Ransom
Fr. Co
China
Underwood
KC Chiefs
Wood
Wolken Oil
Phillip
Ottawa Herald subscription rates detailed for 1990
Ottawa Herald lists daily publication details and long subscription price table. Rates cover Ottawa delivery, rural town carrier, motor route, Franklin County and adjacent counties, and out of state mail. Prices shown include monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and yearly options.
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Franklin County
State of
Kansas
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KPL Gas
Larry D. Berg
KPL Gas Service
Bank of 75
Associated Press
Golby
Salina
Opeka
Pittsburi
KPERS
Ad Briefs
Donna Lear
S. Main
Sutton
Ottawa Herald
S. Cedar
Jim R. Hitch
Terry Ostmeyer
Carol Ackerman
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