Simpson Believes Energy Top Issue in Senate Bid
Democratic candidate John Simpson cites energy policy as inflation driver and backs soft energy, solar power, and federal loan guarantees. He opposes new nuclear reactors, criticizes Sen Dole for committee shifts, and stresses Kansas agriculture as key. Born Salina 1934, KU Law graduate, former state senator.
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Harris Rays
John Simpson
U.S. Senate
Senate
Simpson
Amory Lovins
Lovin
Lovins
Sen
Dole
Kansas
Agriculture Committee
Finance
Salina
University of Kansas Law School
Local Library Line answers readers questions this week
The library offers help at its Community Information Center and provides a sampled Q and A list on topics from Titanic sister ships to U S troop actions in Cambodia in 1970, musical conservatories, Virgin Islands geography, appliance repair contacts, crabapple naming, and quick tomato catsup with pectin notes.
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5Th and Main
Deaths and Notices from Ottawa Area Sequenced
Joshua Joe Gast died at three months fourteen days from crib death at home. Graveside services at Mount Calgary Cemetery with Rev. Gerald Sheeds. He was born June 14 in Ottawa. Survived by parents Terrance and family. many relatives. Helen L. Anderson of Gardner, 81, died Friday. services to be announced. Survived by sons, daughter, sisters, brother, and grandchildren. Vandalism report at Ottawa University. Civil cases filed against multiple parties. Local incidents include a non-injury vehicle collision on Main Street. School lunch menu shows weekly items. Boy Scouts orientation session set for Paola. Wellsville nutrition program relocation announced.
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Joshua Joe Gast
Terrance M. Gast
S. Oak
Gerald Sheeds
Mount Calgary
Lamb- Roberts
Ottawa
William Cantrell
Dottie Berry
Gladstone
Albert Gast
J. W. Cantrell
Leroy Piel
Helen L. Anderson
Olathe
Gardner
Olathe Community Hospital
Robson-Towner Funeral Home
Centropolis
Edgar Anderson
Robert D. Anderson
Pomona
Glen Anderson
Topeka
Alan Anderson
Kirkwood
Jean Holcomb
Clathe
Mabel Knight
Berryton
Isabell Turner
Baldwin
Frances Haines
Denver
Colo
Clifford Sands
Billingham
Wash
Everyday Luncheon and Local Event Listings
Daily specials at Hill House and Bonnie's provide meals and discounts including $2.99 lunch with coffee, $1.30 biscuits and gravy, and a 15 percent off permanents through Oct 17. Ottawa VFW hosts Continental Express dance Sept 29 with Groucho as headliner, plus Elks Lodge steak dance with Karen and the Eastaways. Various ads announce garden center stock, roofing, tele services, and local sales with prices on food and pet supplies.
Judge Saves Amtrak Routes For 10 Days
Kansas Attorney General Robert T. Stephan hailed a federal judge's 10 day restraining order to keep three Amtrak routes operating beyond the planned shutdown. The Lone Star route between Chicago and Houston serves Kansas City Topeka Wichita Emporia Lawrence Newton and Arkansas City. A hearing is set for Oct 11 as state officials pursue broader litigation to save the trains.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Robert T. Stephan
Amtrak
Stephan
Frank Theis
Wichita
Lone Star
Chicago
Houston
Kansas City
Emporia
Lawrence
Newton
Arkansas City
Tom Green
Green
Theis
KCC Protested Rock Island Rates Set for Oct 6
The Kansas Corporation Commission complained to the Interstate Commerce Commission about a Rock Island Railway branch line surcharge of 860 dollars per car, targeting northeast Kansas towns including Bendena Blair Denton Horton Hoyt Mayetta Troy and Wathena. A 757 dollar surcharge was proposed for Dodge City area lines. The KCC urged delay pending inquiry and warned the fee could curb service to smaller towns.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas Corporation Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rock Island Railway
ECC
ICC
Kansas
KCC
Gulf of Mexico
Rock Island
Bendena
Blair
Denton
Horton
Hoyt
Mayetta
Troy
Wathena
Dodge City
South Dodge
Renco
Ford
Wilroads
Rock Island Railroad
Gas Service Co
Carter Will Fare Better Than Kennedy In Kansas
Gov. John Carlin said President Carter will lose Kansas in 1980 as in 1976, but Sen. Ted Kennedy would fare even worse if he is the Democratic nominee. He noted Carter’s one term and Georgia background resonate with Kansans, while Kennedy’s Massachusetts roots do not.
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Topeka
Kan
Carter
Kansas
Gerald Ford
Ted Kennedy
John Carlin
Len
Kennedy
Carlin
White House
Georgia
Massachusetts
Hamilton Jordan
Arnold Berman
D-Lawrence
25 Die In Austrian Hotel Fire
Fire swept a tourist packed hotel in Vienna before dawn, filling it with toxic fumes from burning plastic and killing 25 people. Among the dead were Ellen Wight, Miss Oklahoma 1977, a tour guide from Bath Maine, and Donald and Frances Fraser of Kennebunk Maine, with many victims from Yugoslavia and Europe. Eighteen others were hospitalized for smoke poisoning, none in critical condition.
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Vienna
Austria
U. S
Ellen Wight
Bath
Maine
Oklahoma
Donald
Frances Fraser
Kennebunk
Yugoslavia
Europe
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White Star
Wyn Wade
U.S
Cambodia
Encyclopedia Americana
South Vietnam
American Conservatory of Music
South Michigan Ave
Chicago, Ill
Canada
Virgin Islands
West Indies
Puerto Rico
Random House
British Virgin Islands
United States
Gamble’s
Don Atchison
Atchison
Gamble
Garden Encyclopedia
KMA
Shenandoah
Town
the Daily Report
Public Safety News
James M. Alley
Brown Hall
Ottawa University
District Court News
Franklin County Commission
Ransom Memorial Hospital
William K
Stella Clary
County Commission For
RMH
David A
Danel L. Franks
Elizabeth A. List
MFA Insurance Companies
Alex Jiminex
Household Finance Corporation
Ralph Edward Bloomer
Block South Main
Dorothy H. Martin
Princeton
Robert F. Cole
S. Main
Martin
U.S.C
Paola
Twin Rivers
Boy Scouts of America
Heart of America Council
Presbyterian Church
E. Peoria
Franklin
Miami
Anderson
Linn
Wellsville
Fellowship Hall
the Baptist Church
Third and Main
United Methodist Church
Hill House
VFW
Continental Express
Bonnie's
Hickory
Sonic Drive-In
Groucho
Elks Lodge
Karen
Eastaways
Willis Garden Center
Ad Briefs
Andy
Turner Tele
West 15Th
Eagles Lodge
Turner Tele Shop
Metzger Salvage
N. Main
Mhe
Joyce Stoecklein
Manhattan
Shiela Miller
Lacey TV
Ottawa Herald
Didde Office Supply and Printing Co
Chamber of Commerce
Helen Louise Anderson
Helen Louise (Sands) Anderson
E. Park
Semianelius
Judge
Gas Service
Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home
Franklin County
Paul H. Gaynor
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