Cigarette and Oxygen Tank Cause Deadly Wichita Fire
An elderly Wichita woman with emphysema died after a cigarette ignited her oxygen mask and clothing. Fire investigators say 100 percent oxygen creates a fuel for rapid flames, noting the fire destroyed the home and caused up to $30,000 in damage.
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Wicarta
Wichita Fire Department
Ed Bricknell
Bricknell
Margaret Dickmeyer
Dickmeyer
Wichita
Mrs. Dickmeyer
Heinz Hitch wagon travels to Lawrence for anniversary stop
The Heinz Hitch wagon from HJ Heinz Co will appear in Lawrence on Wednesday noon weather permitting. It will travel along Massachusetts Street from Seventh to 11th and stop at the Riverfront Plaza Factory Outlets east parking lot near the Santa Fe Depot. The 140 year old restored wagon, one of 100 original grocery carts, is drawn by eight Percheron horses as part of the plant anniversary events.
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Heinz
HJ. Heinz Co
Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
Seventh
11Th
Lawrence Riverfront Plaza
Santa Fe
Heinz Pet Products
Iowa
Pennsylvania
Bert Nash praised for work at annual meeting
At the Lawrence Holidome the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center showcased its 1997 services and announced new Vision and Mission statements. Speakers including Gene Meyer highlighted the link between physical and mental health and the center’s role for local businesses.
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Bert Nash Community
Gene Meyer
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Meyer
Lawrence Holidome
McDonald Dr
Bert Nash
Gary Tobben
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence
Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center
Alice Ann Johnston
Connie Hubbell
Kansas
Obituaries from Ottawa area listings April 1998 deaths
Multiple notices for Elaine L. Wilson 70 Pomona died April 26 1998 services in Ottawa with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. Ethel May Cassella 69 Leavenworth death April 26 1998 services at Sunset Memory Gardens Cemetery. Eleanor Jean Ulmer 85 Lenexa body donated to KU Medical Center with surviving family. Nellie Nadine Johnson Lederer 78 Ottawa services April 29 1998 at Richter United Methodist Church burial Sutton Cemetery. Surviving relatives listed. memorials suggested to local associations.
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Ottawa
Elaine L. Wilson
Pomona
Dengel and Son Mortuary
Woodlawn
Wilson
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Scranton
William Perry
Laura Laidler
Carbondale High
Killough Quarries
Jack Wilson
Mike Croucher Sr
Atlanta
Charles Reno Jr
Cathy Fleming
Carlsbad
N.M
Laurie Butler
Wakarusa
H. Bruce Perry
Webster City
Iowa
Sherry Mercer
Carbondale
Florence Perry
American Heart Assn
American Diabetes Assn
Sun Mortuary
S. Hickory
Leavenworth
Ethel May Cassella
Tonganoxie
Sunset Memory Gardens
Cassella
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Kansas City
Charles and
Marie Shope
Dollar
Raymond Cassella Sr
Pineville
Raymond Cassella Jr
Perry
Robert Cassella
Davis Funeral Chapel
P.O
Lenexa
Eleanor Jean Ulmer
Kansas University Medical Center
Nellie Nadine Johnson Lederer
Richter United Methodist Church
Sutton Cemetery
Lederer
Lawrence
John Robert
Helen Bunica Ewing Johnson
Lone Star
John Lederer
Franklin County
United Methodist Women and Extension Homemakers Unit
Glora Johnson
Council Grove
Helen Ramshaw
Jim Lederer
Arlene Ingle
Parsons
Lamb-Roberts-Heise Funeral Home
P.O. Box
Transit official to speak on combined city university services
Rod Ghearing, Ithaca transit manager, will visit Lawrence to discuss a model that blends city and college transportation. He speaks at 7 p.m. May 14 in the Lawrence Public Library auditorium. The event, sponsored by Citizens for Public Transportation, notes the group has 2,000 petition signatures and calls for a regular mass transit system.
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New York
Lawrence
Rod Ghearing
Ithaca
N.Y
Lawrence Public Library
Citizens For Public Transportation
Mary Michener
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Lworld.com
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Lawrence Library Board
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Fort Collins
Colo
Nancy Spence
Sequim
Wash
Becky Ulmer
Sedalia
Janet Koertge
Friday Harbor
Judy Leon
Grangeville
Idaho
John Ulmer
Topeka
Nellie Nadine Lederer
Transit
Surry
Big Lebowski
Southwind
City OF Angels
Pauli
Anay
Hollywood Plaza
IE Newton Boys
Jowa
Eimai
Tod Heisler
Scingeles Times
Freezone.com
Paulie Shin Ce Umnighanecat
Sun
Uuck
Horton
Booth
Chie
Golden Eagle Casino
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