OU student union damaged by fire at Owbray Union
Ottawa fire department responded to a Thursday evening fire at the Ottawa University Owbray Union around 7 50 p m. The dining hall filled with smoke prompting evacuation but no flames were seen outside. Firefighters using hand held extinguishers confined the fire to a service equipment room. estimated damage 2000 dollars. No injuries. The fire caused by a faulty electrical motor in a heater on the roof. Building expected to reopen today.
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Ottawa Ire
Aire
Ottawa University Owbray Union
OFD
Obituary for Rev Leslie F Tomberlin Wichita minister
The funeral for the Rev. Leslie F. Tomberlin 90 of Wichita will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Wichita Baptist Tabernacle Church with a graveside service at Woodlawn Cemetery in Pomona. Born October 23 1904 he retired as minister in 1992. Survivors include wife Loretta a son Gary a stepson John Stickel a daughter Eva Goodman two stepdaughters Betty Bergquist and Rhonda Vardy two sisters Leona Johnson and Lenora Swaim twelve grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Memorials may go to the Church 2209 S Pawnee Wichita 67211 Hillside Funeral Home Wichita is in charge.
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Leslie F. Tomberlin
Wichita
Medicalodge
Wichita Baptist Tabernacle Church
Woodlawn
Pomona
Frank
Stella
Clark) Tomberlin
Wichita Baptist Tabernacle
Gary Tomberlin
Brazil
John Stickel
Arkansas City
Eva Francis Goodman
Dayton
Ohio
Betty Bergquist
Rhonda Vardy
Leona Johnson
Florida
Lenora Swaim
Lebanon
S. Pawnee
Hillside Funeral Home
Ottawa Area Hospital Notes and Police Blotter Update
Admissions list includes William Finch Opal Burns Adam Hazen Golda Burns Dawnita Fine Stacy Corbin and others from Ottawa Emporia Quenemo Garnett. Births report Dawnita Fine and Jack Fine a daughter and Stacy Corbin and Ron Corbin a daughter. Police report arrests for Shawn D Redifer on suspended license. theft at 517 E. 3rd. multiple traffic incidents with damages estimated above $500. Non injury crashes near John Brown Road and Virginia Terrace and Rock Creek Road. I-35 incident near Le Loup. Shelley Link involved in collision with a semi driven by Dominic Samson.
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William Finch
Opal Burns
Adam Hazen
Ottawa
Golda Burns
Emporia
Brian Hermreck
Garnett
Dawnita Fine
Quenemo
Stacy Corbin
Richard Gould
Joyce Williams
Dawnita
Jack Fine
Stacy
Ron Corbin
Shawn D. Redifer
N. Oak
Thuradads
West Second
Ottawa Retirement Commission
Marshall L. Worth
S. Cedar
John Brown Road
Virginia Terrace
Wally C. Mayo
Osawatomie
Shirley A. King
Greeley
Rock Creek Road
Rantoul
Judy L.echols
N. Sycamore
le Loup
Nancy C. Richards
Kansas City
South Main
Shelley A. Link
Dominic Samson
Quebec
Canada
Simpson Case At A Glance Developments In Court
AP reports on twist in the O J Simpson murder case with changed testimony by criminalist Andrea Mazzola about blood evidence handling. A water vial shown to jurors prompts questions of evidence integrity and courtroom procedure as Judge Ito probes juror attention and plans a sketchist hearing ahead of chemist Gregory Matheson’s expected testimony.
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Mazzola
Peter Neufeld
Simpson
Superior Court
Lance Ito
Ito
Johnnie Cochran Jr
Police
Gregory Matheson
Dole Gains Backing From Two Governors in 1996 Race
Illinois Governor Jim Edgar and Connecticut Governor John Rowland pledge to endorse Bob Dole. Dole plans visits to Chicago and Springfield to accept Edgar’s backing as California Governor Pete Wilson enters the field. The Rowland endorsement will come in coming days amid primary timing shifts in March.
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Ashington
Illinois
Connecticut
Senate
Bob Dole
GOP
Dole
Kansas
Chicago
Springfield
Jim Edgar
John Rowland
California
Pete Wilson
Wilson
Edgar
Massachusetts
William Weld
New England
Students march after police raid at UW Oshkosh site
More than 1,000 students marched through downtown Oshkosh after police raided a Sigma Pi party. About a dozen were arrested for damaging up to 20 businesses along a five block street near the campus. A campus dormitory alarm drew students outside and many cited are released.
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Oshkosh
Wis
University of Wisconsin-Ashkosh
Randy van Ness
Sigma Pi
van Ness
Wisconsin
Growth slows as US economy expands 2.8 percent
Washington reports first quarter GDP rising at a 2.8 percent annual rate, $37.9 billion in January through March, the weakest since summer 1993 and slowing from late 1994. Analysts say Federal Reserve cooling measures damped growth, with economists split on recession risk and inflation.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Anaysts
Fed
Lawrence Chimerine
Economic Strategy Institute
Cynthia Latta
Dri-Mcgraw Hill
Wall Street Market in Brief and Kansas cattle quotes
Market brief from Dodge City and St Joseph reports cattle and hog prices for Friday. Slaughter steers and heifers steady. 4,100 steers and 4,600 heifers sold Thursday, with 22,300 head previously contracted. Hog quotes range 28.50 to 36.50 per hundred pounds, with various weights and grades listed.
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Ottawa
India
Mio
Seteen
Dodge City
Kan
Joseph
Vehicle VIN Inspections Move to East K-68 Site
The Kansas Highway Patrol announces VIN inspections will move to the Kansas Department of Transportation building at 3128 E Highway K-68, half a mile east of I-35. Inspections run 9 to 1 Mondays and 1 to 3 Thursdays. Previously at 17th and Main, these VIN inspections are required for out of state and Kansas non highway titles.
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Kansas Highway Patrol
Kansas Department of Transportation
Kansas
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