Volunteers to be recognized for Phone Friend service
Volunteers from Phone Friend will be honored at 7 p.m. June 19 in a Ransom Memorial Hospital conference room. Honorees include Charlene Lister, Marilyn Lawin, Darlene Bateman, Vicki De La Torre, and many others. Betty Sell is remembered with a memorial trophy to Tyler Ahrens, winner of the poster contest. Phone Friend operates 3:15 to 5 p.m. on school days via 242-6011, with confidential calls. Supported by Ransom Memorial Hospital, Franklin County Mental Health Clinic, Soroptimist International of Ottawa, and Southwestern Bell Telephone.
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Ransom Memorial Hospital
Charlene Lister
Marilyn Lawin
Darlene Bateman
Vicki de la Torre
Katherine Dieterich
Roberta Bechtle
Edna Boots
Giny Bromert
Maxine Brown
Mary Lu Burgoon
Pat Carey
Jan Claerhout
Anne Crawford
Franklin County Mental Health Clinic
Soroptimist International of
Ottawa
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Gas ruling irks American Farm Bureau leader
Federation president Dean Kleckner criticized a federal appeals court ruling that blocks the EPA renewable oxygenate rule requiring corn-based ethanol in cleaner gasoline sold in 17 states. He warned the decision could boost imports, harm farmers, and urged the EPA to appeal and lawmakers to reverse the ruling.
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Dean Kleckner
American Farm Bureau Federation
America
Kleckner
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
U.S. Supreme Court
Nichols hearing adjourned after new attorney shows up
In Milan Michigan AP reports a group hired attorney Robert Elsey for James Nichols without his knowledge delaying bond hearing tied to charges of conspiring to make explosives with Timothy McVeigh. U.S. Magistrate Lynn Hope rescheduled to Tuesday. no testimony given. Nichols remains in custody.
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Milan
Mich
James Nichols
Michigan
Oklahoma City
Timothy McVeigh
Robert Elsey
Grosse Pointe Park
Sanilac
Concerned Citizens For Justice
Nichols
Elsey
U.S
Lynn Hope
Oklahoma City bombing death toll rises to 118
The death toll from the Oklahoma City bombing reached 118, including 15 children, as FBI agents seek a second suspect amid fast moving witness accounts. McVeigh, 27, faces a bailless hold after a hearing noting an indelible trail of evidence.
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McVeigh
FBI
John Horsley
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building
Oklahoma
Branch Davidian
Waco
Texas
Funds Boost Local Reach to Recovery Efforts
Kunard outlined how money stays local to support the Reach to Recovery program through supplies and information for patients. The unit expands services with Ensure dietary supplements, transportation reimbursements up to 150 annually, and a $75 one time pain medication grant.
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Kunard
Juanita Brecht
Focal Cancer Society
Look
Weather Forecast and Local Water Plant Log Summary
Kansas region expects thunderstorms Monday and Tuesday with varied highs from the 60s to 70s and cooler 40s to 50s at night. Wednesday looks dry with 60s highs. Ottawa Water Plant log shows yesterday's high 63 and 1.04 inches precipitation for the day. month to date 3.22 inches. yearly averages and barometer at 30.05 inches. Sunrise at 5:58 a.m. and sunset at 8:39 p.m.
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Kansas
Ottawa
Herald earns KPA honors in awards banquet
The Ottawa Herald placed third in General Excellence in Division II for daily papers with 4,000 to 8,500 circulation. Publisher Jim Hitch won second in column writing and third in editorial writing. Sports Editor Greg Mast earned an honorable mention in sports column writing.
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Overland Park
Ottawa Herald
Kansas Press Association
Herald
Jim Hitch
Hitch
Greg Mast
Massive Pegu Fire Destroys 745 Homes, No Casualties
In Burma, a large blaze swept through Pegu or Bago, 50 miles north of Rangoon, gutting about 745 houses after strong winds. The fire forced victims to seek shelter in schools and monasteries while Lt. Gen. Khin Nyunt visited the scene.
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Rangoon
Burma
Pegu
Khin Nyunt
Bago
Donor ties surface in water energy tax repeal vote
The repeal of the 2.5 percent utilities tax for manufacturing and construction labor benefited Boeing, with lobbyist Bill Jarrell and spokesman Dick Ziegler noting Airbus competition. The House approved the final bill March 28 by 51 votes to 74, with donors from the contractors group and Boeing influencing the outcome through financial support.
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Boeing
Bill Jarrell
Dick Ziegler
Airbus
House
The
Contractors Association
Oppo
Tents and Boeing Ties Highlight School Finance Debate
The article shows Boeing and contractors donating over 65000 to lawmakers over tax repeal decisions and to support school budget increases. It notes a Feb 24 House vote on a school finance bill with 57 to 67 on an anti amendment and outlines donation patterns among supporters and opponents of higher school funding.
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House
NEA
KNEA
Shallenburger
Tom Sawyer
Wichita
White House records sought in Foster death probe
White House aides are being asked to turn over calendars message logs and discussions from July 20 1993 the day Vincent Foster died and the seven days after as prosecutors seek to determine if documents were removed from his office. White House counsel issued the memo and spokesman John Podesta said additional documents are requested as part of the wrap up of the inquiry into handling Foster office material.
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Washington
Vincent Foster
Whitewater
White House
Foster
John Podesta
Senior Edition Photo Drive and Community Notices
Graduating seniors urged to submit pictures for the Sr Edition at the Ottawa Herald Office by May 1. Local events include Prom Visitation open house Saturday April 28 from 2 to 4 p.m. Band Black Pearl performs. open house and driver education enrollment announcements follow with contact numbers.
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Ottawa Herald
Kansas Legislature Faces Fourth Day of Wrapup Session
Wrapup session in Topeka extended as discord over gambling legislation delays adjournment. Senate debates extending the Kansas Lottery for seven more years and rejecting pari-mutuel slot machines near Pittsburg, Wichita, and Kansas City. House approves motor tax cut and keeps property tax lid. Senate, House eyed completion and possible Saturday adjournment, with a state employees pay bill and a plan to form a commission to decide which mental health hospitals may close.
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Lew Ferguson
Associated Press
Topeka
Pittsburg
Wichita
Kansas City
Kan
House
Senate
Tim Shallenburger
Bud Burke
Graves
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates 1894 Odawa Carrier Mail
Rates for delivery starting October 1 1894 listed by Odawa carrier and motor route with monthly quarterly half yearly and yearly prices. Also includes rural town and Franklin County mail options and postmaster address Ottawa Kansas 66067. All rates are prepaid.
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Odawa
Ottawa
Franklin County
Miami
Douglas
Ordhe
The
Ottawa Herald
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Phil Morawski
Decker
Sanilac Concerned Citizens For Justice
Jon Hansen
Rainbow Beauty Bar
W. 2Nd
Kunaid
S. Ash
Aircraft Company
Ottawa Vew
Fr, CO
7A Ip
Jet
G. Main
Midland Hospice
OHS
Creor
Kangas
Dim R, Flic
Jay Bemi
Tom Love
Ne Snow
War Ana
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