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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1985
Page
7
Lane Fair completes a most successful run as page references show a positive impact on enrollment at the University of Oklahoma. Page 3 notes a local initiative, while Page 10 highlights Fair’s concluding run.
A gentle weekend rain in Franklin County varied from 1.14 to 3 inches, boosting milo and soybean crops while leaving corn in the southern area stressed. Richmond Princeton Williamsburg Ottawa and Wellsville saw 1 to 3 inches, easing drought and lifting prospects for late planted corn and soybeans, with local farmers optimistic about one of the decade’s best years.
Delta Air Lines Flight 191 may have bounced before a go around was ordered after the L 1011 hit the ground near Dallas Fort Worth during a thunderstorm. Investigators review wind shear and airspeed reductions as 133 are killed and 18 of 31 survivors remain hospitalized.
A 25 year old Kansas City man, Anthony Keith Williams, was in Franklin County jail after allegedly assaulting a Kansas City police officer, stealing the patrol car, and driving into a ditch near Le Loup on I 35. Police pursued with a moving roadblock, two troopers and a highway patrolman, and the suspect was captured hiding in a hedgerow after minutes of pursuit.
The Municipal Auditorium Authority and Box Office Boosters opened the 1985-86 season ticket drive. The auditorium will sell tickets 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Friday with about 40 volunteers calling past renewals. Season tickets cost 45 dollars for five performing arts events and 25 dollars for seven travel films and two country shows. Performances include U S Marine Band, Jay McShann Trio, Missouri Repertory Theatre, Vienna Choir Boys, St Louis Brass Quintet. Travel films cover several destinations. Country acts Ricky Skaggs and Reba McEntire appear in August and October. A fair booth drawing awarded season tickets to local residents Bob Saile, Karen Kraemer, and Mrs Billie Schulz.
Ottawa faced widespread outages blamed on a storm and a KCPL interconnect loss at the local power plant. Utilities Director Jack Davis said one engine ran briefly, then more circuits were restored. A 4160 buss fault caused noon Sunday outages. Ralston Nebraska technicians were en route to help locate the issue while two enterprise engines handle demand. DPS logged a few false alarms tied to the outages.
Parsons Sun publisher Bruce Buchanan will stop honoring insertion orders that tie news story placement to cigarette ads. The policy change ends next Sept 1, likely prompting Reynolds to pull ads and risking substantial revenue for the 8,300 circulation paper in Southeast Kansas.
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