Maiden run for Baldwin Midland Railroad granted
Gov. Hayden will cut the ribbon Saturday for the Baldwin Midland Railroad hailed as a Santa Fe Trail Historical Society and Midland Railway Historical Association project. The tourist line will run between Baldwin and toward Ottawa with plans to extend to north of Ottawa. Ottawa’s noninvolvement drawn criticism while a Walnut Street trolley proposal is suggested to connect downtown shoppers with south Ottawa areas.
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Baldwin- Midland Railroad
BMR
Mike Hayden
Santa Fe Trail Historical Society
Baldwin
The
Midland Railway Historical Association
Grandview
Ottawa
Hidden cost of 65 mph limit on rural interstates
An insurance firm predicts auto insurance could rise ten percent in about two years based on accident statistics physics and logic. Metropolitan Life in Waterloo Iowa cites a resident paying 230 annually would face a 23 increase. Iowa insurance commissioner notes possible rate rises but not that steep. no studies on speed changes yet. speeds may rise statewide, and hidden prices of 65 mph emerge.
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Metropolitan Life Property and Liability Insurance Co
Waterloo
Iowa
Jacob Hall
Lucy
Harley
Michigan
Cancer Society golf tourney lifts Ottawa spirit
The Franklin County Unit American Cancer Society held its second annual Ottawa Country Club golf tournament drawing 144 golfers and many volunteers. Committee members Dr A Reyes Jr John Sheldon Bill Myers Bob and Bev Grabham Rose Stephenson Joan Cook Vern Chesbro and Doug Underwood organized the event with broad community support and generous donations.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
American Cancer Society
Ottawa Country Club
A. Reyes Jr
John Sheldon
Bill Myers
Bob & Bev Grabham
Rose Stephenson
Joan Cook
Vern Chesbro
Doug Underwood
Close Taverns and Clubs By 5 P.M.
A reader calls for earlier closures for beer joints after a death tied to a local tavern incident. The letter condemns Mr and Mrs Donald L. and Sherrell Hanson, notes two Burgesses face second degree murder charges, and urges city officials to require 5 pm closing, citing impact on families and Sunday plans.
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Jari Wills
Tom
Donald L
Sherrell
Wills
Frank Hanson
Olive
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates 1986
Ottawa Herald provides new rates effective July 1 1986 for deliveries in Ottawa Franklin County and surrounding areas by carrier and mail. Prices listed: one month four dollars, three months eleven dollars, six months twenty one dollars and one year forty dollars for local delivery. other counties by mail five fifty per month, fourteen dollars for three months, thirty one for six months, sixty dollars yearly. out of state tax five point five percent. Overall details include staff and office listings.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
Letters Reveal Life of Lena Hutchins in 1800s Rural New York
The piece chronicles Lena Amorett Hutchins of 9215 Sycamore who died at 93 after long service in rural schools Ottawa Junior High and as Franklin County superintendent from 1947 to 1953. A niece, Margaret Hutchins, now cares for the home as Margaret uncovers a 132 year old letter from Amorett Collins Hutchins to Bersha in Michigan. The letters, dated 1855 1885, depict farm hardships, prices, schooling, and family movements including Amorett’s son E B Hutchins a Baptist minister, and hints of western migration in the Hutchins line.
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Lena Amorett Hutchins
Sycamore
Ottawa
Franklin County
Margaret Hutchins
Margaret
Amorett Collins Hutchins
Ellinburgh
N.Y
Amorett
Bersha
Michigan
Harley
Lucy
E.B. Hutchins
Lena Hutchins
Winning Lottery Is Next To Purgatory
In Simi Valley California Patti wins $50 but faces a maze of forms and mail in procedures for a state lottery payout. The author notes the time, expense and delays involved, likening the process to purgatory and a bureaucratic hell.
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Simi Valley
Calif
California
Patti
Ventura
Sacramento
California Lottery
St. Rose Church
St. Rose
California Magazine
Michelle Haneven
Solvang
Purgatory
Hell
Great Changes In Store For Agriculture
John Chrystal, president of Bankers Trust Des Moines, argues agriculture will be vastly different. He compares 1943 and today, noting farms growing from about 140 to over 400 acres, rising capital needs, specialization, and fewer rural towns as bigger units and fewer people reshape farming.
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Garden City
John Chrystal
Bankers Trust
Des Moines
Iowa
Chrystal
Garst Seed Co
Nikita Krushchev
United States
Russia
U.S
Gorbachev
Iran-Contra hearings fade as 1988 race shapes up
Iran-Contra hearings wind down with limited impact on the 1988 presidential race. Bush stays largely out of the spotlight, while Democrats see fodder for attacks and potential niche candidacies. Dole remains a leading challenger, Kemp pushes the Contra issue, and others like Boren, Nunn, Rudman draw minor interest.
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Jonathan Wolman
Washington Bureau
Washington
George Bush
Bush
Senate
Sam Nunn
Georgia
David Boren
Oklahoma
Nunn
Boren
Warren Rudman
New Hampshire
Sen
Bob Dole
Kansas
Jack Kemp
New York
Reagan
Paul Laxalt
Delaware
Pierre S. du Pont
Congress
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Santa Fe
Walnut
15Th
Southend
Cancer Society
Ann McLain
Franklin County Unit
Ottawa Herald
S. Cedar
Jim R. Hitch
Terry Ostmeyer
Jim Hornbeck
Mike Geiss
Peg Armstrong
Wayne Show
Jean Rossman
A.H. March
Iam
Henry Baker
Methodist Society
Towa
H. Hutchins
Keeseville
Russell
Jeremiah
Laura
Dolly
Daniel
Polly Hutchins
Russell Parce
Eli
Jane
Frances
Jim Hitch
Wayne Lee
Haris News Service
Dolores
Harris News Service
Mike Glover
Nicaragua
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