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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 2006
Page
6
The Baldwin Junction at U.S. 59 and U.S. 56 adopts a four way stop with rumble strips and signs after a spate of accidents. Charlene Pohl, 84, died last week in a crash at the intersection as she tried to cross U.S. 59, prompting officials to act.
A Union Pacific train struck a van killing 68 year old James Finney near his Greeley home on Monday afternoon. Finney and his wife were foster parents to two medically fragile adopted children who were victims of shaken baby syndrome. Finney had three biological children and four stepchildren. his son Daniel, present at the scene, said he could not fill his father's shoes.
A 68 year old Franklin County man, James Finney, was killed when his van crossed a railroad crossing near his home and was struck by a Union Pacific train shortly before 4 p.m. Monday. He died at the scene after responders spent over an hour attempting life saving measures. Finney and his wife were foster parents to two adopted medically fragile children who were victims of shaken baby syndrome. He had three children and four stepchildren. The crossing has no lights or gates, only a crossbuck sign, and is on a dead end county road. This is Franklin County’s third fatality this year and the first involving a train in several years.
Tyler Fredricks, a 21 year old Ottawa resident playing lottery three weeks, won the top prize of $20,000 on a Bonus Crossword scratch ticket bought at a 7 Eleven in Olathe. He matched all 10 words, hid the ticket, and plans to invest part of the prize.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc raises wages at about a third of its 4,000 U.S. stores and introduces wage caps across positions to stay competitive amid expansion. Over 1,200 locations will see average pay increases of about 6 percent, as the company, with 1.3 million U.S. associates, seeks to attract and retain workers and managers.
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