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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1998
Page
1
Correction information for Ottawa High School enrollment in the Back to School section. Seniors enroll 9 to 11 a.m. August 19, juniors 1 to 3 p.m. August 19, sophomores 9 to 11 a.m. August 20, and freshmen 1 to 3 p.m. August 20.
In Chicago two boys aged 7 and 8 face first degree murder charges linked to the death of 11-year-old Ryan Harris, who disappeared while riding a borrowed bicycle and was found dead in tall weeds on the South Side.
Lottery results show numbers 5 9 33 42 45 with Powerball 28 for a $17.9 million jackpot. Kansas Cash drawing lists numbers 9 11 16 20 27 29 with a $410,000 prize.
Obituaries for Neoma Edith Schendel 81 of rural Edgerton died Aug 7 1998 at Olathe Medical Center with services and burial at Clearfield Cemetery. Orlin W Pete Smith 67 of Ottawa died Aug 8 1998 with services at Westminster Presbyterian Church and burial in Highland Cemetery. John D Coffman 52 of Ottawa died Aug 9 1998 with service at Dengel Son Mortuary and burial at Hardy Oaks Cemetery. Survivors include spouses children and siblings, with memorials to local churches, cancer foundations or diabetes associations.
Stocks retreat at midday as the Dow falls 4.38 points to 8593.64, erasing most of an earlier 54 point drop. The S&P 500 dips 0.14 to 1089.31 and Nasdaq loses 2.93 to 1843.84 while European markets also weaken. Local quotes show firms and grains prices at Ottawa Co op and Franklin County Farm Services.
President Clinton cut short a three day trip to return to Washington to meet foreign policy advisers on Africa embassy bombings. He urged Congress to pass a patients bill of rights and rejected a GOP plan allowing HMOs to define medically necessary care. First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton will campaign in Milwaukee in his stead.
In West Valley City Utah a mother searching for her two daughters and three other kids drove around with the children locked in the trunk where they died of heat stroke. Police identified the five as Audrey Smith 2 Jashea Smith 6 Alisha Richardson 3 Ashley Richardson 6 and McKell Hedden 5.
United HealthCare Corp and Humana Inc mutually agreed to terminate their $5.5 billion merger after United stock tumbled 43 percent since the deal was announced, wiping out Humana shareholder value. A $900 million restructuring charge and unprofitability in HMO plans contributed to the collapse.
Weather forecast notes chances of showers and thunderstorms across eastern regions ahead of a slow moving cold front. Drier air will move into the Great Lakes area followed by hot humid conditions in the west. Forecast uses codes for sun partly cloudy cloudy showers thunderstorms and rain.
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