Henry Fonda dies at 77 after heart disease battle
Veteran actor Henry Fonda, famed for The Grapes of Wrath and 12 Angry Men, died at 8 15 a m in Cedars Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles after a long heart illness He was surrounded by wife Shirlee and children Jane and Peter Fonda had been hospitalized recently for heart device adjustments and other health issues His last Oscar came in 1982 for On Golden Pond, watched by his family to whom he left no funeral in his will
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Henry Fonda
Mister Roberts
Lincoln
Larry Baum
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Fonda
Shirlee
Jane
Peter
Baum
Golden Pond
Bel-Air
Harrison Township
Lincoln Township
LeRoy Hildebrandt
Ottawa
Pomona
Local City Nearing KCP&L Deal Progress
Local city makes steady gains toward securing electricity service from KCP&L with slow but continued negotiations noted across regional pages. Page 3 outlines the tentative steps and community reactions to the potential agreement.
Royals' Don Hood Escapes From Baseball Wasteland
Royals pitcher Don Hood returns from a spring slump, staging a resilience arc as he rebuilds form after a challenging stretch. teammates and coaches express confidence in his recovery and readiness for key early season tests.
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Royals
Don Hood
Bankers Offer Reward In Richmond Robbery
A reward equal to 10 percent of the loss or up to 5000 dollars is posted by the Kansas Bankers Association for information leading to the indictment of the lone white gunman who robbed Peoples State Bank in Richmond Tuesday morning. The suspect fled west in a white Ford Courier with RET emblems, as Franklin County Sheriff Rex Bowling and Kansas Bureau of Investigation pursue leads. Witnesses report four customers inside the bank during the crime, with teller Marge Fox directly involved and other tellers Linda Roeckers and Mary Hall on duty.
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Diane Yeamans Richmond
Kansas Bankers Association
Peoples State Bank
Franklin County
Rex Bowling
Sheriff's Department
Marge Fox
Linda Roeckers
Mary Hall
Pat Gregg
KBA Rewards Committee
Arty Kansas Bank
Gregg Saids
Gregg
KBA
Merchants National Building
Topeca
Kan
Israel Talks Chance in Beirut as Air Strikes Pause
In Washington Israel told the State Department it will halt aerial bombardment of West Beirut to sustain negotiations, with embassy sources confirming assurances to pause air strikes though heavy raids earlier today marked the battlefront near Moslem and Christian districts. Meanwhile other items report distress at sea as the Trident submarine arrives in Washington waters and protest flotilla clashes with Coast Guard.
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Israel
State Department
West Beirut
Associated Press
Port Ludlow
Wash
Coast Guard
Lizard
Wor
Pacific Peacemaker
Storm Outages Hit Ottawa Area Overnight
Electrical storms knocked out service for Kansas City Power and Light customers from Baldwin to Greeley and in Ottawa. A spokesman cited scattered outages, a blown Estabrook transformer, blown fuses, and downed lines with varying restoration times. Officials reported most customers restored by 9 a.m. Public Works had no damage reports and Public Safety answered five storm calls, none fires.
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Ottawa
Kansas City
Baldwin
Greeley
Estabrook
Public Works Department
Department of Public Safety
Overpass project looms as city county act moves forward
Ottawa officials heard a 1 percent county sales tax vote will be proposed. KDOT confirms an overpass replacement for US 59 remains planned this year with Davis Road as detour. Officials aim to speed Davis Road planning, fix approach grades, widen Sand Creek Davis corner, and address weed control funding and enforcement.
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Kansas Department of Transportation
Ottawa
Davis-Sand Creek
Davis Road
KDOT
Larry Larson
Bob Moore
Ottawa Department of Public Works
Sand Creek
Davis
Sherwin Snyder
North Main
Watkins
Larry D. Morlan
Management and Budget Bureau
Ray DeJulio
County
Weather report from Ottawa Water Plant and county forecast
The National Weather Service reports a low of 57 and a high of 71 at the Ottawa Water Plant for early Wednesday. Rainfall totals reached 2.50 inches as of 7 this morning. County forecast calls for mostly cloudy conditions tonight with a chance of thunderstorms and 70s lows, then partly cloudy Friday with scattered showers and highs in the 85 to 95 range.
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National Weather Service
Ottawa
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Marion Waltmier
Phillip C. Habib
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Ash
Lena Ebeck
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Dave Kaup
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