Ottawa man recalls low pay and camps during depression
A Dewey resident recalls being chosen for Citizen Military Training camps in Fort Sill Oklahoma and Fort Logan Colorado during the Depression. He worked with Civilian Conservation Corps from 1933 to 1934 building roads and fighting forest fires while earning about 10 cents an hour, comparing it to today’s wages and the era’s much lower cost of living.
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Fort Sill
Okla
Fort Logan
Cold
Colorado
Dewey
Oklahoma A &M
Oklahoma State University
Gavment
Civilian Conservation Corp
Pine
Stipp
FBI suspends four officials over Ruby Ridge coverup claims
Officials announced new suspensions following an interim Justice watchdog report alleging that FBI internal inquiries minimized top officials role in approving shoot on sight orders at Ruby Ridge. Deputy AG Gorelick referred the report for possible criminal probes. Freeh ordered suspensions.
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Freeh
Justice Department
Office of Professional Responsibility
Bureau
FBI
Ruby Ridge
Gorelick
Rails pulled out of Ottawa by Union Pacific project
Yard Inc of Omaha works with Union Pacific to remove rails in Ottawa. By Friday the operation reached near West Second Street and Orlis Cox ball fields. Main Street will close briefly early Sunday to remove a rail section at First and Main. Each 1,440 foot segment takes 15 to 20 minutes to remove. The salvage company sells usable rails and scraps the rest. City officials plan a Monday meeting with railroad and Yard Yard representatives to arrange street repairs, with the city or contractor handling surfaces as needed.
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Bill Tellier
Herald
Ie Yard Inc
Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific Railroad
Ottawa
Orlis Cox
West Second Street
First Street
Main Street
Main
Terry Peterson
Ottawa Public Works
Andy Haney
Haney
Tie Yard
Scott Lambers
Lambers
Weather outlook Kansas Monday extends storms statewide
The forecast shows a chances for thunderstorms across Kansas on Monday with cooler south and east. Lows range from the 60s in the west to the 70s and 75s in the east. Highs reach the 80s in the west and upper 80s to lower 90s elsewhere. Tuesday and Wednesday look dry with cooler conditions in the south and east. lows in the 60s and some 50s in the northwest, highs in the 80s.
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Kansas
Ottawa
Hospital Faces Big Losses If Medicare Rates Fall
RMH officials warn that budget shifts proposed by Congress could trigger significant financial effects. Even with potential cost cuts, hospital leaders say closure is unlikely, though sale to another organization remains possible. Medicare losses could total about 4.9 million through 2002, based on inpatient and outpatient revenue projections.
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Bregant
Perot supporters courted by bipartisan politicians in Dallas
In Dallas Ross Perot hosted a wide range of Democratic and Republican leaders who sought backing from United We Stand America followers. Jesse Jackson attacked tax cuts while preserving education and heating aid, and Kasich challenged Clinton’s 10 year budget balance claim as Gingrich touted reform. About 3,000 attended, with free entry for students and others.
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Dallas
Ross Perot
Perot
United We St and America Organization
Jesse Jackson
House Budget Committee
John Kasich
Ohio
Clinton
Newt Gingrich
America
Dallas Convention Center
Farm pay plan debate pits Democrats versus Roberts plan
Senators on Capitol Hill spar over farm aid with Daschle and Harkin criticizing Republican tax cuts while Clinton proposes a 4.2 billion cut over seven years. They contrast two loan levels for corn and wheat, capping payments at 50,000 per person and allowing crop switching without losing future benefits.
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Capitol Hill
Daschle
Clinton
Pat Roberts
R-Kan
Tom Harkin
Iowa
Harkin
Roberts
House Agriculture Committee
Library Line Highlights Hot New Books at Ottawa Library
The Ottawa Library shelves burst with popular new titles. Danielle Steel Lightning and Pat Conroy Beach Music draw long holds, along with Mary Higgins Clark Let Me Call You Sweetheart and John Grisham Rainmaker. Also featured are Eugenia Price Beauty From Ashes, Belva Plain Carousel, James Lee Burke Burning Angel, Don Coldsmith Runestone and Child of the Dead, Phillip Margolin After Dark, John T. Lescroart The Thirteenth Juror, Jay Brandon Local Rules, Norma Mott Tillman How To Find Almost Anyone, Laurie Garrett The Coming Plague, and Russka by Edward Rutherford. Nonfiction covers Last Empress, The Russian Revolution, and investment guides, plus travel and mystery titles like Sahara and Congo.
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Ottawa
Danielle Steel
Pat Conroy
Mary Higgins Clark
John Grisham
Eugenia Price
Georgia
Belva Plain
James Lee Burke
South
Dave Robicheaux
Wichita State University
Kansas
Don Coldsmith
Phillip Margolin
John T. Lescroart
Jay Brandon
Jordan Marshall
Green Hills
Texas
Kevin Wainwright
Wayne Orckney
Kevin
Jordan
Norma Mott Tillman
Beardstown Ladies’ Investment Club
Common Sense Investing
Laurie Garrett
Topeka
Russia
Edward Rutherford
Michael Phillips
Judith
Pella
Rural Medicare cuts threaten Missouri Kansas hospitals
Rural America faces higher outlays and possible hospital closures as Medicare reductions hit beneficiaries and facilities. Chiefs priority, smaller communities bear costs, with 1993 hospital losses cited and future per-patient declines projected, prompting calls for targeted managed care incentives and geographically tailored payments.
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Pat Roberts
Kansas
GOP
Roberts
Classified subscription rates in Ottawa Herald listing
The Ottawa Herald publishes advance subscription rates by motor route and mail across counties Franklin Miami Douglas Osage Anderson and state totals. Prices show one month three months six months and year terms with varying regional charges and state tax note.
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Ottawa
Garrier
Franklin County
Miami
Douglas
Osage
Anderson
State of Kansas
The
Ottawa Herald
S. Cedar
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Springer
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