75 Year Family Reunion Bridges Separated Sisters
Ottawan Marie Pence and her sister Sylvia Cole of Wichita reunited after 75 years apart at Cedar Square Apartments. Their search began 12 years ago, led by Frances Van Dyke, revealing Adams and adoptive family ties across Iowa Ohio Colorado and Kansas with plans for an October reunion and Pence traveling to Cincinnati.
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Diane Yeamans
Herald
Ottawan
Marie Pence
Sylvia Cole
Wichita
Cedar Square Apartments
Cole
Jerry
Joan
Steven
Kansas City
Kane
Cynthia
Overland Park
Penrce
Pat Catuska
Jennifer
Ottawa
Ohio
Catherine Wainwright
Cincinnati
Pence
Kansas
Iowa
Baldwin
Stephen
Baker University
Frances van Dyke
Columbus
Wainright
van Dyke
Mills County
Ida Mae
Colorado
Golden
Colo
Canton
Catherine
Fedders
Joan Cole
Neosho sheriff seeks help after jail trusties suspended
Erie Neosho County Sheriff Rod Nally says two trusties handled cooking and cleaning at the county jail under a state program. the program was paused after one inmate escaped, prompting a call for workers to fill the gap. The program began in 1989 to free jail staff from routine duties.
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Erie
Neosho County
Rod Nally
Nally
Weather Forecast For Tonight In June 1910
Warm and clear tonight with temperatures low around 75 degrees. The forecast is dated June 148, 1910, reflecting a historical publication used for daily weather notes.
Mine blast in Yugoslavia traps 179 miners
Rescue teams pulled 69 bodies from the Kreka mine Dobmja-Jug shaft after a blast that collapsed tunnels 1500 feet deep near Dobruja. Only one worker survived, officials said, as debris blocked access and rescue operations continued for hours. If confirmed dead, it would be Yugoslavia’s worst mining disaster.
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Dobruja
Yugoslavia
Kreka
Belgrade
Vidan Krsnanovic
Bosko Zelic
Reservist call up urged for Kansas and Nebraska units
About 30 U S Army Reserve leaders in Kansas and Nebraska were told to identify reservists who could be called into active duty as units may deploy. The 89th Army Reserve Command will report to identify roughly 300 soldiers, with assignments in Osage City Emporia Great Bend Fremont Norfolk and more as part of the Persian Gulf crisis response. Governor Hayden noted no Kansas units were called today.
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Wichita
Kan
U.S. Amy
Kansas
Nebraska
89Th Army Reserve Command
John Sampson
Sampson
129Th Transportation Co
Osage City
Emporia
129Th
13Th Quartermaster
Great Bend
1012Th General Support Co
Fremont
Neb
1012Th General Support
Norfolk
Bush
National Guard
Army Reserve
Navy Reserve
Marine Reserve
Air Force Reserve
Kansas Army National Guard
Kansas Amy
Mike Hayden
89Th Amy Command
Kat Gleeson
89Th
Blues star Stevie Ray Vaughan dies in Alpine Valley helicopter crash
AP reports blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan was killed when a helicopter left Alpine Valley Music Theatre and crashed into a hill near East Troy Wisconsin. Four others linked to Eric Clapton’s entourage also perished including Clapton’s agent bodyguard and tour manager. Clapton’s publicist confirmed Vaughan’s death. The Omni Flight helicopter crashed about 12 35 a m. Clapton traveled on another helicopter that landed safely in Chicago.
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East Troy
Wis
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Eric Clapton
Vaughan
Clapton
Los Angeles
Ronnie Lippin
Omni Flight Helicopters Inc
Alpine Valley
Chicago
Bobby Brooks
Creative Artists Agency
Nigel Browne
Colin Smythe
Landfill Hours Cut Prompt Commuter Protest at County Meeting
Franklin County commissioners spent most of the session on the budget hearing while voting to close the landfill a half hour early daily. Don Taylor of Ottawa Sanitation urged leasing the site for his use, prompting discussion of a plan with state officials and commercial haulers in the next two weeks. The board also approved inspectors for a bridge project west of Pomona and noted Kingston bridge completion with total cost 54,000, split 20 percent county and 80 percent state.
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Franklin County Commission
Don Taylor
Ottawa Sanitation
Topeka
Taylor
Cook, Flatt
Ottawa School Board Meets Tonight for Preliminary Enrollment
The Ottawa Board of Education meets at 7 30 p m at 420 S Main to hear a preliminary enrollment report based on last week figures, which are expected to rise on the first school day and change by the state reporting date in mid September. The agenda also includes an update on the high school addition project a Kansas history requirement report board goals for the year and bid opening for a district van.
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Ottawa Board of Education
Kansas
S. Main
Taiwan to Buy Wheat From Kansas Firms for Taiwan
A 12 member Taiwan delegation signed four contracts in the Kansas Statehouse to purchase 3.336 million bushels of U S wheat for 11 979 million dollars. Wheat companies Cargill Mitsui Grain Agtex and Harvest State will ship October to January. Prices range from 3 51 to 3 64 per bushel. The visit spans seven states as Taiwan seeks top quality hard red winter wheat.
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Topeka, Kan
Taiwan
Kansas
U.S
Kansas Senate
Cargill Inc
Minneapolis
Mitsui Grain Corp
Chicago
Agtex Inc
Kansas City
Harvest State Corp
Kansas Board of Agriculture
Graham
Idaho
Nebraska
Wyoming
South
Noaa Dakota
Minnesota
Summer clearance continues at Fashion Allay market
Ad briefs announce ongoing Summer Clearance at Fashion Allay with markdowns and an open office at Matney Ghiropractic until 8 p.m. local time. Includes contact details 2424700 for Pat and 2423933 for titles. Deadline 11 a.m. on publication day. Also notes KIDS KRUSADE event at 1st Assembly of God with Sunday 6 p.m. and Mon Web 7 p.m. schedules.
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Assembly of God
Mon
Ottawa Herald Subscription Rates 1990
Ottawa Herald lists daily publication policy and postal details. It outlines subscription prices effective April 1 1990 and onward for Ottawa Kansas and surrounding areas including monthly, quarterly, semi annual and yearly options with rural carrier motor route and out of state mail rates.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
State of Kansas
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