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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1990
Page
4
A 90 foot tall battery shaped hot air balloon will be tethered at Ottawa Wal-Mart on Princeton Circle Drive in the morning and late afternoon next Tuesday. The Rayovac promotion promotes a D size battery replica as the balloon tours Texas Kansas and Missouri in coming weeks.
A USA Associated Press report traces a worldwide chain letter to Washington and New York media leaders. Executives such as Arthur Sulzberger Jr., Benjamin Bradlee, Shelby Coffey III, Art Buchwald, Helen Gurley Brown, Ann Landers, Pierre Salinger, Albert R. Hunt, Tim Russert, and Howard Fineman pass it along. The note promises good luck if shared with five friends and warns of bad luck for breaking the chain, with examples of recipients and their notes. The piece links the exchange to a date in August when Iraq invaded Kuwait.
No one won the 13 million Lotto America prize Wednesday night, lifting the upcoming grand prize to an estimated 20 million. Thirty-three players matched five numbers for 75 dollars, 836 matched four for five dollars, and 83 players won 1223 dollars after five numbers plus a star. Five numbers drawn were 7 18 19 43 45 51. Cash Lotto in Kansas carried an estimated 50 thousand dollar top prize with no jackpot winner and numbers 7 13 17 22 25 27.
The U S House approved a broad housing bill 378 to 43, funding new construction and subsidies for low and middle income residents. It creates 25 to 50 housing opportunity zones, expands community development funding, and shifts dollars to loans for rural areas and older or disabled groups.
The Kansas Army Ammunition Plant will lay off 432 production maintenance and support workers until Sept 10 due to equipment and component parts incompatibility. The layoff affects the 300 and 1100 production lines and affects staff plantwide. Union president David Han says he is kept in the dark about the closure while DZI executives are abroad.
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