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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1997
Page
1
Local ads list promotions and hours from Corner Stone Bookstore to Messenger’s Home Furnishings and modern music supplies. Mentions include half price on second item at IBUY 1, See Fri Harald 12 Days, health dept closure December 11, and several seasonal specials at Ottawa merchants. Also notes Snow Open hours and gift certificate offers.
Wall Street listings show Casey's at 24 3/4, Comm Fed at 53 39/8, Dolr Gen 37 1/6, H&R Block 43 1/2, OReilly Auto 25 1/4, Wendy's 23 5/16 with a drop of 1/2. Ottawa Co op grain quotes: hard wheat 3.31, corn 2.45, milo 4.04, soybeans 6.77, oats 1.60. Franklin County Farm Services prices: wheat 3.46, corn 2.50, milo 4.05, soybeans 6.78. For full market wrap and online prices visit The Herald Online.
Richard Crook Jr. 25 pleads guilty to criminal threat and felon in possession of a firearm after a Nov 7 shooting during a dispute at 315 N Hunt in Wellsville. No injuries occurred. He faces later sentencing for felony theft and other convictions. Other defendants also entered pleas in Franklin County District Court.
Authorities fear the rise of Ketamine use among teens after 18 year old Donald Matthews was found dead outside a Fitchburg shopping center from an apparent drug overdose. Tox reports pending. investigators cite a mix of heroin and ketamine, known as Special K, in a town 40 miles northwest of Boston. A party companion was hospitalized after the incident. The drug has a history of club use and date rape associations and is spreading from urban to smaller communities.
Funeral services and memorials for David Morris Baldwin 50 of Baldwin and Viva B. Hamilton 80 of Lyndon are set as the week advances with burials in Oakwood Cemetery and Pleasant View near Melvern. Susan Anita Hodgson Osawatomie dies in December. Don J. Madison 71 of Austin formerly Ottawa, noted.
Snow will affect northern New England and parts of Ohio and the Caps Cod area with freezing conditions. Flurries and snow showers spread from Wyoming to the Texas Panhandle while the South stays colder and the West enjoys some sun. Thursday forecast highlights travel disruptions and mixed precipitation.
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