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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1997
Page
1
Los Angeles AP Christian Slater agreed to a 90 day jail term for beating his girlfriend during a drug and alcohol binge and fighting police who found him screaming in a hallway. He entered no contest pleas to battery on a dating partner and a peace officer.
Briefs note changes at Country Living 123 S Main with Boyd Stones added. Dange Garnett VFW announces odds ends for December 13 with members and guests expected. Hazardous waste event at a local HHW facility FR CO runs 7 am to 1 pm. Health Dept May close Thursday December 11. Decorate our tree drive collects mittens socks and toys for Hope House. Kansas State Bank Ottawa listed. Snowmen features repeated. Maerle Norman Cosm Gifts at 230 S Main listed.
Stocks show mixed moves with Casey’s at 247 8 1/8 and H R Block at 42 11/16. Local grain quotes from Ottawa Co op list hard wheat 3.27 and soybeans 6.74. Franklin County prices record wheat 3.42 and corn 2.46.
Hackers break into Yahoo! disrupting the home page and warning of a logic bomb worm to activate on Christmas Day 1998. They demand the release of imprisoned hacker Kevin Mitnick in exchange for an antidote, though Yahoo! says the threat was brief and no real danger existed.
A Franklin County jury acquitted 23 year old Kevin Lee Williams of a felony count of driving on a suspended license after deliberating about 30 minutes. He remains charged in three other cases including attempted aggravated escape and battery on officers as prosecutors dismissed several counts.
Obituary notices report Floyd E Jasper 53 of Garnett died December 8 1997 at Anderson County Hospital funeral 1030 am Friday at St John s Catholic Church burial in church cemetery He was born March 9 1944 in Greeley and worked as solid waste superintendent He married Terry Jasper on February 19 1966 and left a wife two daughters his mother and a sister survive Veterans of Foreign Wars member Rosary viewed Thursday. Don Jacob Madison 71 of Austin formerly Ottawa died December 6 1997 burial Highland Cemetery Ottawa with military honors He served in the Navy aboard the U S S Honolulu and later ran a jewelry business then a Santa Fe NM gallery before moving to Austin He is survived by his wife two sons a sister and a grandson Friends may call Friday at the funeral home. Dylan Reed Daugharthy Johnston 2 months 21 days died December 9 1997 Topeka infant burial Highland Cemetery Ottawa Survivors include both parents three sisters two brothers and grandparents Great grandparents noted Memorials to Dylan Johnston Memorial Fund.
Forecast notes cloudy conditions with light flurries as a storm system crosses the Northeast and mid Atlantic. A push into the Southeast follows while the western half remains dry. Temperatures show yesterday’s high and low with record figures.
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