GE RCA Merger Biggest Non Oil Deal Ever
GE and RCA announce a 6.28 billion cash merger creating the seventh largest U S industrial company with 1984 revenues near 40 billion The deal requires RCA stockholder and regulator approvals and is expected to close in 1986 NBC would join a wave of network takeovers as CBS and ABC pursues moves The agreement values RCA at 66 50 per share and follows a history of NBC gains and station holdings Corporate leaders from GE and RCA framed the merger as strengthening U S competitiveness and world markets
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RCA
America
U.S
General Electric Co
RCA Corp
NBC
General Foods Corp
Philip Morris Inc
John F. Welch Jr
Thornton F. Bradshaw
Robert R. Frederick
American Broadcasting Cos
ABC
Capital Cities Communications Inc
CBS Inc
Local crashes report ice slicks and DWI charges near Ottawa
The Daily Report details several weather related incidents west of Peoria including Susan Munson's 38 year old crash on ice in a ditch near a bridge reflector, minor injuries and refusal of aid. It lists damages over $500 and notes Mickey Malone's DWI and drug paraphernalia charges after a collision with a parked car. Also covered are Joseph Schleicher's loss of control on ice near Pomona, a two vehicle collision on West Second Street, a jackknifed semi near Le Loup, and a temporary interstate blockage. Market quotes from the Ottawa Co-op show grain prices for hard wheat, corn, milo, soybeans, and oats.
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Pagea
Peoria
Susan M. Munson
S. Walnut
Munson
Here
Joseph A. Schleicher
Pomona
West Second
Jack W. Hall
Spruce
Daniel R. Gast
Ottawa
Snow Removal Continues as Ottawa Prepares for More
Ottawa crews began 8 a.m. Wednesday clearing windrowed snow to relieve ice and sleet blockages. Main Street will be cleared first under Phase B, then side streets and downtown lots. Workers worked through the night. more storm debris and dependent problems remain as another storm looms.
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Moore
Ottawa
Main Street
Public Works
State Corps Ink Water Deal
The U S Army Corps of Engineers and Kansas signed an agreement allowing the state to buy about 30 million dollars worth of water from federal reservoirs over the next decade to prevent shortages. A Kansas water official called the pact a major step toward meeting long term water needs.
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Kansas
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Wichita Man Seeks Governor's Chair
Wichita business executive Larry Jones declared his 1986 Republican candidacy for Kansas governor. He is the first declared GOP hopeful amid a large field, saying he brings novelty to politics and aims to emphasize jobs, education, and agricultural markets while presenting an aggressive issue oriented campaign. The Kansas Water Office chief noted a potential option to buy 250000 acre feet of storage in federal reservoirs over the next decade at about 30 million dollars.
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Kansas
Larry Jones
GOP
Jones
Joseph Harkins
The
Kansas Water Office
Subscribe to Disney Channel for Free Install and Dolls
Ottawa Cable TV offers free installation when subscribing to the Disney Channel before December 24, 1985. The deal includes a Mickey Mouse and a Scrooge McDuck doll. call 242-7776 for details.
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Disney Channel
Ottawa
Man charged with four slayings in Missouri
A 19 year old, Jeffrey Paul Sloan, was charged with four counts of first degree murder for killing his parents Paul Haynes Sloan and Judith Ann Sloan, and two younger brothers Timothy Allen Sloan and Jason Williams Sloan in their rural Clinton County home near Lathrop. Autopsies show both parents shot twice with a .38 revolver. the older son twice and the younger son once. The investigation cites a possible domestic dispute with the father.
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Lathrop
Missouri
Jeffrey Paul Sloan
Clinton County
Bob DeFreece
DeFreece
Sloan
Kansas City
Paul Haynes Sloan
Judith Ann Sloan
Timothy Allen Sloan
Jason Williams Sloan
Bob Angle
Notice of Hearing in Naomi Bunce Estate Case BSP 28
The State of Kansas notifies all concerns that Joan Carol Peek as executor seeks court approval of acts, settlement of accounts, will construction, estate assignment, fees, and closing of administration. Defenses must be filed by January 3, 1986 at 10:00 a.m. in Ottawa, Franklin County Kansas. Attorney: Thomas E. Gleason, Ottawa.
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Kansas
Joan Carol Peek
Naomi B. Bunce
Ottawa
Franklin County
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