Plane crash near Paola leaves one dead
One person was killed when a single engine Piper crashed near Paola in eastern Kansas around 2 30 p m Tuesday. The pilot was the sole occupant and the plane, based in Dallas, Texas, had been flown from an unknown home town. Authorities identified the pilot as the only occupant and did not release gender or hometown.
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Paola
Kan
Kansas
Sandra Campbell
Federal Aviation Administration
Ava Stark
Linn County
Sheriff’s Department
Dallas
Texas
Stark
Uncertain Union Vote Over Boeing Contract
In Wichita, Kansas, the Machinists union faces a pivotal vote on a new Boeing contract. Union in-plant rep David Russell cites mixed signals from meetings, noting workers grow weary after a 68 day strike that began October 6 following rejection of an initial offer. The strike enters a third proposal phase as voting day approaches.
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Wichita
Kan
Boeing Co
David Russell
Sabetha trucking firm ordered to halt interstate ops
Koch Truck Line of Sabetha Kansas was ordered by the U S Department of Transportation to cease interstate trucking after violations including employing drivers with suspended licenses driving with hours of service breaches and using falsified records.
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Sabetha
Kan
Koch Truck Line
U.S. Department of Transportation
Kansas Wins Best License Plate of 1994
The Auto mobile License Plate Collectors Association Inc. named Kansas the prettiest license plate for 1994, praising its blue sky and golden wheat design. Dale Blewett, the association president, announced the award to about 2,800 members, noting Kansas beat out Oklahoma's Indian war-drum plate and Tennessee's bicentennial plate.
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Topeka
Kan
Automobile License Plate Collectors Association Inc
Kansas
Dale Blewett
Blewett
Oklahoma
Tennessee
White House urges GOP stopgap to avert shutdown
The White House urged Republicans to pass a stopgap bill to keep agencies funded through the holidays as budget talks continue. Speaker Newt Gingrich pressed for a new Clinton administration budget with deeper spending cuts, warning negotiations should not occur in a crisis.
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Washington
White House
Clinton
House
Newt Gingrich
Mike McCurry
Trained in trauma by Ottawa firefighter who saved Doty family
Ottawa firefighter Tim Matthias recounts pulling four members of the Doty family from a Lincoln Park trailer fire that killed Lewis, Sally, Candice, and Paul. Autopsies cite smoke inhalation. Fire likely started by Sally or Candice. cause remains unknown. Matthias calls the scene traumatic but deflects hero status.
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Ottawa
Tim Matthias
Doty
Lincoln Park
Matthias
Sally
Candice
Senate votes to fund Bosnia troop deployment
The Senate rejected a House bill to cut funding for 20,000 U.S. ground troops in Bosnia as part of the NATO mission. In a 77-22 vote, the body offered partial victory to President Clinton while signaling no immediate House action to readdress the measure. Senator Dole criticized cutting funds.
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Ashington
Senate
U.S
Bosnia
Clinton
White House
Yugoslavia
Bob Dole
Byan
House
Longtime bank executive retires after 41 years at Ottawa bank
Jim Chandler, 66, retires as president of First National Bank of Ottawa, after 41 years with the bank. Intrust Bank of Wichita bought the Ottawa operation on Dec 2, ending a We now mark his retirement with a final, symbolic title change. The Chandler family has historic ties to The First National Bank in Wichita.
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David Bartkoski
Herald
Stting
Jim Chandler
Chandler
First National Bank of Ottawa
Ottawa Bank
Intrust Bank
Wichita
Pen pals bridge generations at Lincoln Elementary
First grade students at Lincoln Elementary School welcome Ottawa University pen pals from Teaching Reading and Language Arts. Students and OU peers have exchanged letters since September, studying speaking listening reading and writing as a four language arts project.
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Lincoln Elementary
N. Cedar
Santa Claus
Ottawa University
Huddleston
Jim Huddleston
Virginia Haskin
Jay Thomson
Lincoln
Stephen Woolf
Michelle Dillehay
Lawrence
Janet Huddleston
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