Ottawa firms use satellites and fax to boost local business
Ottawa enterprises rely on satellite networks and fax systems to speed transactions, train staff, and keep pricing and inventory synchronized with suppliers and banks. Wal-Mart and Our Own Hardware show how linked offices and mainframes reduce costs, while bankers note faster credit processing. some warn tech cannot replace good workers.
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Wal-Mart
Princeton Circle Drive
Walton's Wholesale Club
Ryan Hoage
Hoage
Wal- Mart
Ottawa
Davis Road
Burnsville
Minn
Minneapolis
Robert Barkley
Sottawa
Barkley
Steve Warren
First National
Eric Hallman
Kansas State Bank
Peoples National Bank and Trust
Wayne Duderstadt
Duderstadt
Overland Park
New York City
Keller
Easy Communications
Franklin
Barwyn Bender
Ottawa Truck
Career women see shift in husbands' household help
A Wichita State University study finds career women report more help from spouses with housework and child care over three years. About 16 percent say husbands contribute much more and 27 percent slightly more in 1989, with earlier data showing significant shifts but questions remain on representativeness and causes.
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Wichita, Kan
Wichita State University
Wayne Carlisle
WSU
Wichita Area
America
Boston
Carlisle
Memos Sylvester Reappointed To Soybean Commission
Russ Sylvester of Ottawa RFD 3 has been reappointed by Gov. Hayden to the Kansas Soybean Commission for a new four year term. The governor also named Gary Parker of Moran and Stanley McCauley of Leona to the panel. The commission develops markets for Kansas soybeans and selects research programs using check-off funds. Sylvester farms with his father Wes and brother Clyde and is active in the Kansas Soybean and Livestock associations and local extension and conservation groups.
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Russ Sylvester
Ottawa
Sylvester
Wes
Clyde
Kansas Soybean Association
Kansas Livestock Association
Franklin County Extension Council
Franklin County Conservation District
Pomona Couple Honored With Kansas State Scholarship
Sharon Coffman widow of KSU Provost James Coffman established the Glen C. and Doris M. Neill Memorial Scholarship at Kansas State University College of Agriculture. The Neills farmed near Pomona and joined local agricultural and civic groups. Recipients will be chosen by the university’s Agriculture Scholarship Committee, with the KSU Foundation managing the endowed fund.
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Manhattan
Pomona
Kansas State University College of Agriculture
Sharon Coffman
KSU
James Coffman
Glen C
Doris M. Neill
Neills
College of Agriculture
KSU Foundation
UPS Honors Ottawa Driver For 15 Years Without Accident
United Parcel Service driver Alex Jones, based at the Ottawa facility and serving the Paola area, was recognized by UPS for 15 years of accident free driving. Jones, his wife Charlotte, and their two children reside in Ottawa.
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Alex Jones
United Parcel Service
Ottawa
UPS
Jones
Paola
Charlotte
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Diane Yeamans
Herald
Federal Reserve Bank
Kansas City
Bender
Paul Hays
W. Tecumseh
Farm Bureau Insurance
Briscoe Drug
Jth
S. Nain
California
Aspen
Stetson
Santa Fe
Russell Stover
Soybean Commission
Franklin County
Citizens State Bank
FDIC
Kansas
Amoco Food Shop
Amoco Oil Company
Hwy
Imoco
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