Luminary Display Lights Up Ockwood Acres Christmas Eve
Ockwood Acres homeowners stage a final outdoor Christmas show with about 1800 candy and lantern luminaries outlining streets and driveways. Display starts at dusk and runs past midnight with one way traffic and parking lights advised. Complementary to church services. many area venues host concerts and exhibits through early January. various museums and theaters offering holiday events.
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Ockwood
Acres
Kansas City
Youth Symphony of
Granada Theatre
Kan
Brian Lewis
Ottawa High
Symphony
Virginia
Santa Claus
Hereford House
Main
Missouri Repertory Theatre
Toy and Miniature Museum
Oak
Trinity Methodist Christmas Services Planned at 630 N Cedar
Trinity United Methodist Church announces Christmas Eve come and go holy communion from 5 to 8 p.m. with no Sunday School. Christmas Day worship at 10 a.m. features a living nativity and the Christmas story in scripture and carols. An Alzheimer's caregivers group meets Wednesday at 7 p.m. at East Central Kansas Area on Aging, 132 S Main. Elaine Vick 242-4055.
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Trinity United Methodist Church
N. Cedar
Alzheimer’s
East Central
Kansas Area
S. Main
Elaine Vick
Bastogne Remembered as Siege Ends With Patton Breakthrough
Veterans recall the brutal Christmas of 1944 in Bastogne where two tons of bombs fell before a stubborn siege. Residents faced cold, famine, and frostbite as Luftwaffe and ground fighting raged. By December 26 Gen Patton’s Third Army broke the siege, opening the path for the Allied march into Germany.
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NATO
Europe
Bastogne
Ardennes
Louis Renguin
Nicole Maus de Rolley
George Patton
Cmemany
Ottawa Area Chamber Announces Window Contest Winners
The Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce named Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio at 314% S. Main as the window decorating contest winner and awarded its traveling trophy for display next year. Kathy Hird, Helton’s manager, judged. Also announced were holiday hunt prizes: Betty Walters won $50, Laura Gray $30, Cathy Walters $? and Stephanie Smith $30 in chamber currency.
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Ottawa
Betty Walters
Laura Gray
Cathy Walters
Stephanie Smith
Russians encircle Grozny amid Chechen crisis
Russian forces claim to encircle Grozny while the east road remains open. Chechen fighters patrol the damaged highway as civilians flee. President Dudayev urged a holy war on Russia on national TV, as Moscow seeks to restore control after declaring independence three years earlier.
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Yeltsin
Moscow
Republic
Grozny
Dzhokhar Dudayev
Russia
Gingrich Deal Sparks Ethics Probe Concerns
A 4.5 million book advance for Speaker-designate Newt Gingrich prompts Democrats to seek an ethics probe and questions about his role in selecting the House ethics committee. HarperCollins says he will write To Renew America and contribute to The Democracy Reader, raising scrutiny over possible conflicts with Murdoch media interests.
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Ashington
Newt Gingrich
New House
Gingrich
Rupert Murdoch
Giaint
White House
Murdoch
Congressional
Common Cause
HarperCollins Publishers
America
Dense fog to form tonight with fair skies and chilly lows
Areas of dense fog form tonight as skies remain fair with a low in the mid 20s and light variable winds. Christmas Day stays dry with lows in the 30s and highs in the 50s. Monday colder with lows around 30s and highs 45 to 55. Tuesday dry with morning low 20s to 30s and highs in the 40s.
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Mornday
Bosnia War Cease-Fire Declared Amid Sign Dispute
In Bosnia-Herzegovina the Muslim government and Bosnian Serbs agreed to a cease-fire to start Saturday after two days of shuttle diplomacy. The pact brokered by Jimmy Carter would take effect at noon local time. Yasushi Akashi announced the agreement for the U N and former president Carter led mediation.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia-Herzegovina
U.N
Yugoslavia
Yasushi Akashi
Jimmy Carter
Ottawa Herald subscription rates 1994 mid year update
The Ottawa Herald lists revised delivery prices effective October 1 1994 for Ottawa and surrounding areas. Rates include one month three months six months and one year both by carrier and by mail with varying amounts for rural towns Franklin County Miami Douglas Osage and Anderson Counties and out of state. All totals shown are in advance and include state sales tax.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
Miami
Douglas
Osage
Anderson
State of Kansas
The Christmas Star Myths Through History and Legend
A compact survey traces Christmas date debates from the 1st century Antioch to Constantine and Julius I, noting star and planetary conjunction theories, ancient methods of calendar observance, and how northern European Yule customs merged with Christmas. It previews a follow-up on medieval bans.
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Earth
Johannes Kepler
Mars
Jupiter
Kepler
Antioch
Constantine
Christmas Holiday Closures and Gift Offers
Local ads show numerous businesses announcing Christmas holiday hours and closures from December 24 to December 26. Promotions include 10 percent off items, gift certificates on purchases, and special holiday services at florists, pharmacies, centers, and stores.
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