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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1996
Page
7
for the first time in the 1990s the helmet will not be part of the NFL playoff scenery a brief sports note referenced on page seven. Also a forecasted partly sunny Tuesday with a high near 30 mph and a Christmas Day dry spell with teens in the low temperatures and highs in the 30s.
A compact page item notes classifieds and daily sports glimpses with brief weather outlook. It highlights local listings and daily reports, pointing readers to sports results and ongoing community notices.
Ottawa institutions including City Hall county offices state and federal offices and the district court close December 25. The Ottawa post office lobby is closed that day while the Ottawa Library also closes December 24 and 25. Pharmacies Allegre opens 10 am to 3 pm December 25. others closed. The Ottawa Herald will not publish on December 25, 1996.
One week left to buy shares in Sacred Heart Church Heart and Home '96 drawing for a new three bedroom home at 1431 Pin Oak Circle. Three thousand shares at $50 each will fund a parish center with no need to attend a Dec 31 drawing after mass.
An explosion at the Wyman Gordon Forging Co. northwest of Houston created a 40 by 50 foot hole in the roof, killing at least eight workers and leaving one missing. Debris and body parts were scattered up to 100 yards from the site as responders searched nearby fields.
With help from U S envoy Dennis Ross Israel and the Palestinians neared a deal to pull Israeli troops from most of Hebron in the West Bank. The agreement would include written guarantees to carry out remaining peace accord elements and may lead to a Netanyahu-Arafat meeting to wrap up the deal.
ACED approved a $5,000 grant to lure a Duckwall Alco store near the Sherwood Inn in Garnett, joining a $15,000 city offer to raise half the soil stabilization cost. 1,100 tons of fly ash mix with dirt is needed due to high fat clay content. The project aims for a fall 1997 opening with about 20 new jobs and $17,500 in annual sales tax revenue.
Treacherous driving spread through eastern Kansas and western Missouri as a cold front turned precipitation to ice. By noon, at least five injury crashes were recorded and 911 centers logged more than a dozen calls. Drivers were urged to avoid travel if possible and to proceed with extreme caution as roads appeared non slick until underway. Snow possible later with wind chills dropping below zero in Kansas.
Kansas political landscape shifted as Bob Dole resigned his Senate seat and Nancy Kassebaum retired, triggering a cascade of candidacies. Brownback Frahm Roberts Meyers Moran Ryan Snowbarger and Tiahrt won open seats while Dole lost the presidency to Clinton 379 to 159.
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