ConAgra plant fire in Garden City causes $10 million damage
A Garden City fire at the ConAgra Beef Cement Packing plant burned for over 18 hours, damaging the roof, floor, and rendering area with an estimated $10 million in losses. Officials say no evidence of arson, while ConAgra negotiates with employees and markets relocation packages across several plants.
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ConAgra
Garden City
Kansas
Mike Camerron
Topeka
Camerron
Greeley
Colo
Grand Island
Neb
Dumas
Texas
Hyrum
Utah
Europe’s oldest money hoisted by new euro ATHENS
Greece officially adopts the euro on Jan 1, ending 2,650 years of the drachma. The drachma’s final trading day occurred Friday as banks and the Athens Stock Exchange close for the transition. Parity with the euro is set at 340.75 drachmas per euro, with full drachma phaseout planned by March 2002.
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Europe
New Euro
Athens
Greece
European Union
Athens Stock Exchange
Panagiotis Alexakis
INTRUST Bank promotes Luckert to Ottawa branch manager
Kimberly Guthrie Luckert, a Wichita State graduate and Emporia State master’s candidate, becomes Ottawa branch manager and investment consultant for INTRUST Bank. INTRUST Financial Corp. holds assets of 2.4 billion with 20 Kansas branches. Wayne Duderstadt named Peoples CFO, splitting time between Ottawa and Colorado Springs banks.
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Luckert
Kimberly (Guthrie) Luckert
Ottawa
Intrust Bank
E. Third
Wichita State University
Emporia State
Intrust Financial Corp
Kansas
Duderstadt
Peoples
Wayne Duderstadt
Peoples, Inc
Peoples National Bank and Trust
Peoples National Bank
Adam Winter
Ottawa Bank
Peoples Bank
Colorado Springs
Winter
Colorado
New Mexico
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Zéus
Wes Betas
Yiannis Skordoulis
Vatican
Holy See
Joaquin ‘ Navarre-Valig
Keith King
E. Logan
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
State Farm Indemnity Company
Bloomington
Illinois
Laklower
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New York
Debra Scotti
New Yorker
Lord & Taylor
Ike Lagnado
Tactical Solutions
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Target Corp
Kmart Corp
Federated Department Stores
Zale Corp
Duderstadi
Maytag
Sears
Donn Higgins
Maine
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