Ottawa Truck to assemble Commando ATV with Brimont SA
Ottawa Truck Corp plans to assemble the Commando all-terrain vehicle at its Ottawa plant starting in April in a joint venture with Brimont SA of France. The project aims to add stability and new jobs, with production expanding to over 100 units in year two. The vehicle features four wheel drive and steering, an oscillating frame, and can handle rough terrain and 60 percent inclines, with a top speed of 55 mph and a diesel engine rated at 310 miles per gallon.
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Diane Yeamans
Ottawa Truck Corp
Burwyn B. Bender
Ottawa Truck
France
Ottawa
Parts and Service Department
Bender
Brimont SA
Reims-Prunay
United States
Brimont
Bureau of Land Management
Alaska
RO Corporation
Olathe
Library Line Answers Your Questions and Requests
The weekly library column offers help via the Communi ty Information Center at Std and Main or by calling 242 3080. It answers reader questions on Ottawa Hardware location in the 1950s, Houston income by The Places Rated Almanac, Kansas Day, meanings of ds p after names, quote attribution for Two wrongs do not make a right, Lee Iacocca address, and cast iron skillet seasoning from Carla Emery with practical steps.
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Ottawa Hardware
Ottawa
Houston
Kansas
Chase
Home Book of Quotations
Lee Iacocca
America
Carla Emery
Ottawa Chamber Maps Bridge Decision and Banquet Plans
Ottawa prepares for a Thursday meeting on the Marais des Cygnes River Bridge closure for replacement with possible timing options. Kansas DOT representative expected. public input sought. Chamber banquet set Jan 19 at Ottawa University Mowbray Student Union with Robert Stephen as speaker. dinner at 7 15, steak and shrimp, tickets $8.75, tables for eight via 242-1000.
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Marais Des Cygnes River
Kansas Department of Transportation
Robert Stephen
Kansas
Ottawa University Mowbray
Kansas drivers push October December speed up to 57.3 mph
Kansas motorists averaged 57.3 mph on 24 locations statewide in Oct Dec, up from 55.9 mph in Jul Sep. Data show 52.6 percent stayed at or below 55 mph, with highest 63.2 mph on U.S. 169 in Johnson County and lowest 50.8 mph east of Osawatomie, rural interstates and urban freeways had the lowest compliance.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Kansas Department of Transportation
Patrice Pomeroy
Local News Brief Covers Accidents Licenses and Meals
Friday runs report several fender benders in Ottawa area with damages totaling 2100 dollars and no injuries. Brenda De Jarnette and Samuel Caylor affected by parked-car strikes at South Main and Rock Creek Road. Logan and North Cherry crash involves Jean Sim and Melinda Mills with 1050 dollars in damage. Additional Logan collisions cited with DeWald Richards 600 dollars and Savage Sluder 425 dollars. Marriage licensing lists Kevin Altic and Diedre Skiles. Divorces granted include Barbara Kenny Dunlap Penny McClure Gary L Conner. School menus detail weekly meals for Sacred Heart Elementary and Senior Citizens program. Ottawa University spring registrations note aromas of enrollment figures and international representation. SHS reports film viewing and recycling drive plus donation of a Radio Shack computer. new kindergartner Shawna Sutton enrolled.
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South Main
Brenda P. De-Jarnette
Ottawa
Rock Creek Road
Samuel Caylor
Rantoul
Logan and
North Cherry
Jean M. Sim
S. Poplar
Melinda J. Mills
Pomona
Logan
Kenneth E. DeWald
Davis
Catherine J. Richards
Baldwin
15Th
Lincoln
James F. Savage, Jr
Rantoul Rfd
Elizabeth A. Sluder
Williamsburg
Kevin Lee Altic
Diedre Michelle Skiles
Barbara
Kenny Dunlap
Penny
Lloyd McClure
Gary L
Delma L. Conner
Ad Briefs and Local Services Snippets Gathered
A collection of brief notices includes health and fitness prompts for energy and weight, hair styling classes with a contact number, a Christmas tree disposal service at Carpet Warehouse on North 59 Highway, a private club Monticello's with dining and facility notes, Heathman Oil Co. hours and services, and a general mechanic and gas service listing with a contact number.
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North 59 Highway
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Commando
Dave Stephen
RC Corp
Chrysler Corp
Lynn Townsend Drive
Highland Park
Larry Powell
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Tawa Retail Association
the Daily Report
District Court News
U.S.D
Sacred Heart
Ottawa University
Franklin County
SHS News
Sacred Heart School
SHS
Mike Cusick
Shawna Sutton
Ad Briefs
Tike Yu
Drake Jewelry
Monticello
Thrush
Oak Im
Open Heathman Oil Co
American Heart Association
Royal Manor
Irene Lowry
Heering Ald Audiologia
FORWA
Pellea
al & Deloris Fjalstad
Kathy Alls
Leonard & Evelyn Humphrey
Memoriam
Lester L. Barnes
Pomona _ United Methodist Church
Fred Andersen
Woodlawn Cemetery
American Cancer Society
Franz Edgar Anderson
Dengel & Son
Jim McCrassen
Pleasant Hit
Alexander Leach
Fairhaven
Norborne
Missouri
Alexander
Qengel & Son
Dan
BMA
Ken Richardson
S. Main
Business Men's Assurance Company of America
Tate
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