Dow tops 8000 as markets rally on interest rate dips
The Dow Jones Industrial Average neared 8000 again, up 63.78 to 8028.82 at noon. S&P 500 rose 6.77 to 981.77, Nasdaq gained 16.89 to 1598.42, while NYSE composite edged higher and Amex fell. Volume rose sharply from Friday’s pace as investors priced in rate-friendly signals. Local quotes show grain prices and a pointer to online wrap at the Herald’s site.
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Obituaries and funeral notices from Kansas area papers
Obituaries reveal multiple deaths in early January 1998 across Ottawa Garnett Lyndon Osage City Quenemo and surrounding areas. Robert L. Pinet 63 of Ottawa dies today at Ran som Memorial Hospital. Mary Elizabeth Weber Garnett 49 dies Jan 1 in Columbia Overland Park Medical Center with services set for Garnett. Bernetta Vesta Sloop 90 Osage City dies Jan 3 with services at Lyndon United Methodist Church and burial in Melvern Cemetery. Elwood M. Waters 76 Quenemo dies Jan 3 with services at Feltner Chapel Lyndon and burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Survivors and memorials listed, with funeral homes Feltner Chapel Dengel and Son Memorial Chapels and local churches named.
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Pro-British Militants Split Deepens in Ulster Talks
In Belfast amid a surge of violence, divisions widen within the Ulster Volunteer Force and Ulster Defence Association over engagement with peace talks. Mowlam, meeting eight party leaders, faces protests from Ian Paisley who calls the talks doomed and accuses ministers of a republican agenda. Gary McMichael cites a no confidence vote from UDA prisoners while the maze prison vote complicates the process and resumption planned for May.
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Netanyahu survives budget vote amid coalition crisis in Israel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won narrow 58 to 52 approval for the 1998 budget in parliament after Foreign Minister David Levy resigned. The government faces a potential no confidence vote next week, with threats of early elections and divisions within Likud. Levy sat with Netanyahu as talks with coalition lawmakers continued, amid pressures over a troop pullback plan and peace talks.
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Bus crashes near Glorieta New Mexico killing one and injuring sixty
A Gold Star Tours bus from El Paso to Denver ran off Interstate 25 near Glorieta southeast of Santa Fe at about 1 30 a m. The bus struck a guard rail and rolled onto the shoulder, killing one passenger and injuring 60 others. State police said road conditions were not suspected as a factor. The regularly scheduled daily trip was part of a Denver route.
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Quilt Classes Begin January 15 Enroll Now
Chris' Corner at 2298 Main advertises quilt classes starting January 15. Enroll now by calling 242-1922 for details and scheduling.
Time reports T-3 Firefly trainer deadliest to fly
Time magazine cites 66 engine failures and three fatal crashes since 1995 at the U S Air Force Academy linking the T 3 Firefly trainer to multiple fatalities and grounding of 57 aircraft. It contrasts earlier T 41 trainer safety and questions the program’s choices under Gen Merrill McPeak.
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