Local Sleet Storm Puts Skids On Blacktops
Rural Franklin County faced slick roads after an ice, sleet, and snow storm. County Engineer Larry Larson described ice on hard surfaces, limited plowing, and the lack of equipment or funds to spread salt chips on miles of highway. Bridges and intersections were treated with chat but cost and logistics hindered broader use.
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Larry Larson
Sand Creek Road
Larson
County Commission
Us-59
Franklin-Douglas
Kenneth Edwards
Ottawa Township
Andy Duffle
Duffle
Oklahoma
Pomona
Charles Clark
Clarke Knight
Knight
Clark
Carmen Peffly
Mudslides strand hundreds as California storms kill twenty three
Rescuers in Santa Cruz and Marin County battled toppled trees and ruined roads to reach up to 500 people trapped by rain driven mudslides. The disaster left at least 23 dead with up to 20 more feared in ruins. Damage surpassed 200 million dollars as 200 National Guardsmen aided patrols and helicopters carried out trio of relief sorties.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
California
California National Guardsmen
Marin County
San Francisco
Gary Patton
Board of Supervisors
Santa Cruz County
Pacific Gas & Electric
Charges Filed In Two Rapes In Ottawa Area
A Melvern man Larry E. Owen Jr. 34 was charged in District Court with two counts of rape and two counts of burglary related to two Ottawa rapes on North Cherry Street and North Oak Street. Bond set at 10 000 for preliminary hearing January 18. Blood hair and saliva samples ordered. Owen represented by Robert L. Pinet.
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Melvern
Larry E. Owen Jr
Floyd H. Coffman
Wendell Barker
Owen
Robert L. Pinet
Ottawa
North Cherry Street
North Oak Street
Funeral services for Basel Campbell with church and burial details
Funeral services for Basel Warren Campbell 84 of 318 W 5th will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Lamb Roberts Funeral Home with burial in Highland Cemetery Rev W C Brannon and Ryan Hazen to officiate He was born May 14 1897 in Athelston Iowa came to the area in 1930 and Ottawa in 1935 He worked for Santa Fe Railway for 20 years retiring in 1962 He was a Wesleyan Church member and former lay minister and a life member of Warren Black Post American Legion He married Mildred Hanna in 1922 who died in 1967 and later married Vina Finch Roberts Jan 16 1970 Surviving are three daughters two sons and many relatives plus four stepchildren and two sisters and four brothers Memorials suggested to Kansas Heart Association. Friends may call 7 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
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Basel Warren Campbell
W. 5Th
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Lamb-Roberts
Highland Cemetery
W. C. Brannon
Ryan Hazen
Campbell
Athelston
Iowa
Ottawa
Santa Fe Railway
Wesleyan Church
Warren Black
The
American Legion
Mildred F. Hanna
Vina (Finch) Roberts
Evaline Hazen
S. Sycamore
Rose Laird
Wichita
Ethelyn Barrows
Bartlesville
Okla
Kansas Heart Association
U S Steel Forces Marathon Oil Takeover Victory
U S Steel Corp. took control of Marathon Oil Co. for 6.2 billion dollars, buying 51 percent of Marathon stock at 125 per share as Mobil’s bid failed. The move follows a judge's ruling denying Mobil’s request to pause the deal, amid stockholder tendered shares and merger settlement plans.
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New York
USS. Steel Corp
Marathon Oil Co
Mobil Corp
Mobil
du Pont Co
Conoco Inc
U.S. Steel
Marathon
Warren E. Burger
Burger
Public Information
John Flint
No. 17 Marathon
Texas
Cleveland
Itp
Ad Briefs and Local Business Updates Collide with Legal Ruling
A collage of ads offers tele painting classes, antenna services, tax free bond yields, band bookings, salon specials, and sales at Wassmer's and Monty’s. The text also covers a legal note on Burger's ruling, Mobil’s strategy regarding Marathon and a planned shift in industrial alliances with U.S. Steel, detailing antitrust and acquisition dynamics.
Car Sales Hit Record Low in 1981 for U.S. Automakers
U.S. automakers end 1981 with a sharp sales drop to the weakest year since 1970 as imports seize a record 26.8 percent market share. Ford and American Motors report big December declines while Chrysler posts a 10.9 percent yearly gain.
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Detroit
U.S
Ford Motor Co
American Motors Corp
United States
Arvid Jouppi
Colin, Hochstin Co
New York
General Motors Corp
Chrysler Corp
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Houston
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N. California
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Patton
Love Creek
Ross Harriman
Roger Lee
Joseph Howard
Lee
Earl Robertson
Soquel
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Reagan
White House
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U.S. 101
Golden Gate Bridge
the Daily Report
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Ola Campbell
Paul Campbell
Blockton
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Marysville
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Stanberry
Shisler
Pepsi Cola
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Methodist Church
Kiwanis
Masonic Lodge
Negar Shrine
Claretta Shi
Harvey Reeder
Carl Hinderliter
S. Main
Wilma Love
Jesse Edgecomb
Max McClelland
Princeton
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S. Hickory
Public Safety News
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DPS
Morse
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John W. Weaver
N. Poplar
Robert L. Howard
Willow
Michael J. Daniels
S. Elm
Elvin Currant
David J. Buehler
Larry D. Lloyd
Coleen M. Carpenter
Olive
Bobby K. Gammon
N. Main
Raymond T. Moore
Jeffrey L. Shumate
Wuanita D. Stottlemire
Cypress
David C. Perry
Eldon L. Brockus
N. Mulberry
Life Flight
Delbert Hird
University of Kansas Medical Center
Basel
Mullen Hallmark
L&m Buffet
Young Place
West Franklin U.S.C. 287 Board of Education
Williamsburg School
Pomona High School
Turner’s
West
Ron Lacey
Quenemo
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E.D. Jones and Co
E. 2Nd
Country Riders
Legal Tender Lounge
Guys and Dolls
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2Nd & Main
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Bar K Western Wear
Jay Meeker
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