Ottawa High Closes In On Fifth Straight Win
Ottawa High School boys basketball edged Baldwin 5 1 in a tight finish to stretch their win streak to five as forecast weather hints at possible morning precipitation and a cloudy day with a high in the upper 30s north wind 15 to 20 mph.
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Ottawa High School
Baldwin
Josh Walker
Brian Romstedt
Gerry Prescott
Eisenhower School
Walker
Romstedt
Brian
Bigglesworth
Josh
Ottawa Area Chamber Of Commerce Holds 69th Annual Meeting
The Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce will host its 69th annual meeting at 7 p.m. Saturday on the campus of Ottawa University. Guest speaker John Delves, a Georgia consultant and motivational speaker, will attend. Chairman Bob Bregant will review the year and present three awards: the Absolutely Ottawa Image Award, the Absolutely Ottawa Community Builder Award, and the Russell Crites Community Service Award. Chamber president Lou Atherton notes reservations are slower than last year. tickets are $12 and can be reserved by calling 242-1000.
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Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce
Ottawa University
John Delves
Bob Bregant
Chamber
Absolutely Ottawa
Russell Crites
Lou Atherton
Stovall Challenges Federal Welfare Reform Rules
Kansas Attorney General Carla Stovall followed legislative direction to challenge parts of the 1996 federal welfare reform package in a Topeka federal suit. She argues the federal government exceeded constitutional authority while safeguarding court-ordered child support and resisting fund withholding during the case.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Carla Stovall
Stovall
Kansas City man faces murder charges in two store slayings
Gentry E Bolton, 19, waived extradition from Missouri and appeared in Wyandotte County District Court on two counts each of first degree murder and aggravated robbery. Wyandotte DA Nick Tomasic is researching capital charges but may delay a decision for days. Bolton is accused of the Dec 28 killing of Shane Brees and the Dec 30 killing of Rodney Brody, both in Kansas City Kansas. Lawrence KU students study a potential fall break between terms to extend mid term study time.
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Kansas City
Kan
Gentry E. Bolton
Missouri
Wyandotte County
Wyandotte
Nick Tomasic
Bolton
Shane Brees
Rodney Brody
The Entrepreneurial Spirit in Weird News
The Rocky Mountain News reported in June brisk sales for Denver's DDx Inc HeatWatch system. It alerts ranchers when cows mount, signaling heat for insemination. In September Puzant Torigian pitched Bravo, a safe cigarette from enzyme-treated lettuce leaves, sold mainly in health stores for about $3.50 a pack.
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Rocky Mountain News
Denver
Ddx Inc
Hackensack
N.J
Puzant Torigian
Chuck Shepherd
P.O
St. Petersburg
Fla
Zoning Foes Question Fairness In County Plan
Franklin County zoning debate grows during a Tuesday meeting as residents challenge whether input will affect final decisions. The planning commission has rarely opposed zoning, with nine of sixteen townships already zoned and a 1995 comprehensive plan urging countywide zoning. County leaders defend warding as emotion over logic and note the commission’s structure aims to balance many factors.
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Bill Tellier
Franklin County
Planning Commission
County Commission
Tom Weigand
Weigand
Don Slane
Jury deadlock spares Nichols death sentence in Oklahoma bombing
The jury could not reach a verdict on the federal penalty for Terry Nichols in the April 1995 bombing case, leaving open the possibility of a death sentence on state charges. McVeigh had received a death sentence, while Nichols faces life or death under federal law, with prosecutors likely pursuing state sentencing.
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Associated Press
Enver
Terry Nichols
Oklahoma City
U.S
Richard Matsch
Michael
Tigar
Nichols
Timothy McVeigh
Oklahoma
Matsch
Ex Ottawan recalls 1925 blackout surgery in Ottawa
Ken Joyce recalls a life saving appendix rupture during a 1925 blackout at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa. Ether anesthesia pressed without lights, surgery completed in darkness as the town hoped for a future electrical plant amid a storm. Kilby seeks the old Ottawa Herald article about her tumultuous operation.
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Ken Joyce
Bell) Kilby
Ottawa
Kilby
George Bell
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Old” Hospital
Clarkston
Wash
Washington-Idaho
Ottawa Herald
Peggy Thompson
Biotech firm accused of high nicotine plot
DNA Plant Technology Corp of Oakland agreed to plead guilty to conspiring with Brown & Williamson to grow and improve high nicotine tobacco abroad. The government cited Brown & Williamson as an undisclosed coconspirator, with Brazil leaf growers noting the crop’s illegal status in the United States.
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Ashington
California
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company
DNA Plant Technology Corp. of
Oakland
Justice Department
Tobacco Company
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp
U.S
Viceroy
Raleigh
Associated Press
Brown & Williamson
Biotech
Brazil
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