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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 2002
Page
1
Violet B Wills, 78, Ottawa, died this morning at Plaza West Regional Health Center in Topeka. Services will be announced by Dengel & Son Mortuary.
Investors tone cautious amid mixed company results and slower Dow activity. Microsoft and Tiffany beat expectations while Gateway Ciena and AOL Time Warner cautioned, leaving the Dow down 48.23 at 10,148.82 and the Nasdaq up 6.57 at 2,043.67. S&P 500 slipped to 1,160.47 as analysts note limited upside without clear turnaround signs. Local stock quotes and grain prices from Overbrook Co-op and Franklin County add context to broader market mood.
Windy Pines will be closed on Wednesday January 9 and will reopen on Thursday.
A New Orleans man, David Boone, 36, tried to open a rear door aboard a Los Angeles to Las Vegas flight after striking a flight attendant with a shoe. He was arrested for interfering with a flight crew and jailed without bail. The attendant received only minor injuries. no explosives were found.
Dave Thomas, the Wendy’s founder and long-time ad spokesman, died of liver cancer at his Fort Lauderdale home at age 69. Adopted as a child, he championed adoption through the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption and built a national brand with over 800 TV ads announcing his signature fast food. The Columbus area native led Wendy’s International and used his simple dining pitch to expand into a global chain.
The Powerball draw yields numbers 7 8 14 17 32 with Powerball 15, and the next jackpot is $49 million. Kansas Cash 3 7 23 27 28 29 reports the next prize up to $140,000.
John Guth and Jeff Tweiten, ages 32 and 24, began waiting outside the Cinerama in Seattle on January 1 for Star Wars Episode II opening May 16. Guth, president of the Seattle Star Wars Society, and Tweiten, a club member, rely on donations for meals while they study, watch films, and chat with others in line. If the film opens elsewhere first, they will go there.
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