Markets Mixed As Tech Rivals Lift Nasdaq to Record
Markets were mixed on Thursday with strong earnings from several technology firms boosting the Nasdaq toward a new record, while industrial shares declined. The Dow fell 82.52 to 11406.84, led by Alcoa and Procter & Gamble, and the S&P 500 slipped 5.04 to 1450.86 as technology names posted gains amid optimism for growth. IBM beat earnings forecasts, boosting the sector. Local market quotes showed varied prices in Casey’s, O'Reilly Auto, United Parcel, WalMart, and Wendy's, with grain prices steady in regional and county benchmarks.
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New York
Phew
Wall Street
Alcoa
Procter & Gamble
Standard & Poor
Paul Cherney
Standard & Poor's
IBM
Casey
Fed Corp
H&r Block
O'Reilly Auto
United Parcel B
WalMart
Wendy's
Edward Jones & Co
Ottawa Co-op
Franklin County Consolidated Farm Services
Weekend Bar Ads and Local Events in Kansas Towns
Local briefs list The Saloon in Richmond open from 10 am to midnight with 50 cent tacos and $1 hamburgers all day Friday and Saturday. No cover, multiple bands on January 21 and 22 and late shows. El Jacal announces a grand reopening January 17 with food and drink specials and games. Ottawa Chiropractic Clinic notes closure Thursday through Saturday for a conference in San Diego. Ottawa VFW hosts a Full House Band on January 22 with members and guests welcome. Lucille's Cafe in Williamsburg offers pan fried chicken on Fridays and Saturdays.
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Richmond
EL Jacal
Kerrey to quit Senate seat in Nebraska
Senator Bob Kerrey announced he will not seek re election in 1994 ending a long Senate tenure since 1989. He called it a deeply personal decision to return to private life and fill his spiritual side. Nebraska remains a Republican leaning state with a 55 45 Senate majority.
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Omaha
Neb
Bob Kerrey
Senate
Kerrey
Correction clarifies 911 dispatch center cost split by Franklin County and Ottawa
A Tuesday correction states that Franklin County and Ottawa equally share the costs of the 911 dispatch center, not the Franklin County Ambulance Service. The city only houses one of its fire trucks at the ambulance building.
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City County
Franklin County
Ottawa
Obituaries Highlight Thompson Hrabe Fleming Neal Serrato
James Edward Thompson, 78, of Sale Creek Tennessee, died January 14 2000. Edith Hrabe 80 of Wellsville Kansas died January 19 2000. Mildred Fleming 92 of Oskaloosa Kansas died January 19 2000. Nealie Serrato 79 of Baldwin Kansas an obituary to follow. Kenneth Bowman 79 of Garnett Kansas died January 19 2000. Jonathan Todd 91 of Ottawa Kansas died January 17 2000. Dorothy Anderson 92 of Ottawa Kansas died January 18 2000. Funeral notices list churches cemeteries survivors and service details for each.
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James Edward Thompson
Sale Creek
Tenn
Ashland Terrace Christian Church
Welch-Rogers Cemetery
Cushing
Okla
Parker
Richmond
Ruth Thompson
Sharon Kotouc
James E. Thompson Jr
D. Terryl E. Thompson
Whitwell
Sarah May McDaniel
Lane
Edith Hrabe
Wellsville
Shawnee Mission Medical Center
Merriam
Wilson & Son
Goodland
Persvil and
Annie
Kolacny) Murray
August Hrabe
Douglas County
Western Electric
Ottawa
Parmalee
Mildred L. Fleming
Oskaloosa
Kansas City
Hickory Point Nursing Home
Porter Funeral Home
18Th St. Terrace
Minnesota Ave
Highland Cemetery
Westside Church of Christ
Charles Fleming
Walter Carpenter
Clifford Carpenter
Harold Carpenter
Clarence Carpenter
Kenneth James Bowman Garnett
Kenneth James Bowman
Garnett
Anderson County Hospital
Holy Angels Catholic Church
Norbert Lickteig
George Matz
Jonathan E. “Jay” Todd
Dengel & Son
Ottawa Lodge
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
Denis Ford
Herald
Imogene Sheldon
Virginia Lee Presbury
Pauline McGlaughlin-Webb
Gwen Adele Harder
Dorothy L. Anderson
Oak Haven Nursing Center
Kent Melcher
Shirley Gorton
Camp Verde
Ariz
Janice Carol Klink
Manhattan
Karen Fanning
Dutchman Becomes Ghanaian King In Volta Region
Amsterdam born Henk Otte, 43, a welfare recipient and construction worker, is proclaimed Togbe, king of part of Ghana’s Volta Region home to over 100000 Ewes. He first learned of his royal role during a 1995 visit to his wife’s Mepe village and now leads a calendar of processions and ceremonies watched on Dutch TV.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Togbe Korsi
Ferdinand Gakpeter
Ghana
Holland
Henk Otte
West Africa
Volta
Togbe
Otte
Chief
Otto
Hal
Accra
Togo
Aklakpa
Africa
Mepe
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Annabelle Murrray
Wilson and Son Chapel
Wellsville Cemetery
Wellsville City
Franklin County Diabetes Association
Naomi Campbell
Nealie Marie Serrato Baldwin
Nealie Marie Serrato
Baldwin
Orchard Lane
Oakwood Cemetery
Lamb- Roberts-Héise Funeral Home
Manda M. Neal
Eudora Nursing Center
Eudora
Lamb-Roberts- Heise Funeral Home
Haskell
Joseph John
Anna Teresa (Bach) Bowman
Wetumka
Jackie Turnham
Stillwater
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Emporia
Farris-Feuerborn Chapel
Holy Angels Cemetery
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