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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 2001
Page
11
Forecast calls for mostly clear skies tonight with lows around 10 to 15 degrees. Thursday brings increasing cloudiness, a high in the lower 40s, and a southeast wind shifting to south at 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon. For more weather, see Page 2.
Ottawa resident Wayne Duderstadt slept through a national manhunt finale as police captured fugitives Patrick Murphy Jr. and Donald Newbury at the Holiday Inn in Colorado Springs. The two escapees, among seven Mexican-prison escapees, were identified by officers and subjected to a SWAT operation after a late-night stand-off. Four other inmates were captured the previous day in Woodland Park. a fifth killed himself in a motor home. Duderstadt, a banker’s representative, had spent two weeks a month in Colorado, lodging at the same Holiday Inn. He described the chaotic scene of reporters and satellite trucks as authorities sealed off the hotel.
Affiliates of natural gas firms profit from high bills, but lawmakers face limits as contracts shield prices. Consumer counsel Walker Hendrix told a joint House Senate Utilities panel there are no short term solutions to winter cost burdens. Lawsuits and taxes may fund aid, but state action is constrained by private contracts.
Norman Wooge of Nebraska area farms 162 acres across two properties building terraces nine acres of grassed waterways and a grade stabilization drop structure with an irrigation pond to slow rain runoff. His 60th annual Franklin County Conservation District program honors Wooge and three other families for soil conservation and habitat efforts.
The Herald reports cities and districts set primary elections for February 27 to fill council seats. Richmond lists five candidates for two seats while Wellsville and Lane district races show multiple filings. West Franklin USD 287 also holds a primary for school board position 4 with four candidates.
Hutchinson AP reports a flaming gas geyser remains in ruin of two downtown businesses while residents return to work. Morton Salt and Eaton Corp resume operations after leaks. A deadly mobile home park fire followed the Jan. 17 explosion. A group of property owners filed a lawsuit against Kansas Gas Service over diminished property values and blast danger near the Yaggy Storage Facility.
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