Jet fractional ownership firm orders 25 Cessna V Ultras
Executive Jet Aviation of Montvale New Jersey enters the market for shared ownership by placing an order for 25 Citation V Ultra jets from Cessna Aircraft in Wichita. The $150 million deal boosts the company as the nation’s largest commercial operator of business jets offering fractional ownership access across the continental United States with four hours notice.
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Wichita, Kan
Cessna Aircraft Co
Executive Jet Aviation
Montvale
N.J
Executive Jet
United States
Wheat harvest raises Kansas crop estimate 3 percent
Federal figures confirm farmers and elevators say harvest is better than expected with Kansas Agricultural Statistics and USDA boosting the crop estimate to 421.8 million bushels, up 9 percent from 1993. Yields average 37 bushels per acre, 1 bushel higher than June. harvested acres stay at 11.4 million, up 300,000 from last year.
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Wichita, Kan
Kansas
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Kansas Agricultural Statistics
National New bucks in store plan to redesign currency
Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen announced a major overhaul of U.S. currency, the first in 65 years, to counter high tech counterfeiting. He said counterfeit notes are rare now but the redesign aims to protect confidence in the currency against new technology.
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Washington
U.S
Treasury
Lloyd Bentsen
Bentsen
State candidates agree on plenty in Fe Kansas House race
At an Ottawa Middle School forum, candidates Gene Ramsey and Ralph Tanner discussed use of lottery funds for economic development. Both support directing at least part of the money to statewide development projects. Other candidates for the 5th and 10th Districts were mentioned as remaining contenders.
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Kansas House
Ottawa
Gene Ramsey
Ralph Tanner
R-Baldwin
Walker Hendrix
John Cundy
R-Garnett
Stan Wallard
R-Parker
Bill Feuerborn
D-Garnett
George Tea
Congress hopefuls spar over abortion at Ottawa forum
Candidates and stand-ins debated abortion policy at Ottawa Middle School. Hume opposed abortion funding while Carlin argued for freedom of religion and no government funding. Brownbath and Bennie reps echoed lines on life begins at conception amid questions on crime and health care.
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Feensies
Ottawa Middle School
Ottawa
Joe Hume
Topeka
Kansas Agriculture
Sam Brownbath
Diana Carlin
John Carlin
D-Topeka
Bill Stewart
Bob Bennie
Manhattan
Hume
Carlin
John
Stewart
Bennie
Bob
County seeks state help on no fund warrants for trash plan
Franklin County commissioners and county attorney Larry Wright traveled to Topeka to seek no fund warrants to finance the new trash transfer station and close the existing landfill. The plan would drop the levy from 9.8 to 2.5 mills, with repayment possible over five years. Some repayment costs may come from excess funds from housing out of county prisoners.
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Franklin
Larry Wright
Topeka
Wright
State Board of Tax Appeals
Maiity
Clinton surveys Georgia flood damage as Bainbridge retreats
In Bainbridge Georgia residents flee as the Flint River flood crest rises toward 43 feet. Police plan to rescue staying residents by boat while Rev J B Close, 80, and his wife refuse to evacuate despite family pleas. President Clinton to visit Albany area to meet Florida and Georgia governors.
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Bainbridge, Ga
J.B. Close
Bainbridge
Close
Flint
Ossie Mae
Clinton
Albany
Florida
Georgia
Merger Bodes Well for Area Businesses
A new organization EKEDG formed by merging Big Lakes and Neosho Basin operates in Ottawa and eastern Kansas with offices in Manhattan and Emporia. EKEDG provides SBA 504 loans through banks, aiding 13 Franklin County projects including Ottawa Retirement Village and Holiday Inn Express, and works with chambers of commerce.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Eastern
EKEDG
Wayne Symmonds
Symmonds
Ottawa Retirement Village
South Star Chrysler
Bill Burks
Holiday Inn Express
SBA
Neosho
Franklin County
U.S
Small Business
Chambers of Commerce
Betty Nelson
Big Lakes
Neosho Basin
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