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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1998
Page
1
Stocks eased as profit-taking cooled Tuesday’s record rally. Dow fell 5.41 to 9240.13 while Nasdaq neared a new high with a 10.59 gain to 1979.00. Kodak rose after beating earnings forecasts as NYSE volume rose to 324.09 million.
Clothtique and Possible Dreams items featured in the Christmas in July ad brief from New Traditions at 212 S Main. Also notes a depot household hazardous waste event at FR.CO HHW Facility with date Aug 1 and hours 7 am to 1 pm, plus a self-marketing workshop on Aug 1 from 9 to 2 with contact numbers. Military art prints 20% off in July at the Gladman Frame Shop, 213 E Logan, and Scott Const remains in business at 200 N Main with phone 785-242-0981.
Two feuding tribes reach a tentative agreement to use an ancient burial ground in Kansas City as a cemetery. The Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma proposed a nearby casino but was blocked in federal court by other tribes including the Wyandot and by Kansas. The deal awaits Interior Department approval and does not end all litigation.
Two memorial notices from Ottawa and Richmond report the deaths of Helen Louise Westbrook 72 of Ottawa July 14 1998 and Raymond B Wagener 86 of Richmond July 14 1998. Details include birth years 1925 and 1911, family survivors, burial or memorial arrangements, and service times at Osawatomie Cemetery and Richmond United Methodist Community Church.
Ottawa City Commission approved a 6.1 million general obligation bond for OU to renovate two dormitories and Wilson Field House and to retire about 470000 of prior debt. OU bears all bond costs and debt. city bears none. Also approved were Heartland China 75 percent 10 year tax abatement discussion results, Neighborhood Revitalization Plan renewal with expanded district and rebates, nine new homes and a renovation in Pine and Beech blocks, personnel rule changes, zoning code amendment for bus terminals, a US-9 project support resolution, and parking prohibition on the south side of 14th Street to keep ambulances and a fire truck clear at the ambulance center.
In Gallup New Mexico four siblings Brianna Rohan Ramon Torres Steven Dawson and Christina Rohan died in a sealed car trunk after playing outside on a sweltering evening Authorities say heat and asphyxiation caused the deaths An aunt later heard a gasp and found the trunk open Police treat the incident as an accident while relatives mourn and recall the children as close and happy with a routine of staying together
A fragment from an AccuWeather 10 Day Forecast for Ottawa Kansas shows weather codes and day headings including Tonight Thursday Friday Monday Tuesday with terms like sunny partly cloudy cloudy showers thunderstorms and snow flurries. The OCR includes date stamps 1954 1950 and 1959 and the line notes data source.
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