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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1997
Page
6
Officials in Anderson County report tourism rising due to focus on outdoor activities. The forecast calls for hot and partly sunny Friday with a mid-90s high and heat indices 100 to 105 degrees as winds from the south reach 10 to 20 mph.
In Moscow the Mir space station lost power to electricity, communications, and oxygen generation after a crew cable disconnection. Three astronauts remained safe in the Soyuz and began repairs, with Mission Control noting the crew was not in danger as systems were gradually reactivated.
The Ottawa Recreation Commission hosts a city wide ice cream social at Forest Park from 2 to 4 p.m. celebrating national ice cream month and the ORC’s 50th anniversary. Schwan's provides free ice cream. Events include sack races gold fish eating banner painting smelly sneakers a Fathers vs Sons softball game and a swim carnival. For more information call ORC 242-1939.
President Clinton named Army Gen. Henry Shelton to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Shelton, 55, leads the Special Operations Command. The current chairman Gen. Shalikashvili will retire in September. Vice Chairman Joseph Ralston was absent amid past disclosures and travel abroad.
Woolworth Corp. will shut its five and dime stores across the United States ending a 117 year run. More than 400 stores will close with 9200 employees laid off as the chain posts last year’s operating loss of 37 million dollars. The firm will consider a new name by year’s end.
Franklin County 4-Hers prepared for the fair with sheep and hogs ready for judging at the cattle barn. Teens like Randi and KaCee Thompson, ages 12 and 11, will show six sheep and two hogs, washing and trimming animals. Kristin Kraemer, 17, works on flower arrangements, mammals notebooks, and helps with judging and rib bon placement. Other youths staff a concession stand to raise funds as families attend the barbecue and youth rodeo tonight. some entries were limited due to missing plans, with a horse show rescheduled for Saturday morning. The fair runs today through Sunday.
A two day schedule lists Barbecue, 5 to 8 p.m north of cattle, judge rabbits at 6 p.m, commercial exhibits and concessions on the midway, 4-H sheep, youth rodeo, geology, forestry events, and multiple open class judging at Armory and Hayward Arena from Friday morning through evening, including photography line art textiles quilting and beef cattle shows, with Wrangler Jeans Circuit Series rodeo arena performances and various banner and dairy goat contests.
Two bodies found near the Melvern Lake exit off US-75 have been identified as a woman and a child. Authorities say autopsy results and cause of death will take days to weeks due to advanced decomposition. The Osage County scene is treated as a homicide as investigators search missing person reports statewide.
Linda Netterville and the Mid-America Nutrition Program publicize a Reynolds Corporation donated Ford Aerostar minivan and a General Mills backed breakfast program. The group serves Meals on Wheels to about 1,100 people across Franklin, Anderson, Coffey, Miami and Osage counties as PBS NewsHour films a feature.
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