Murder Probe Moves Forward in Wills Slaying Case
Franklin County Attorney Wendell Barker said arrests remain likely in the Saturday stabbing death of Jari Wills at The Saddleback Lounge. Three suspects, Donald Burgess, his wife Sherrell Burgess, and Michael Hicks, face second degree murder charges with aiding and abetting clauses. A fourth man, Darrell Flynn, was charged with aggravated witness intimidation after a related incident.
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Jay Bemis
Herald
Jari Wills
Franklin County
Wendell Barker
Sherrell
S. Sycamore
Michael E. Hicks
Wellsville
Wills
Saddleback Lounge
N. Main
Barker
Aesthetes M.C
Ottawa
Kansas State University
Ottawa University
Burgesses
Hicks
Donald Burgess
Sherrell Burgess
Darrell R. Flynn
Flynn
Saddleback
Colorado Springs
Community members seek to help hungry children in Ottawa
In response to a youth letter on the front page, Ottawa Herald readers are urged to contact the newspaper at 104 S. Cedar or 242-4700 with a phone number or address so aid can reach children going to bed hungry.
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Ottawa Herald
The
Herald
S. Cedar
Meese says Iran arms profits should be U.S. property
Attorney General Edwin Meese III testified at Iran-Contra hearings that about 8 million dollars in Iran arms sales profits frozen in Swiss banks should become property of the United States. He noted DOJ steps to freeze assets preceded Walsh’s appointment and contradicted Gen. Richard Secord’s claim that funds belonged to his enterprise.
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Washington
Edwin Meese III
Iran
United States
Meese
Lawrence Walsh
Department of Justice
Air Force
Richard Secord
White House
Oliver L. North
Justice Department
Warren Rudman
R-N.h
Senate Investigating Committee
Reagan
U.S
Ottawa Welcomes First Woman Physician Since Years
Ottawa's RMH board approved Carol Ludwig, 30, to practice at Ransom Memorial Hospital joining Bud Gollier and others. Ludwig, KU medical grad and KU biochemist, will begin Oct 1 after a three year Iowa residency. Trustees later held an executive session over a federal suit and ER response time concerns.
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Jay Bemis
Herald
Ottawa
Ransom Memorial Hospital
RMH Board of Trustees
Carol Ludwig
Sioux City
Iowa
Bud Gollier
Bud Ransom
Randy Rock
Dennis
Spratt
Ottawa Family Physicians
Ludwig
Claire Elizabeth
James
Ludwigs
University of Kansas
Carol
al Mettenburg
Sandi Staneart
RMH
Mettenburg
Melting Pot Comes With A Bank and A Joke
The piece highlights Phil Hogue of the Young Americans Bank in Denver offering services to ages 10 to 22, a front yard prop by Joe Ellis in Hastings Nebraska with pants and boots on poles for humor, and John Hudson’s Ollie Doll prototype tied to a Contra theme selling for 19.95 in about a month.
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Merica
Phil Hogue
Denver
Young Americans Bank
Hastings
Neb
Joe Ellis
Joe
John Hudson
Ollie
G.I. Joe
KCC Expands KPL Gas Electric Rate Reductions
The Kansas Corporation Commission voted unanimously to require KPL Gas Service to deepen its electric rate cuts. A permanent $17.3 million base reduction remains, plus an additional $6.25 million this Saturday and a further $17 million on January 1, totaling $40.6 million over two years. The move boosts customer relief and stabilizes Kansan electric rates.
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Peka
Kan
Kansas Corporation Commission
KPL Gas Service
KPL Gas
KCC
Keith Henley
David S. Black
Kansans
Commission
Kansas Gas and Electric
Kansas City Power and Light
Henley
KPL
Black
Kansas
Bridgeton Tanker Won't Sail Without Coast Guard Seaworthiness
The Bridgeton, a 401,382 ton supertanker damaged by a mine, prepares to load crude oil in Kuwait as Coast Guard and government officials wrestle with seaworthiness and return clearance through the Persian Gulf. Minesweepers report ongoing mine detonation in the Gulf amid Iran Iraq war.
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Kuwait
U.S. Coast Guard
Washington
Coast Guard
James Kosch
Persian Gulf
United States
Bahrain
Gulf
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Michael Hicks
Steve Zuk
Irangate
Ransom Memorial
Kansas City
Bridgeton
Sea Island
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