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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1996
Page
8
L Edwin R. Smith was chosen by the Fourth Judicial District Nominating Commission to fill the magistrate vacancy in the district covering Franklin Anderson Osage and Coffey counties. Residency questions center on Smiths ties to Franklin County while he cites multiple living arrangements and professional roles in nearby areas.
A Freemen leader flown by the FBI brought a surrender proposal to the 80 day standoff site near Edin, Montana. As negotiations progress, officials say a gun battle is unlikely and a surrender of the 17 remaining Freemen could come as early as Thursday. Edwin Clark met LeRoy Schweitzer in jail, while a car delivered two Freemen to the sentry post amid ongoing tension at the compound.
Anderson County commissions hire Bibb and Associates Overland Park to design a new Extension Office on a vacant lot downtown. Plans grow from 2000 to 2520 square feet with accessible meeting space. Asbestos and lead surveys for the courthouse will be done by REMS using radon data. 911 system proposals from Miller Management and MDE, plus mapping funding from enhanced 911 taxes, are discussed. A Prairie Spirit Rail Trail ride along is scheduled with reservations.
A man detonated a dynamite charge in a courtroom in Eskilstuna Sweden killing himself and injuring at least four others including a lawyer. The blast occurred during a divorce trial over property division. identities of victims were not immediately released. The former wife survived unharmed.
Admissions include Gladys Calvert and several Ottawa residents over the weekend with dismissals and a birth reported for Tracy and Christopher Black. Sheriff and police reports list multiple arrests for warrant failures DUI battery and runaways, plus a non injury collision in Williamsburg involving two drivers.
In New Hampshire a former English teacher, David Cobb, 59, of Gilford, was sentenced to eight to fifteen years for possessing child pornography and attempting sexual acts with a 12 year old. He apologized to victims and supporters while appealing the conviction.
Robert W Sparky Sparks 78 of Ottawa died Monday June 10 1996 at Ransom Memorial Hospital Burial is in Highland Cemetery Ottawa following a 10 am Friday service at First Baptist Church Garnett with Veterans of Foreign Wars honors He served in the US Army Signal Corps in World War II two tours Naples Foggia Tunisia Sicily France Rhineland Rome Arno and central Europe He owned Right Way Sewer Service in Kansas City retired 1983 married twice survived by wife Marjorie Evangeline Morgan four sons a daughter sisters 17 grandchildren 6 great grandchildren Memorials to VFW Ottawa Memorial Post 5901 or First Baptist Church Garnett care of Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home Ottawa.
Local stock quotations show AT&T Amoco and Coca Cola among listed firms with varied prices. Kansas grain markets report hard wheat 5.77 and soybeans 7.37 while county grain prices show wheat 5.96 and milo 7.40. Livestock quotes from Dodge City and St. Joseph cover steers heifers hogs and sows with price ranges and weekly confirmed head counts. Nonferrous metals in New York list aluminum copper lead prices with NY spot values.
A passenger ferry carrying more than 100 people sank in the southern part of Lake Victoria near Maisome Island. Details are scarce as communications in the area are poor and it was unclear how many survived. The incident marks the lake’s second major accident in under a month, reported by Daily News.
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