Couple killed in small plane crash at Johnson County Airport
A home-built VarieEze aircraft stalled during takeoff at Johnson County Industrial Airport in Olath e Kansas. Emory W. Greer Jr and his wife Dorothy M. Greer, both 61, of Northpon Alabama, died in the crash returning from the National Canard Fly-In. The FAA cited unknown altitude at impact as the plane nosed into a corn field southeast of the airfield.
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Olathe
Kan
Johnson County
Emory W. Greer Jr
Dorothy M. Greer
Northpon
Ala
Jim Brown
Brown
Sandra Campbell
Federal Aviation Administration
Kansas City
Deke Slayton, Mercury Seven Astronaut, Dies at 69
Space pioneer Donald K. Slayton died at 69 in Texas after brain cancer. A Mercury Seven member grounded by a heart issue, he later flew in Apollo Soyuz at age 51, linking U S and Soviet craft. Survivors include his wife Bobbie and son Kent. fellow astronauts mourn his loss.
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League City
Texas
Donald K
Deke
Slayton
Mercury Seven
Scott Carpenter
Vail
Colo
NASA
Tom Wolfe
U.S
Bobbie
Kent
Mercury
Af Carpenter
Shepint
Gott, Cooper
Sigpaiote
Vitel
Gus”’ Grissom
Ottawa Area Hospital Notes And Sheriff Arrests
Admissions include Joseph Raulston Robert Adams and Frances Proctor all of Ottawa on Thursday Dismissals noted for Virginia Quintana Sharon Thompson and daughter Princeton Leann McFadden and son Ottawa Saturday Sunday events Births Melissa and Matt Jirgens Ottawa a son May 28. Sheriff arrests include Michael Shuster Pomona DUI and open container bond 705 George K Brown Wellsville disorderly conduct Rick D Bowman Pomona DUI bond 500 Police arrests David L Valles Sheryl L Likes Sorian Espinosa Robart E McDowell details vary Burglary Brent L Hoke stolen wallet vandalism Judy L Gentry fire Ottawa Co op Assoc fire damaged building Ottawa fire damage 200 Accidents several reports hit and run non injury and beer vehicle collision items damaged with values listed
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Joseph Raulston
Robert Adams
Frances Proctor
Ottawa
Virginia Quintana
Sharon Thompson
Princeton
Leann McFadden
Terry Alexander
Robert Marks
Melissa
Matt Jirgens
Sheriff's News
Michael Shuster
Pomona
Kansas
Robart E. McDowell
Independence
South Main
Brent L. Hoke
S. Hickory
Judy L. Gentry
N. Cedar
Ottawa Co-op Association
Paul C. Tice
Boise
Idaho
Country Kitchen
Princeton Road
Jeffrey K. Young
Wilson
Johnny D. Privett
South Locust
Brent Adkins
Prairie Village
Cheryl A. Baker
Alberta L. Richardson
Fifth
B’ Street
Controversy at Girls State forces governor to resign
LAWRENCE Sunflower Girls State faced a political scandal as Governor Molly McNaughton of Mission resigned to avoid impeachment hearings. The event, run by the American Legion Auxiliary, marked the first resignation in 51 years. McNaughton claimed no admission of wrongdoing and cited impending hearings.
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Lawrence
Kan
Sunflower Girls State
Molly McNaughton
Mission
American Legion Auxiliary
Janice Stathas
McNaughton
Lawrence Journal-World
Girls State
Gunships strike site near former Barre army storage
Reported airstrike hit a rocket launcher inside a walled compound at dawn. A missile failed to explode, another killed a tea seller nearby, as residents said the launcher and equipment were left by Mohammed Siad Barre’s army two years ago and were not operational.
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Mohammed Siad Barre
Wall Street LOCAL MARKETS Friday Prices and Slaughter Sales
Wall Street local markets roundup shows cattle and hog prices with Friday slaughter figures. Slaughter head counts reach about 2,500 with 100 halters sold. last week's sales total 65,100 head with 10,000 contracted or near 15 percent. Nonferrous metals price quotes from New York and London markets list copper at around 8.6 cents, lead at 92 cents per pound, zinc near 4.450 4.803 per pound, and gold around 563.00 per ounce with various quotes for silver and mercury quoted by sources.
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Landiot
Quarry swim leads to drowning in Kansas quarry
A 14-year-old Wichita boy, Brandon Lancaster, drowned while swimming with friends at a quarry in eastern Kansas. Authorities were alerted around 3 15 p m Sunday that he went under and did not surface. The body was recovered from about 15 feet of water near 5 p m, per Allen County Deputy Sheriff George Brown.
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Moran, Kan
Wichita
Kansas
Brandon Lancaster
Allen County
George Brown
Correction: Parents named for Boys' State photo
A publisher's correction states the correct parent names for Justin Watts in a Boys' State photo. Watts' mother and father are Arlie and Lisa Watts of 1335 S Oak, and Susie Geist of Ottawa.
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Justin Watts
Watts
Arlie and
Lisa Watts
S. Oak
Susie Geist
Ottawa
Powerball numbers and jackpot totals released
Lottery update lists Powerball draws for 11 24 28 39 41 with Powerball 36 and a $24.2 million jackpot plus Kansas Cash Lotto results 3 7 8 10 30 33 with a $600,000 jackpot.
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Kansas
Obituaries of John F Neis and Gerald Elsasser in Kansas area
Two deaths reported. John F. Neis, 86, Wellsville, a former mayor and farmer, died June 13 1993 in Ottawa. Gerald V. Elsasser, 64, rural Rantoul, a Buildex and Ottawa Truck Co. worker, died June 12 1993. services in Ottawa with burial at Peoria Cemetery.
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John F. Neis
Wellsville
John Fred Neis
Crestview
Ottawa
Wilson and Son
Malinda Brinkmeyer
Wellsville Cemetery
Eudora
Albert
Anna (Brecheisen) Neis
Mildred E. Batdorf
Alice M. Downing
Ruth Larrick
Rantoul
Glenn Neis
Louise Wray
Oliver Neis
Harry Neis
Osage Beach
Neema Schendel
Edgerton
Irene Kiester
Basehior
Gerald Y. Elsasser
Pittsburg
Frontenac
Peoria
Buildex Cor
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Lori Rogers
Cindi Gentry
Delbert Elsasser
Orlyn K. Vaughn
Baldwin City
Onyn Kenneth Vaughn
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home
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Zapata
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Butler Mo
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