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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1998
Page
1
Frances D Fitzgerald 84 formerly of Pomona died Wednesday in Ottawa Funeral arrangements to be announced by Dengel Son Mortuary.
A tidy ad brief lists Father’s Day gift options from Town & Country Supply and local merchants. It highlights award winning BBQ tastings, home grown trees, flower sales, food and floral shops, a bar and grill event, and various contact numbers for Shaws, Willis Nursery, Budwells, and local vendors.
Stocks drifted down as indecision returns after Monday drop and Wednesday rebound. Dow fell 5.98 to 8823.48 at noon, with S&P 500 down 0.20 and Nasdaq down 0.86, while NYSE and AMEX composites declined. Local quotes show firm and grain prices posted by Ottawa and Franklin County farms.
Jayhawker Days kicks off in Williamsburg with a schedule of activities from Friday to Sunday. Fair entries, cake judging, horse shoes, a parade, a street dance, and a breakfast buffet headline a community weekend of contests, games, and performances in the park and nearby venues. A separate Portage train collision near a National Steel mill leaves three dead and four injured when a tractor trailer carrying steel coils was struck by a commuter train, investigators say.
The Commerce Department reports April’s trade deficit at 14.5 billion, a new high driven by falling U.S. exports and lingering Asian recession. The current account gap widens to 47.2 billion for January-March, signaling broader economic strain amid currency turmoil and fear of a Global downturn. Labor data show unemployment benefit claims rising to 327,000, with New Jersey and Kansas citing GM strike effects.
The advisory board discussed extending the national race initiative with a proposed president s council dedicated to racial concerns. They cited thousands of successful local efforts and urged a government structure to connect leaders with areas of lingering racial tension and isolation. Franklin noted the ideas were preliminary and would be refined before any proposal to Clinton.
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