Summer breezes bring a citywide line up of events
Kansas summer fun bursts forth with the 29th Annual John Brown Jamboree in Osawatomie featuring 5K and 10K races at City Hall, fishing at the city lake, an arts fair, and a River City Six concert plus a street dance. Territorial Days in Lecompton includes a President Eisenhower wedding reenactment and a Civil War battle, with a play at 4 PM. Balloon races near Richards Gebaur Air Force Base start weekend festivities, while Topeka hosts a gospel concert at the Expocentre London Arena to aid the Rescue Mission. Local theatre and classic events fill Fort Scott, Wichita, and Topeka as summer crowds flock to parades, concerts, and re-enactments.
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Kansas
Osawatomie
City Hall
City Lake
John Brown Park
River City Six
Lecompton
Dwight D. Eishenhower
Eishenhower
Topeka Expocentre
London Arena
Topeka Rescue Mission
Brandan McClain
Lane
Applesauce
Lil’ Abner
Southwestern College
Winfield
Fort Scott
Danny and
The
Fisher Park
Wichita
Old Cowtown
Sargo Par Park
Steel Magnolias
Rheinhardt Dr
Kansas City
77Th
Renner Road
Starlight Theatre
Oklahoma
John Davidson
Jamie Farr
Swope Park
Ballie and the Boys
Topeka
Lawrence Arts Center
Lawmakers fall short on Kansas Chamber ratings
Kansas lawmakers received mixed chamber ratings for 1989 and 1990 votes. Only four state senators and six House members earned perfect scores from the Kansas Chamber of Commerce and Industry, based on 11 Senate votes and 13 House votes.
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Topeka
Kan
House
Kansas Chamber of Commerce and Industry
KCCI
Senate
House of Representatives
State Chamber
Checkpoint Charlie Cranes Away as Berlin Wall Symbol Fades
West Berlin marked a turning point as Checkpoint Charlie was lifted onto a truck in a ceremony echoing Cold War tensions. Six foreign ministers and generals attended while locals recalled escapes and shootings on the street, where many life stories intersected with the wall’s dividing history.
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WEST
Berlin Wall
Friedrich Street
Wa Wobig
Bratke
Tran
West Berlin
Sgt
Patrick Gainey
Checkpoint Charlie
Gainey
West Side
AIDS vaccines eyed for mid 1990s widespread use
In San Francisco, researchers forecast large scale AIDS vaccine testing within two years and broad availability by the mid 1990s. Dr. Jay A. Berzofsky of the NCI said effective vaccines will likely be synthetic, produced by recombinant DNA technology. ACT UP protests near Moscone Center flagged concerns over inclusivity in research and services. Inside, a Chinese herb derived drug showed CD4 stabilization or gain in 38 patients.
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San Francisco
Jay A. Berzofsky
National Cancer Institute
Moscone Center Convention Hall
ACT UP
Aids Coalition To Unleash
A San
Martin Delaney
Community events and sales roundup in Ottawa area
Local ads list health screenings at Franklin County Health Dept five dollars and a triglyceride test, a baby beauty contest at Forest Park for newborns to 24 months, a bake garage and craft sale by Ottawa Jaycees, a plant sale at Willis Garden Center, a summer sale at Fashion Alley, and church concerts at First Baptist Church. includes corrections to a classified Open House date.
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Forest Park Shelter House
Ottawa Jaycees
Weather Summary for Kansas Extends Through June
The Local Weather page notes the yearly average through June and records a barometer of 30.05 inches steady. Sunset tonight is 8 52 and sunrise tomorrow 5 57.
Mandela captivates fundraisers as US tour ends
Nelson Mandela drew enthusiastic crowds in New York at a star studded fund raiser with Madonna and at a World Trade Center event. He called apartheid a crime against humanity and urged continued UN and government sanctions. Security was tight as authorities reported arrests tied to a right wing assassination plot.
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New York
Nelson Mandela
Madonna
United Nations
World Trade Center
Richard Leone
Pont Authority of
New Jersey
Wall Street
Lower Manhattan
Mandela
Harlem
Yankee Stadium
U.N
United States
U.N. General Assembly
South Africa
General Assembly
Johannesburg
F.W. de Klerk
Ottawa Herald Advertisement Rates and Contacts
The Ottawa Herald lists staff including Editor & Publisher R. Hitch and Managing Editor Terry Ostmeyer. Advertising contact Mike Geiss. circulation Peg Armstrong. city editor Jim Hembeck. press foreman Jean Rossman. Subscription rates updated April 1 1990 for Ottawa by carrier and mail within Kansas.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Vim R. Hitch
Terry Ostmeye
Vay Bomib
Isunsccceenen
Jim Hembeck
Mike Geiss
Peg Armstrong
Ottica
Wayne Snow
Jean Rossman
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Richards Gebaur Air Force Base
By Lori Alvarado
Ottawa Herald
Roy Ehrlich
Hoisington
Dave Kerr
Hutchinson
Lana Oleen
Manhattan
Alicia Salisbury
Bud Burke
Leawood
Sheila Frahm
Colby
Don Montgomery
Sabetha
Bill Morris
Don Sallee
Troy
Dan Thiessen
Independence
Wint Winter Jr
Lawrence
Mike Johnston
Parsons
Johnston
John Carlin
Cartin
Nancy Parrish
Marge Petty
Tope
Jack Steineger
Norma Daniels
Valley Center
Leroy Hayden
Satanta
Jerry Karr
Emporia
Phil Martin
Pittsburg
John Strick
Doug Walker
Jayne Aylward
Salina
Bill Bunten
Rochelle Chronister
Neodesha
Ben Foster
Bob Mead
Pawnee Rock
Alex Scott
Junction City
Jo Ann Pottorff
Susan Roenbaugh
Lewis
Elen Samuelson
Newton
Gene
Charlie
Francois Lann
Andreas Bratke
East Berlin
Hans- Joachim Pofahl
Polster
Ad Briefs
First Baptist Church
W.F.W. Post
Walker
Alice Pratt
Franklin County Health Dept
Bill & Ellie's
Interior
John Conley
Doug Stone
Budge's Sports Center
Willis Garden Center
5Th & Cherry
Silver Lake
Bach
Carl Bobbish
C. Lister
Local
Raverar
Accu
Sati
Anhur Krim
Robert de Niro
S. Cedar
Franklin County
State of Kansas
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