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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1998
Page
1
Ad briefs list events and services including Bernie Babies event at Helton's Hallmark on Saturday at 9 a.m. and a hazardous waste drop at FACO HHW Facility from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Also notes LITWINS closed Sunday for clothing market. Party Pleasers offers supplies and bakery with a Staquette Night on June 30 at Eagle's Lodge offering Salisbury steak menu for 4 dollars per plate.
Local stock quotes for Casey’s H&R Block O’Reilly Wendy’s appear with notable figures. Grain prices at Ottawa Co-op and Franklin County Farm Services list hard wheat at 2.84 and 2.76, corn at 2.32, milo at 3.83 or 3.71, soybeans at 6.29, oats at 1.60, reflecting market activity for Thursday afternoon.
A survey covering 42 states and the District of Columbia shows pregnancy rates for females ages 15 to 19 declined across the country from 1992 to 1995. Abortion rates fell in most places but rose or stayed higher in Maine Ohio and Oregon.
Kansas Governor Bill Graves outlined a plan to curb school violence by suspending driving privileges for students who bring weapons or drugs to school, threaten peers, or commit violence. He proposed upgrading weapons and drug offenses to felonies, funding for hazard pay to teachers, and delaying teen driving age, arguing driving is a privilege not a right.
Heat-index warnings remain in effect across most of Kansas through Friday night as temperatures rise and humidity keeps indices around 100 to 104. Officials urge cooling centers, air conditioning, and plenty of water, with heat advisories in north central counties and utilities restricting demand to prevent outages.
Seven coworkers from Sherwin Williams in Andover share the Kansas Cash prize after a single winning ticket in Monday's draw. Each of the seven receives 25,344 after taxes. The group, all linked to the company, had previously won as much as 100 dollars. Winning numbers were 9 13 20 21 24 34 with odds of 1 in 811,850. There were no other winners that day.
Americans' personal incomes rose 0.5 percent in May to 7.22 trillion amid broad gains including wages. Personal consumption expenditures climbed 0.6 percent to 5.75 trillion, with spending outpacing income and the savings rate slipping to 3.5 percent. Durable goods led the gain as manufacturing touched softer growth amid inventory pileups and export pressures.
Tropical moisture builds over the Gulf Coast with clear skies in parts. Warm humid conditions spread toward New York as a weak front lingers, bringing lingering showers possible inland.
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