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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1996
Page
8
In Ashua New Hampshire the Irish setter Lyric is credited with saving Judi New by dialing 911 after a breathing machine plug came loose. Lyric knocked the receiver and hit a speed dial three times, alerting Nashua Fire Rescue as Bayly battled a severe asthma attack with an oxygen mask on.
A 10 year old boy named Josh Carlisle with Down syndrome spent three days in a Minnesota wilderness after following two dogs into the woods. He was found Sunday with frostbite on his toes but began to recover. doctors noted color returning by Tuesday morning and he left Cox Medical Center South in Springfield Tuesday evening. Local donations and a fund were planned, and a dog food company offered a lifetime supply for the two canine saviors, who remain under Barry County sheriff custody.
California authorities delay transfer of suspect Robert Joseph Silveria as detectives from multiple states interview him at Placer County jail. The 37 year old, tied to at least 14 deaths 1981 to 1995, admits killings in Alameda County and faces investigations across Oregon Kansas Florida and Utah among others.
Liggett Group agrees to a settlement in a nationwide class action over nicotine manipulation claims. The deal would fund smoking cessation programs for 25 years if approved in New Orleans, marking the first tobacco industry payout in a smoking lawsuit. Plaintiffs hail the move as ending the industry’s invincibility.
Christopher Green, a 27 year old paralegal and Oregon native, recounts a brutal anti gay attack in New York City last summer, highlighting the climate of hate crimes faced by gays and lesbians nationwide. A National Coalition of Anti Violence Programs report places 1995 hate crimes at 2212 across 11 cities, an 8 percent drop from 1994.
Local markets update shows stock quotes for AT&T Amoco Boeing and many others with prices and changes. Livestock quotes cover Kansas feedlot sales and Wayne stout figures with steers and heifers prices and weekly totals from Dodge City and St Joseph.
Admissions and dismissals include Alvin Crawford from Pomona and Mildred Somfield from Ottawa among others. Sheriff arrests include Roshell Osburn for DUI and Phillip Proctor for battery, with other thefts and vehicle incidents reported in the Tuesday updates.
Roberta F. Knight 64 of Princeton died March 11 1996 at Olathe Medical Center. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday at Dengel and Son Mortuary Ottawa with burial in Princeton Cemetery. She married Robert Knight in 1950 and owned Knight Oil Company with him for 34 years. Leola Elizabeth Myers 69 of Osawatomie died March 9 1996 at Miami County Medical Center Paola. Funeral was Tuesday at St Philip Neri Church Osawatomie with burial in Elmdale. She worked at Sunflower Ordnance Plant, earned nursing degrees, and retired as assistant director of nursing at Osawatomie State Hospital.
Barbara Adams a 31 year old bookbindery worker serves as an alternate juror in the Tucker McDougal fraud trial. She arrives daily dressed in a burgundy and black Star Fleet uniform with toy space gear and a Juror tag. Dan Madsen of The Official Star Trek Fan Club notes the fandom edge but calls it an unusual yet unsurprising sight.
The Herald corrects an error from the March 6 issue noting that a quote about the Baldwin group home for the mentally ill was incorrectly attributed to Janice Craig. She spoke against the proposal but is not a neighbor to the site.
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