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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1990
Page
5
City and county officials continued a spirit of cooperation in planning an Emergency Communications System and a Hazardous Materials Response Team. Roger Keith outlined a $17 100 start up budget for a volunteer HAZMAT team with state mandates looming.
The program at Mabee Center and Forest Park features a 2 p.m. Hall of Fame induction at Wilson Field House for four former OU athletes Tony Verdi Robert Knight Marvin Wilson and Evelyn Kinney. A 3:30 p.m. reception with OU president Wilbur Wheaton precedes the 6 p.m. alumni banquet in Mowbray Union honoring classes 40 and 90 with distinguished service awards.
Lawrence S. Burbank 88 Wellsville dies May 17 1990 age 88 farmer and church member survived by wife Kathryn two sons a stepson and stepdaughter plus nine grandchildren and ten great grandchildren funeral 2:30 p.m. Saturday Wellsville Baptist Church burial Wellsville Cemetery. Raymond MacArthur 93 Richmond dies May 15 1990 veteran farmer survived by wife Olma two sons a daughter five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren funeral 2 p.m. Friday Farris Feuerborn Chapel Garnett burial Richmond Cemetery.
The Kansas Department of Transportation ordered the bridge closed after flood debris and onward current risked the structure. Crews battled logs, floodgates were adjusted, and officials warned reopening depended on ongoing inspections and conditions.
The Associated Press notes two prisoners executed for murder after exhausting appeals. Leonard Laws, 40, was put to death in Missouri for the elderly couple killings, while Johnny Ray Anderson, 30, in Texas, died for a 1981 murder tied to a $67,000 insurance scheme. Six U.S. inmates were executed this year, with Texas leading at 35 total. The Supreme Court denied a last-minute stay prior to the Texas execution.
Carl J. Sword was arrested on a county warrant for failing to pay court costs and released after paying 55 dollars. Steven J. Dickey faced suspicions of driving with a suspended license and speeding and posted 500 dollars bond to appear in Municipal Court on May 31. Reports note two vehicle collisions on K-65 bypass and West Sixth Street with damages over 500 dollars. A third incident involved a parked car damaged in a Food Barn lot with damages under 500 dollars. Hospital notes list admissions and births, including Shon Showalter and a daughter born in Ottawa.
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