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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1998
Page
1
The Thursday Ottawa Herald corrects a story that misstated a Rantoul area property owner needed eight inches to reach 10 acres for a lagoon septic system. The actual shortfall is 18 acres or about 3,485 square feet, roughly a seven by 500 foot strip on one side of the triangular lot.
Public notices list a hazardous waste drop event at FR CO HHW Facility weekdays 7 am to 1 pm with contact 229 8470. Also ads for preschool applications, holiday sale, plant boxes, Ottawa sanitation holiday note, OK Photo Service workshop, The Hill Bar anniversary bash, and wedding picture frames at Merle Norman Gifts.
Stocks were mixed in quiet trading with Dell Computer posting a healthy profit. At noon the Dow rose 18.93 to 9073.58 after an earlier 61 point gain. S&P 500 up 1.11 to 1110.64. Nasdaq down 12.07 to 1833.80. NYSE composite up 0.33 to 574.25. AMEX down 1.43 to 731.26. Local stocks and grain prices listed by exchanges and farm services complete the day’s report.
The Commerce Department reported a March deficit of 13 billion dollars, a 7 percent rise, with imports of autos consumer goods and foreign food at record highs. Gaps with Japan, China and other Asian nations widened significantly.
Obituary notices record the deaths of Clifford Earl Farris 91 in Eureka Kansas and Henry Shelby Compton 83 in Raymore Missouri with service details and survivors. Elizabeth Mary Starr Holton 94 dies in Holton with extensive church and community involvement noted. Viola E. Riemer 75 dies in Ottawa with funeral and burial plans and memorials. A full obituary will appear later.
In Tampa Bay area, Hank Earl Carr killed a 4 year old boy his girlfriend’s, two police officers, a state trooper and wounded a truck driver before dying by suicide during a 4 hour standoff at a Shell station. Carr had a prior criminal record and claimed the boy’s shooting was accidental before the final confrontation.
The forecast shows hot and humid conditions with highs in the 90s across the region. Cooler air will drift in from the Northeast as clouds reduce temperatures. Some areas may see sun, with a chance of showers or thunderstorms later.
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