Easy-money scams draw FTC crackdown across states
A 75-scam sweep dubbed Operation Missed Fortune targets get rich quick offers promising big returns for small outlays. Victims recount losses from medical equipment franchises and coin phones, with nets losses running into tens of thousands. FTC official Jodie Bernstein cites online access and downsizing as fueling the fraud boom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Trade Commission
Steven Bellissimo
New York City
Robert M. Burke Jr
Bergen County
N.J
Jodie Bernstein
FTC
Bureau of Consumer Protection
Tractor trailer falls from bridge onto I 70 in Kansas
A tractor trailer carrying frozen pig feet fell from a bridge onto Interstate 70 near MBP OPERA Kansas. Driver Charles Spelman 52 of Council Bluffs Iowa was hospitalized with non life threatening injuries. The crash broke a windshield and damaged a van but no serious injuries were reported. Debris including pig feet and cargo spread across the roadway, blocking eastbound lanes for over four hours while fuel from saddle tanks spilled. Investigators will determine if slick conditions contributed to the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MBP Opera
Kan
Charles Spelman
Council Bluffs
Iowa
John Sidwell
Wellsville Area Events And Specials Across Towns
A collage of ads and notices shows a 1 2 price sale at Wellsville Cafe with half price second dinners, recycling hours 7a to 1p weekdays and 9a to 1p Saturdays, a Nov 16 Country Gold dance at Garnett VFW, nail and salon services by Shirley, Fashion Alley sale with 20 percent off sweaters and apparel, a Turkey Dinner at Masonic Hall November 17, plus new cafe hours, a Lions pancake supper November 15, and Wellsville Cafe changing hours for weekdays and weekends.
Late Paper Pickup and Delivery Phone Hours
Local notice directs readers to call 242-4700 for paper pickup or inquiries from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on weeknights and from 10 a.m. on Saturdays, with unclear morning hours due to garbled OCR text. The fragment preserves the core action and contact.
Morrissey and Parks Obituary Notices From Ottawa and St Louis
Donna L Morrissey 63 of Ottawa died November 13 1996 after a life as surgical technician and homemaker She is survived by husband daughter son and granddaughter with services at Sacred Heart Church and St Marys Cemetery in Peoria A private service will also be held for Douglas Ritchey Parks 37 in St Louis born 1959 to John V Parks and Catherine Holloway He is survived by parents sister and grandmother with memorials to diabetes cancer or a Kansas State University scholarship in his memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna L. Morrissey
Donna Lesa Morrissey
Ottawa
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Clyde Ozminkowski
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Peoria
Ill
Almar C
Ruth H
Lesler) Malmquist
Keokuk
Iowa
Hamilton High School
Hamilton
University of Illinois
Evanston
Columbia
J. Edward Morrissey
Annie Elizabeth Salyers
Michael Joseph Morrissey
Clathe
Almar Malmquist
Monmouth
Dengel and Son Mortuary
Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Ottawa University
Douglas R. Parks
ST. Louis
Douglas Ritchey Parks
St.Louis
St. Mary’s Health Center
John V. Parks
Pomona
Catherine (Holloway) Parks
St.Mary’s Hospital
Kansas City
Vernon W. Parks
Robert Lee
Josephine Ritchey Holloway
Wendy Parks Acker
Beth Kuebler Parks
American Diabetes Association
American Cancer Society
Wendy Parks Acker and
Douglas Parks
Kansas State University Foundation
Anderson Ave
Manhattan
Kan
Hospital Notes and Sheriff's Police Reports
The Daily Report lists admissions at Ottawa Mari on Devore Greeley and Williamsburg with Wednesday dates. It notes dismissals for Michael Roberts and Jacob Williams. Arrests include Cecil Eugene Bart-Raines on suspicions of driving with a suspended license and Christopher James Jackson for battery, with court appearances pending. Other arrests include April Ann McCord for DUI. youth, theft, and DUI cases are reported in Ottawa police notes. Theft of water services and a bicycle loss are recorded. Accidents include a hit and run on Main Street, a deer strike on US-59, and multiple vehicle rollovers and ditches with property damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Hill
Ottawa
Marion Devore
Greeley
Viola Cauffman
Williamsburg
Michael Roberts
Richmond
Jacob Williams
Cecil
Eugene Bart-Raines
S. Mull Éray
Kansas Highway Patrol
Franklin County
Christopher James Jackson
Lane
Ann McCord
Hamblin
Wellsville
Brandi N. Vietze
Rock Creek Road
David A. Runnells
Gardner
City of Ottawa
City of
S. Main
Gary Pacheco
S. Walnut
Dava Donker
Main
First Street
Brandi Vietze
Vietze
Franklin W. Turley
Baldwin
Riley Road
Kpli Western Resources
Wendell J. Barker
Montana
Barker
Christina L. Jones
Princeton
Rock Creek
Nebraska
Liz Beatty
E. Std
Kenneth Schaedler
Eisenhower
Ellis Terrace
Eisenhower Road
Wall Street Advances After Opening Losses
Stocks rose to midday highs as economic data suggested a moderately growing noninflationary economy. The Dow gained 19.75 to 6293.99, led by broad market gains with the S and P 500 up 2.43, NYSE composite and Amex higher, while bond yields edged up after cooler inflation readings.
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New York
Wall Street
Dow
Arthur Hogan
Dean Witter Reynolds Inc
New York Stock Exchange
Standard & Poor
American Stock Exchange
Treasury
Labor Department
Casey’s
Fed
H&r
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N. Main
Kansas
AZA Cinema
Jon Lovitz
Linda's Liquor
Busch
Kry A Ehe
USA
Wild Bill
Bethy Hunter
Ct Ouelty Music
Lown's
Midwest
Country Ramblers Band
Lonzo, Sadie & the
Little Wild Ones
Municipal Auditorium
Qvoinsbert
OMA
Sra & Hickory
Bayond Video &Budges Sports Center
Kansas State Bank
Ottawa Retirement Plaza
Lori Bitts
Ottawa, Kansas
Reallamanrk
Helton's Hallmark
E. 23Rd Street
Aar Ashington
Medicare
Bellissimo
WediThur
Cafa
FA. CO
Garnett Vfw
Shirley
Hall Designers
Alfred
Masonic Hall
Sun
Wellsville Cafe
Ort
the Daily Report
Sycamore
Jack Summerfield
Curio
Massachusetts
Lawrence
West 15Th Street
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