Big Red One tests tank gear before Middle East move
The First Infantry Division at Fort Riley Kansas readies for potential combat deployment to the Middle East. Lt. Col. Gregory Fontenot commands a tank battalion preparing with the M1 Abrams and new armor tech, while crews train at the California desert National Training Center and repaint to desert camouflage.
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Fort Riley
Kan
Kansas Plains
Gregory Fontenot
Junction City
Vietnam
Middle East
Fontenot
Army
National Training Center
California Desert
Greg Williams
Riley
Thanksgiving services and community events in Ottawa area
Faith Lutheran Church will hold a Thanksgiving Day service at 9 a.m. with special music. Christian Science Society invites the public to an 11 a.m. service at 311 S Hickory with hymns prayers and readings. A rental rehabilitation review meeting is set for 7 p.m. Nov 30 at City Hall with HUD grant details. applications available at City Hall or ECKAN. ECEAN seeks applicants for its 12th annual Christmas Bureau accepting in person proofs of income 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mon-Fri. KOFO kicks off Thanks-for-Giving encouraging donations of canned goods and toys with local business involvement. Southwest pitch session Dec 5 at Ottawa High School provides college info. A Christmas cartoon show is planned Dec 8 at Ottawa Municipal Auditorium. Northeast Kansas Youth Symphony holds open auditions Nov 27 at Marquart Manning Music Store Topeka.
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Faith Lutheran Church
E. 12Th
Christian Science Society
S. Hickory
Ottawa
City Hall
East Central Kansas
ECEAN
East Central
Kansas Economic Opportunity Corp
ECKAN
KOFO
Kofo Radio of
Donna Forth
Brad Howard
Garth Brooks
Sawyer Brown
Michael Landon
Southwestern
OHS
Jeff Jochems
Southwestern College
Winfield
Ottawa High School
OMA
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Santa and
the Three Bears
Mr. Magoo
Woody
Area Youth Symphony
Topeka
Northeast
KU files for patent on teacher's method
Lawrence AP A University of Kansas researcher announces a new method to build high temperature superconductors and says KU has filed a patent on the structure of all metal-oxide superconductors. Ken Wong and five scientists claim three basic substructures allow staging temperatures higher than before.
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Lawrence, Kan
University of Kansas
Ken Wong
Wong
Phillip Anderson
Princeton
Anderson
Energy efficiency remarks from university official
Frances Horowitz, vice chancellor of Research, Graduate Studies and Public Service, emphasized the need for characteristics that would improve energy use efficiency in the discussed program.
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Frances Horowitz
Fumes spread through Potwin elementary school
About 150 students and 15 staff at Potwin elementary were exposed to carbon monoxide from a corroded furnace flue. Nine adults and many students observed overnight, with 40 treated locally and one boy sent to a Wichita hospital. Classes delayed until Wednesday.
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Potwin
Kan
Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital
el Dorado
Justin Whiteside
Newton Medical Center
HCA Wesley Medical Center
Wichita
Mike Philpot
Remington
Chuck Eberhard
Whitewater Fire Department
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Orr Kelly
Kelly
Iraq
Bulletin Board
Radio Shack
3Rd Street
U.S. 69
Cathy Duckler
Marilyn Milhon
el Dorado Hospital
William Eckert
Sedgwick County
New York City
Jim Hogan
W. Tecumseh
Farm Bureau Insurance
Lou
Lioning
Carini
Adamson Bros
Iain
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