Community Briefs Highlights Local Services and Events
A compact roundup lists hazardous waste drop at the county HHW facility with hours and contact, a 24st Anniversary sale offering 20 percent off and flu shots at the health department, a Nam-Bean meals event at Trinity Church with date details, a Nome Holiday Craft Sale dates and contact, IM's Barber Shop closure notice, new fall designs at a shop, Ottawa Chiropractic clinic seminar closure, and Williamsburg Homecoming events with times and location.
Kansas Index shows uptick in August economy
ANHATTAN Kansas AP The Kansas economy inched upward in August as stock prices and cattle prices rose while housing permits and wheat prices fell. The Kansas Index of Leading Economic Indicators released by Kansas State University on Thursday reversed July's stock drop for major business firms.
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Anhattan
Kan
Kansas
Kansas State University
August index shows growth in Kansas with 152.43
The August index reached 152.43, rising from July's revised 152.37 and matching August 1995. Increases stem from higher manufacturing hours worked, broader money supply growth, and fewer initial unemployment insurance claims, the report states.
Inmates seize part of Norton prison in Kansas
Nineteen inmates barricaded a restriction unit at Norton Correctional Facility, setting small fires and forcing 140 inmates to be moved to the gym. The disturbance lasted nearly six hours before inmates surrendered peacefully with no injuries or escapes. Transfers to other state prisons followed.
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Orton
Kan
Norton
Miskell
Kansas
Ellsworth
Hutchinson
Withers
Karans
Honey Patrol
Phillips County
Correction on city employees denied comments error
A Thursday notice corrects an editor’s error about two former city employees not being allowed to speak at a city commission meeting. It clarifies that only one of the two men was a former city employee and the Herald apologizes for the mistake.
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City Commission
the Herald
Four injured in gas-line blast in Kansas neighborhood
Workers accidentally cut a natural gas line behind a home in Verland Park triggering a late Thursday explosion that destroyed a two story building. Two women were hospitalized in intensive care with serious injuries while three other homes suffered severe damage.
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Verland Park
Kan
David Meditz
Columbia Overland Park Regional Medical Center
Fran Jacques
Amy Clipp
Jacques
Clipp
Jean Hornbeck
Bill Brown
Overland Park Fire Department
Brown
Charles Thacker
Overland Park Division
Red Cross
Kim Blankenship
Milberger and Criqui Obituaries From Osage City Area
Two obituaries from Osage City area residents detail Connie K. Milberger of Brookline Station Missouri who died September 30 1996 at Cox South Memorial Hospital and Dustin Neil Criqui 24 of Osage City who died October 2 1996 after an extended illness Services for Milberger include viewing Friday and a Saturday funeral with burial in Highland Cemetery Ottawa Contributors requested to donate to the Franklin County Chapter of the American Cancer Society Criqui funeral services are 1 30 p m Saturday at Crable Funeral Chapel Osage City with private Osage City Cemetery burial and memorials to Rehabilitation for the Blind. Both notices list family survivors and past residences.
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Connie K. Milberger
Brookline Station
Cox South Memorial Hospital
Springfield
Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home
Ottawa
Highland Cemetery
Larren Jay
Gladys J. (Louderback) Welton
Lincoln
Hays Beauty School
Mission
Jerry D. Milberger
Olathe
Larren Jay Welton
Alicia Deaton
Christopher
Clathe
Robert Wilbanks
Corsicana
Texas
Laura Clark
Kansas City
Julie’ ‘Goldwitch
Sawnee
Michael Milberg
Shawnee
Gladys J. Welton
Roger L. Welton
Donna
John R. Welton
Tammy
Princeton
Franklin County
American Cancer Society
Dustin Neil Criqui
Osage City
Crable
Criqui
Dennis Neil
Virginia Lee Kendall Criqui
Harve Criqui
Osage City High School
Bob’s Chicken King
Kansas City Concrete
Kan
Wichita Industries
Pittsburg
Kamela Dawes
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Oakley
Dustin Neil Criqui Jr
Dene N. Criqui
Merriam
Raquel Cox
Lee's Summit
Paul Bishop
Riverside
Calif
Randy Nichols
Williamsburg
Ginger
Leon Karnowski
Topeka
Harvey. Criqui
Ralph Kendall
Vinita
Okla
Maxine L. Criqui
Pomona
Doris Kiefer
Baldwin
Alice Black
Rotha Criqui
Holton
Crable Funeral Chapel
Ottawa area notes mix admissions arrests and thefts
The Daily Report logs hospital notes listing admissions Lucille Hopkins Nancy Lee Luther Magers and Frank Marconette all of Ottawa on Thursday Dismissals Martha Sue Wilson of Richmond Arrests include Russell Mundy of Scranton on trespassing and Richard Andrews of 503 S Ash on marijuana and drug paraphernalia possession with 193 1/2 grams seized Andrews held awaiting court A 17 year old Ottawa girl and three other Ottawa girls ages 11 13 were arrested Thursday on theft suspicions all later released to juvenile authorities Theft reports include Cecilia Reyes bicycle theft on 104 S Oak between Sept 27 and Thursday and Jennifer Phillips bicycle theft on 315 E Std between Wednesday night and Thursday morning A collision at K 68 and US 59 involving David Facteau and Leon Ruckers left Ruckers treated and released from Ransom Memorial Hospital.
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Lucille Hopkins
Pomona
Nancy Lee
Luther Magers
Frank Marconette
Ottawa
Martha Sue Wilson
Richmond
Sheriff's News
Russell E. Mundy
Scranton
Franklin County
Richard Lee Andrews
S. Ash
Franklin County Drug Enforcement Unit
Ash
Cecilia Reyes
S. Oak
David Facteau
Quenemo
Leon Ruckers
S. Hickory
Ruckers
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Wall Street holds gains after unemployment data signals cooling
Wall Street reached new highs at midday as the Labor Department reported payrolls fell by 40,000 and the jobless rate rose to 5.1 percent, easing fears of rapid growth. The Dow rose to 5,968.63, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq also advanced, aided by buying across blue chips like AT&T, Disney, GE, IBM, and Merck amid higher broad indexes.
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Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Standard & Poor
American Stock Exchange
Labor Department
Federal Reserve
At&t
Disney
General Electric
IBM
Merck
Aldsignal
At&t Corps
Amoco
Boeing
Casey’s
Chryslers
Coca Colas
DeereCo' S
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Sinbad
Thora Birch
Chadion Heston
Sat
Sun
Mat
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Chiatle Tater
John Mat Bergetrum
April Hattwick
Dawk Oswald
Amanda Lewis
Ie Ag
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Sandcreek Road
Princeton Circle Drive
Debora
Cripry Childon
McDonald
Ottawa, Kansas
McDonald's
Seem
Ric Averill
OMA
Kansas Arts Commission
National Endowment For the Arts
Dickinson
BIOWA
Spitfire Grill
Wive's Club
Blankenship
Mike Woolf
United Cities Gas Co
United Cities
Brentwood
Tenn
the Daily Report
Andrews
Police News
11Th
Jennifer Phillips
E. Std
YORK
EstKodak
Ford Motor
GenMills
GenMotors
Goodrichs
Goodyears
H&r Block
IBP Inc
Kmart
Kansityp&l
McDonalds
O'Reilly Autons
Penney JC
PepsiCo's
PhilipPet
QuakerCats
SearsRock
Sbccomm
Sprint
WalMart
Wendy's
WsinRes
Williams Co
Edward D. Jones & Co
Ottawa Co-op
Franklin County Farm Services
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