Garbage man wins $200,000 prize in contest
Craig Randall, 23, a garbage truck driver from East Bridgewater, won $200,000 toward a new home after finding a Wendy's contest cup sticker in a load. He and fiancée Michelle Dacey of Taunton plan to use the prize for a house, with two lawyers present for the prize pickup.
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Eabody
Mass
Craig Randall
Randall
East Bridgewater
Wendy’s
Michelle Dacey
Taunton
Dacey
Bobby Riggs Dies at 77 After Prostate Cancer Battle
Tennis great Bobby Riggs, famed for the 1973 Battle of the Sexes with Billie Jean King, died at age 77 in Leucadia after a long battle with prostate cancer. He helped raise awareness for the disease and left a legacy as a controversial but transformative figure in tennis.
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San Diego
Aleany
Ang
Billie Jean King
Leucadia
Riggs
Agidh
Jack Kramer
King
Houston Astrodome
Dolly Cade Quenemo funeral held in Lyndon
Van B. Dolly Cade 79 of Quenemo died October 25, 1995 in Topeka. Funeral at 2 p.m. Friday at Feltner Funeral Home Chapel Lyndon with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Survived by wife Inez Thrush Cade a son Dale Galatia Ottawa three daughters Lloydine McDonald Joplin Joycelyn Wallack Dover Del Sharon Overbaugh Vassar nine grandchildren and several great and great great grandchildren. Memorials to American Heart Association.
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Dolly
Cade Quenemo
Dolly” Cade
Quenemo
Topeka
Feltner Funeral Home Chapel
Lyndon
Oak Hill Cemetery
van C
Lovie Mae (Kness) Cade
Spector Mid State
Inez P. Thrush
Burling
American Heart Association
P.O. Box
Officials Consider Arson in Fatal House Fire
Kansas investigators have not ruled out arson after a two story wooden house fire killed 13 year old Tim Farrar and 6 year old Kelly Farrar. Autopsies indicate smoke inhalation. Debora Green and Kate Farrar escaped unharmed. Michael Farrar seeks divorce custody.
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Rairie Village
Tim Farrar
Kelly Farrar
Debora Green
Kate Farrar
Michael W. Farrar
Orin
Farrar
Kate
Kansas City
Light Malfunction Suspected In Bus Train Collision
Investigators probe whether a failing traffic light trapped a school bus on railroad tracks as a train struck it in Fox River Grove Illinois. Five students died and about 30 were injured with 11 remaining hospitalized. residents say the light was problematic though a state official said it worked the day before.
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Fox River Grove
Ill
National Transportation Safety Board
John Goglia
Robert Polston
Illinois Department of Transportation
Richard Adorian
Adorian
Jim Homola
Pat Ward
Arrests and Thefts Amid Franklin County News
William Scott Kiefer, 23, Pomona, jailed on a Franklin County warrant for battery and criminal damage to property, released on $1,500 bond to appear in district court. James Darren Nichols, 33, Richmond, jailed on a Franklin County warrant after a Wednesday arrest. Joseph James Bayer, 19, 816 S., arrested on suspicion of flee and eluding and driving while suspended after a chase from 1st Street and US-59 to Ellis Terrace. Franklin County sheriff's officers helped conduct the chase. Thefts include a Rotweiler puppy reported missing at Animal Shelter, three wheels and tires from Heritage Motors, and $100 cash from McDonald's. An accident on Ash Street left Leah K. Pabst, 16, injured and treated at Ransom Memorial Hospital. another non-injury incident on US-50 involved Donna Patrick, 37, with a cone strike. damage under $500.
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Pomona
Sheriff's Office
James Darren Nichols
Ichmond
S. Main
Ranklin
Joseph James Bayer
Ellis Terrace
1St Street
Us-59
Franklin County
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W. 19Th
Heritage Motors
N. Main
McDonald's
Princeton Circle Drive
Ash Street
Third Street
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Ash
Lorraine M. Reichard
Pabst
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Princeton Street
Donna Patrick
Williamsburg
Market Quotes and Stock Listings From Ottawa Area
Major market indexes and stock quotations provided for Wednesday afternoon and Thursday trades, with prices for hard wheat corn milo soybeans oats and county grain prices. Livestock bids from St Joseph Missouri show hogs and sow weights, while nonferrous metal quotes list aluminum gold silver and platinum prices in New York and London markets.
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Sprint
WalMart
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Wa WestaRes
Williams Co
Edward D. Jones & Co
Ottawa Coop
Franklin County Consolidated Farm Services
ST. Joseph, Mo
NEW York
London Metal Exch
Handy & Harman
Comex
N.Y
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McDonald's Found Partly Liable in Clown Statue Injury
In Noblesville Indiana a jury ruled McDonald’s Corp and a local franchise partly responsible for a accident when a clown statue toppled onto Elena Montgomery injuring her and severing a fingertip. They must pay $41,400 though the girl’s parents were also found partly responsible for supervision.
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McDonald’s
Noblesville, Ind
McDonald’s Corp
Elena Montgomery
Man Convicted on Drug Charge in Wichita Case
A Kansas City, Missouri man, Delfin Eduardo Toro Pelaez, 44, was found guilty by a U.S. District Court jury of possession of 440 pounds of cocaine. The conviction followed a three day trial after a three day jury deliberation. He was arrested by state troopers during a Dec 10 traffic stop on Interstate 70 in Trego County when a false bed in his pickup hid 100 packages of cocaine.
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Kansas City
Delfin Eduardo Toro-Pelaez
U.S
Randy Rathbun
Toro Pelaez
Trego County
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