Explosive Plant Blast Hurts Two in Great Bend
An explosion at Wire Tech Corp in Great Bend Kansas injured at least two people and prompted evacuation due to nearby low level radiation. Fire Chief Dick Meisinger said the radiation is dangerous only with direct contact. ATF and civil defense teams arrived as Geiger counters were brought in to assess radiation levels amid road closures and debris along U S 56.
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Great Bend
Kan
Wire Tech Corp
Dick Meisinger
U.S. 56
Franklin County Almanac Weather Outlook
Weather advisory for Franklin County notes a rain chance west on Thursday and statewide Friday with possible snow over the northwest. Daytime highs range from the upper 30s to low 40s in the northwest and low to mid-50s in the southeast, with nightly lows from the low to mid-20s northwest to the mid-30s southeast. Tonight clears and cools with lows in the low to mid-30s. Mostly sunny Tuesday with highs in the mid to upper 50s and light west to southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Ottawa Man Killed In North Ottawa County Crash
An Ottawa man, Micheal L. Buie age 22 of 314 S. Mulberry, died in a one vehicle wreck on US-59 north of Ottawa Friday night. Two passengers, Kenneth E. Hamic and Lloyd J. Hamic, were injured and airlifted to Stormont Vail Medical Center. their conditions improved. The car left the road and the crash remains under investigation by Kansas Highway Patrol.
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Ottawa
Micheal L. Buie
S. Mulberry
Kenneth E. Hamic
S. Main
Lloyd J. Hamic
Kansas City
Kan
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Life
Stormont Vail Medical Center
Topeka
K. Hamic
L. Hamic
Kansas Highway Patrol
Buie
Us-59
Richmond
Kathe D. White
Grandview
Ronald E. Dunbar
White
Michael A. Solo
Ransom’ Memorial Hospital
Eisenhower Road
Wall Street Edges Up Amid Bargain Hunt
Wall Street opened modestly higher as the Dow Jones industrial average rose 12.09 to 2,608.81 by noon after last week's decline. Advancers barely outnumbered decliners in NYSE trading as 631 stocks advanced, 626 declined, and 543 were unchanged. Analysts attributed the uptick to bargain hunting and hopes the economy keeps a moderate growth pace despite mixed corporate results.
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New York
Wall Street
County realtors meet at OU in Ottawa University facility
Franklin County Board of Realtors holds its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday at Ottawa University's Mowbray Union. Lunch costs 4.25 dollars and reservations are by noon Tuesday with Donna Swearingen. Speaker Jim Mayer, EVP of the Kansas Board of Realtors, covers agency law and cooperative obligations.
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Franklin County Board of Realtors
Ottawa University
Mowbray Union
Donna Swearingen
Reserva
Jim Mayer
Kansas Board of Realtors
Obituaries for Buie Kimball Wood in Ottawa area
Obituaries detail graveside service for Micheal Lee Buie 22 of Coffeyville with family survivors, funeral for Betty Kerr Kimball Ottawa resident, and Laura Ethel Wood Riley Manhattan area death with long biographical notes and church affiliations. Several survivors listed including spouses, children, siblings, and extended family. services set in Coffeyville Ottawa and Manhattan.
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Laura E. Wood Riley
Laura Ethel Wood
Manhattan
Wharton Manor
Trinity United Methodist Church
Ottawa
G. Lucille Barb
Highland Cemetery
J. Edwin and
Elizabeth Gilday Fredricks
Homewood
Franklin County
Emporia Teachers College
William O. Wood
Richter
Leonardville
United Methodist Women
Richter United Methodist Church
Lynne Taylor
Walton Manor
Holmes Funeral Home
Riley
Betty Kerr Kimball
Marlin D. Kimball
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
1St Baptist Church
Herald
Lamb —Roberts Funeral Home
Local Sheriff and Public Safety Roundup in Ottawa Area
Friday to Sunday reports show admissions and discharges, births, and a series of DUI arrests and minor thefts in Ottawa Wellsville and surrounding communities. Notable items include births of two sons and a daughter, several DUI arrests, marijuana possession, and multiple traffic accidents with injuries and non injuries. Local market quotations conclude the item.
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Delia Kirberg
Ottawa
Sarah Eatinger
Wellsville
Mina Stoffer
Carmen Ewbank
Otawa
Edith Dean
Richard Husted
Eunice Melton
James Jacobs
Charles LeMaster
Pamela Harris
Gene Ames
Nellie Nelson
Williamsburg
Tamara Hobbs
Bruce Ewbank
Terry Eneichen
Pomona
Sheriff's News
Michael T. Whalen
W. 10Th
DPS
Whalen
Rick McFadden
Phillip C. Crump
E. 6Th
Eugene V. Yohe
Wakarusa
Woods Mini Mart
Princeton
Rockwood
Lorena J. Williamson
Oakland A's win World Series to lift Bay Area spirits
Oakland Athletics swept the Giants 9 6 in the Bay Bridge World Series while San Francisco guests celebrated at the Exotic Erotic Ball. Officials said Bay Area quake damage totals rose with 64 dead and billions in losses as 27,668 sought disaster aid and many evacuees remained in shelters.
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Oakland
Calif
San Francisco
James Mead
Oakland Athletics
San Francisco Giants
A’s
Jack London Square
Dagny Laney
Penngrove
Aids Foundations
Wendy McMurry
Belmont
San Francisco Bay Area
Santa Cruz County
U.S. Geological Survey
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Joe McGraw
California Department of Transportion
Bay Bridge
Caltrans
Jim Larson
Marina District
Public Works Department
All Halloween Items and Local Ads
Halloween items and events listed across several local outlets. Featured sales include Center TV at 1519 South Main for a $39.95 month offer, Helton's Hallmark on 217 South Main, Park Seed Holland Bulbs from Country Bumpkin, Turner's Greenhouse contact, and a Jaycees Haunted House at the old nursing home with phone listings for calls and a Fountain of Death T shirt priced at seven dollars. Open hours include Halloween night and an all night skate at Roll-A-Way Skate Center on November 2.
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Jaycees
Old Nursing Home
Fountain of Death
Gerber recalls cereal over metal pieces in boxes
Gerber Products Co. recalled 9,800 cases of its rice cereal after three consumers found tiny metal particles in 8-ounce packages. No injuries or health hazards were reported. Affected batch produced Aug. 24 at Fort Smith Ark. plant, codes S1 through S8, with August 24 1991 use date. Return for full refund.
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Fremont, Mich
Gerber Products Co
Gerber
Ron Lovasz
Fort Smith, Ark
Food and Drug Administration
Lovasz
Lotto America jackpot grows to around 5 million
Des Moines Iowa Lotto America officials said no ticket matched all six numbers on Saturday night keeping the prize at an estimated 5 million for the Wednesday drawing. 75 plays matched five numbers earning 716 and 3596 players matched four for 35. The winning numbers were 3 15 21 35 45 and 50. In Kansas Cash Lotto, the estimated 97000 jackpot drew 11 15 24 25 29 32.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Lotto America
Ottawa Beauty Academy's hiatus ends with corrected dates
The Herald notes an error in Saturday's Ottawa edition stating the Ottawa Beauty Academy had operated for two years, not three. Saturday was the academy's final day in Ottawa, marking its closure.
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Herald
Ottawa Beauty Academy
Academy
Ottawa
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Terry Vaughan
Barton County
Sheriff's Department
ATF
U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Jim Daily
Kansas Department of Emergency Preparedness
Central Kansas Medical Center
Mary Doherty
Franklin County Almanac
Kansas
Sen Beraeedeneseee
Here
Micheal Lee
Mike” Buie
Restlawn Memorial Park Cemetery
Coffeyville
Rusty Shuler
Kay L. Buie
Rantoul
Margaret Rice
Pearland
Texas
Houston
Central Fiber Co
Shellie Elyse Petersen
Maryia Buie
Jeannie Buie
Don Rice
Katherine Mae Wistner
Dallas
Randy Rice
David Dees
Parker
Jim Hollon
Gwen Wallace
Louis Marvin Penrod
Dengel & Son Mortuary
RFD
First Baptist Church
Otta
Lamb- Roberts Funeral Home
the Daily Report
Willis D. Pretzer
Pretzer
KHP
Steve A. Parker
Conesville
Public Safety News
Department of Public Safety
David L. Wadkins
Cypress
Raymond L. Valentine
S. Elm
Jeffrey L. Hawkins
Lawrence
Brian F. Yates
Hawkins
John F. Klenk
Overland Park
John C. Miller
Tonganoxie
Klenk
Virginia Klenk
Miller
Pomona-Williamsburg
Sand Creek Road
Carolyn Mundy
Mundy
Main
K-68
Dana R. Hinrichs
Lincoln
Chris G. Hastert
McDonald's
James T. Reeder
National Guard Armory
17Th Street
Lou Alma Romstedt
N. Mulberry
Donald G. Coppenbarger
Edgerton
Ottawa Co-op
Bay Area
Jim Worland
Ad Briefs
Helton
South Main
Charlotte's Web
Eagles Hall
Holland
Turner's Greenhouse
Lotto
Memoriam
Micheal Lee Buie
Mulberry St
Restlawn Memorial Park
Denel
Metunn
Wickers
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