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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1997
Page
1
The Kansas City Chiefs confront a disastrous game at Denver with questions about what went wrong. Page 1B coverage analyzes misplays, defensive lapses, and coaching decisions as the team seeks answers and a path forward.
The Ottawa Herald reports a 30 percent chance of evening showers followed by cooler, mostly cloudy conditions. Low temperatures between 60 and 65, with northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
A Missouri man, Troy Max Swisegood, 31, of Oak Grove, died during a tractor pull sponsored by the American Legion post in Louisburg on Saturday night. Officials said a cable snapped, his tractor went through a fence toward the grandstand, overturned, and pinned him underneath. His sister noted he had been pulling since age eight.
Britons settled around Wichita mourn Princess Diana with flags at half staff. Raytheon Aircraft Co. jobs linked Chester Wales plant near the city. families woke relatives to U S reports. In Wichita, a Welsh Raytheon engineer and community members recall Diana as a personal loss. George Johnson runs Diversified Educational Training & Manufacturing, training welfare recipients for Boeing Wichita and Raytheon. Raytheon expects 7,300 good paying jobs and 600 openings. program blends life and job skills in a 12 week course.
The Ottawa school district showcases a weekly Word of the Week during the school year. The initiative stresses core democratic values and is supported by local businesses employers and churches. This week the word is:
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Boualem Azzouz pleaded no contest to aggravated sexual battery for holding an Ottawa woman while making lewd advances and trying to remove her clothing. Prosecutors may seek no prison time under the plea deal, with a 31 to 165 month range left unstated, and a kidnapping charge dismissed. The defendant will continue counseling in Topeka as he faces sentencing.
The Friends of the Prairie Spirit Rail-Trail received a $1000 grant from The Conservation Fund's American Greenway Program in Arlington Virginia. The Ottawa chapter will use the award to meet local match requirements for construction of the Richmond to Ottawa rail-trail, with 43 awards given this year. Trail manager Trent McCown notes the group's diverse members are united to benefit the community and trail users of all ages. Donations from DuPont fund the American Greenways grants which offer up to small grants to support trail development.
Franklin County weighs Crestview Nursing Home options at 1002 W 7th Street Terrace as nine Kansas counties with facilities confront varied circumstances. Crestview, built in 1958, runs about half capacity of 51 beds, while peers such as Atchison Senior Village and Pioneer Manor in Stevens County reveal diverse scales and renovations. Atchison’s 60 bed facility operates with occupancy near full and benefits from private trust funds totaling about $2 million since 1985, supported by a small mill levy.
New details say a drunk driver taunted photographers and may have driven over 100 mph as Diana and Dodi Fayed died in a Paris tunnel near the Eiffel Tower. Thousands lined up in London to sign condolence books at St James’s Palace while flowers grew outside Kensington. French prosecutors opened inquiries into whether seven photographers should face charges of involuntary homicide or failing to aid.
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