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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1997
Page
4
Seven animal rights activists formed a human barricade by linking arms inside concrete filled barrels to block Route 25 for ten hours during the annual Hegins Labor Day Pigeon Shoot. Police rerouted traffic as rescue crews cut the barriers, and the event continued. The shoot began in 1934, drawing about 10 000 attendees yearly and raising around 40 000 dollars for the park and local charities.
Four men and a woman died when a small plane carrying skydivers crashed into a ravine at Bremerton National Airport and burned. Dental records will identify the victims. At Seattle-Tacoma International Airport a Alaska Airlines jet suffered a nose gear collapse on landing, forcing 111 passengers and five crew to evacuate. Several people hospitalized.
In Lawrenceville Georgia, industry editor Monica Harris notes rising demand for African American romance titles. Kensington and other publishers expand lines with strong urban heroes, while authors like Carmen Green publish daily to meet a growing audience and retail chains project sizable monthly sales.
Carmel adopts a 3 2 vote to outlaw guided walking tours aimed at visitors on foot. Mayor Ken White defends the ban as preserving quiet streets and private courtyards in the Eastwood era town near San Francisco. Critics call the move un American and target the sole licensed Carmel Walks operator Gale Wrausmann.
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