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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 2001
Page
10
Tonight will be mostly clear with lows in the upper 50s and light southeast winds. Thursday offers partly cloudy skies with highs in the lower 80s, and readers are advised to see Page 2A for more weather details.
Daily layout lists pages for classifieds comics reports opinions obituaries society and sports. It directs readers to Page 48 for Advice core and to Pages 6B 7B 4B 34 44 24 5A 1B 2B for related content.
Rescue workers begin a massive search as hospitals tally casualties from the World Trade Center and Pentagon strikes. Officials fear thousands dead with 235 officers unaccounted. investigations widen to Florida and Massachusetts.
Hundreds queued at Ottawa Co-op and nearby stations as fuel prices spike across the Midwest. Curt Wright of Taylor Oil notes ample supply despite rising costs. Shaken residents, including Ottawa High School alumnus Alan Moore’s family, described a tense day with reports of $5 and $6 gas in some Kansas areas, while local stations saw triple normal sales.
Wadking, noting unprecedented price hikes, recalls high costs at the Wood Oil Company supplied store in Kansas City. Jim Mocnet of Ottawa paid a surge price after the store charged nearly $2.50 per gallon. Representatives indicated willingness to supply fuel, but prices continued to rise, affecting customers and nearby gas outlets.
Ottawa’s 88 year old Beryl Hobbs on a Washington trip for Outstanding Older Workers faced fear as a terrorist attack halted travel, canceled events, and left guests confined in hotels with limited communications. Hobbs remains safe but anxious about missing family and safety of others. The gala and related activities were called off amid national turmoil.
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