Area residents earn summer degrees at KU
Franklin County graduates named from Ottawa Gregory Alan Hazen Rantoul Linda Irene Peckham and Vassar Sandra Lea Crawford earned master's degrees at the University of Kansas. Carl Peckham, from Rantoul, joins a two week cultural exchange in Leningrad via Topeka Performing Arts Center. John Nicholas Williams of Princeton earned a bachelor’s degree from Pittsburg State University.
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Franklin County
University of Kansas
Ottawa
Gregory Alan Hazen
Betty
Norman Hazen
Beech
Rantoul
Linda Irene Peckham
James
Irene Peckham
Vassar
Sandra Lea Crawford
Gary
Frances Summers
Franklin Countian
Russia
Carl Peckham
Harry Peckham
Cathy Felch
Topeka
Leningrad
Dave Williams Sr
Princeton
Pittsburg State University
Longtime Kansas lawyer dies at age 74
Anderson, a veteran attorney with statewide ties, led welfare and child services efforts in Kansas. He chaired the Department of Social Welfare, directed The Villages program for troubled youth, and served on governors’ commissions. Colleagues recall his mentoring, breadth of education, and wide influence across the state.
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Anderson
Byrd
Richeson
Kansas
Haiti Crisis Ends With Avoidance of Invasion
President Clinton and Carter officials announce success in Haiti talks aimed at preventing a full scale invasion. Key figures including Admiral James S. Schlesinger? and Sen. Sam Nunn express cautious optimism about avoiding massive bloodshed, while public polling shows low support for invasion. A separate note mentions a quilt bingo at First United Methodist Church with a prize for participants bringing fabric.
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Carter
Clinton
Cedras
Haiti
U.S
First United Methodist Church
Weather Forecast For Wednesday Through Friday
The extended forecast shows a chance of thunderstorms in the east on Wednesday with highs from the upper 70s to mid 80s and overnight lows in the mid 40s to mid 50s. Thursday and Friday bring cooler conditions with lows mainly in the 40s and daytime highs in the mid to upper 60s in the north and upper 60s to lower 70s in the south.
Ottawa city grant to lure Lester Building 60 jobs
The City of Ottawa says a state community development block grant of 500000 will back a loan to Lester Building Inc. to acquire the former Mid-America Aerospace building at 810 N. Street. Lester Prairie Minnesota based producer of pre engineered wood frame systems plans 60 jobs in 18 months with 41 for low to moderate income.
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Ottawa
Minnesota
Lester Building Inc
Lester Prairie
Minn
Lester
Mid-America Aerospace
Vicki Cummiskey
Lester Valley
Illinois
Virginia
Larry Hays
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Colorado
Nebraska
Missouri
Wynndee Lee
Salina
Jobless rates rise in August in Kansas
Kansas Department of Human Resources reports the unemployment rate rose 0.2 percentage points to 4.9 percent in August as employment fell by 25,800 from July. About 1,339,044 Kansans were employed, with varied county rates including Geary 8.2 percent and Harvey 9.5 percent.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Department of Human Resources
Joe Dick
Secretary of Human Resources
Allen
Atchison
Barton
Bourbon
Butler
Cherokee
Clay
Cloud
Cowley
Crawford
Dickinson
Douglas
Ellis
Finney
Ford
Franklin
Geary
Harvey
Johnson
Labette
River Run car show honors lovers of Corvette and classics
At Forest Park Pratt a crowd admired Kathryn Carruth’s blue 1969 Corvette Stingray restored with life insurance funds after her death in a crash caused by a drunken driver. The show also featured a cherry red 1950 Mercury coupe owned by Jack and Monique Wyatt, a 1908 International Harvester Auto Buggy, and a 1918 Model-T fire truck. The I-H buggy, found in a farmyard, remains unfinished but valued at about $20,000.
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Carruth
Country Corvettes
Nortonville
Kathryn
Lawrence
Jack
Monique Wyatt
California
Wyatt
Monique
Cliff Stipp
Ottawa
Stipp
Iola
15th and Main crowd eyed for traffic enforcement
Police reduced woes at 15th and Main after issuing citations for speed and racing. Officers found additional violations including suspended licenses. One blotting incident involved pouring bleach on the roadway. Warrants were served and extra officers kept watch to prevent repeat chaos from last year’s car show.
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Miayka
Wrot
15Th
Main
Charles Bowling
Bowling
Forest Park
Kansas Highway Patrol
Barbecue awards highlight Overland Park team wins big
Longshots, an Overland Park restaurant, dominates at the Lenexa Barbecue Cookoff with first in multiple categories and the grand champion trophy earning a state bid. Reserve grand champion goes to Richard and Robert Saunders from Platte County Missouri, a father son duo.
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Longshots
Overland Park
Park
Richard
Robert Saunders
Platte County
Missouri
Parsons gang fears re ignite in Kansas town
Three Parsons teens arrested in the Olathe liquor store killing linked to a local gang. Police and KBI note gangs persist in small towns, with Parsons already installing a metal detector after threats during court proceedings amid recent violence. Residents report rising concern about crime.
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Parsons. Kan
Kansas Bureau of Investigations
Kansas
KBI
Scott Teeselink
Parsons
Tor
Gene A. Martin
Olathe
Linda Sexton
Ottawa Herald publication details and subscription rates
The Ottawa Herald lists staff including Jim A. Hitch as editor and publisher and Jay Bemis as managing editor. It provides detailed subscription rates effective October 1 1993 for Ottawa and surrounding areas, by carrier, motor route, and mail, with several regional price tiers and mentions all rates are in advance.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Jim A. Hitch
Jay Bemis
TombLove
Gene Kelsey
Virginia Howe
Wayne Snow
Jean Rossman
Franklin Cowie
Miami
Douglas
Osage
Anderson
State of Kansas
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Osage City
Osawatomie
Paola
Ralph Young
Larry Cowdin
Josh Howard
Sharon Howard
Barbara Cowdin
Larry
Kansas Department of Transportation
Re Ofreene
Ike and Mike Antiques
Jack Graffham
Don Sellens
Clint van Sickel
Robert
Saunders
Habitat For Humanity
Fast
Parsons Gang
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S. Cedar
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