Flood gates guard Ottawa riverfront defenses in flood plan
Ottawa relies on 30 year old flood gates on Main Street to shield the business district from the Marais des Cygnes river. The $5 million flood control project includes five gates, earthen levees, concrete walls, and channel work. Gates last closed in early May as water neared the bridge beams, with officials noting gates act as road blocks when needed.
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Ottawa
Marais Des Cygnes
Main Street
Andy Haney
Ottawa Public Works
Haney
Lester Wells
Wells
David Doemland
Public Works
Summit leaders pledge to spur ailing economies
TOKYO AP Boris Yeltsin told Western leaders he would get Russia’s battered economy under control and thanked them for billions in promised aid. The G seven packed in a three day summit ending with a $3 billion aid pledge and a call for broader steps amid limited maneuvering room in hard times. Clinton hailed the summit as extremely successful citing the Russian aid package and a trade talks breakthrough.
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Tokyo
Boris Yeltsin
Russia
Yeltsin
Clinton
City trash worker helps himself first
A Lawrence city refuse operator, Robert C. Shorter Sr., used a city trash truck during a break to clear branches blocking his driveway on Utah Court. Shorter said he acted without permission and notified officials later. the incident prompted potential disciplinary steps by the solid waste department.
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Lawrence
Robert C. Shorter Sr
Utah Ct
Shorter
Flossie
City
Bob Yoos
Rainy stretch persists with record totals and flood aid
Forecasters warn a persistent low pressure zone over the northern Plains and a Gulf high will keep Kansas in a prolonged wet pattern for at least five more days. Douglas County reports near twenty inches since May, with Perry Lake at 905.56 feet and several reservoirs rising alongside river gauges showing flood risk while Red Cross aids four families.
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Kansas
Steve Eisner
National Weather Service
Northern Plains
Gulf States
Lawrence
Walter Schwarz
Worden
Douglas County
American Red Cross
Jo Byers
Perry Lake
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Roger May
Dj’s
Rock Creek
Clinton Lake
Pomona Lake
Kansas River
Lecompton
U.S. Highway 59
Flood evacuations expand as Mississippi floods rise
Storm runoff drives higher water along the Mississippi and its tributaries. About 7,000 Missouri residents face evacuation as levees fail or breach near St. Peters and St. Charles. In Illinois, National Guard and Army Corps crews rush to reinforce a 52 mile levee at risk of failure.
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Associated Press
Mississippi River
Missouri
Mississippi
St. Charles County
St. Peters
St. Charles
Bob Armour
Illinois
National Guard
Army Corps of Engineers
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Mike Macfarlane
Kansas City
Detroit Tigers
Hal McRae
Pennsylvania
Duane Black
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