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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1999
Page
6
Friday Weather Outlook With Thunderstorm Chance
Friday brings sunny skies with a high near 70 to 75 and a west wind shifting to south in the afternoon. Friday night includes a chance of thunderstorms with lows around 50. see page 2 for more details and related sections.
Tobacco trust fund urged in Kansas House
The Kansas House tentatively approved a bill to use money from a national tobacco settlement for a children's trust fund, with an 86-18 vote. A second tobacco bill passed 121-2 and moves to the Senate, aiming to bar nonparticipants from an unfair market edge while the state expects over 1.6 billion dollars over 25 years. half of settlement funds must go to children's programs, though some lawmakers and Gov Graves favor allocating some to general government use.
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Topeka
House
Senate
Kansas
Children’s Advocates
Bill Graves
Overcharging alleged at Hanford cleanup suit filed
In Spokane Washington two contractors Westinghouse Hanford Co and Fluor Daniel Hanford Inc face a federal lawsuit claiming they overcharged the Department of Energy by at least 85 million dollars for cleanup work at Hanford. filed Tuesday in US District Court the suit seeks 240 million in damages and centers on a computerized accounting scheme involving wages. The plaintiff David Carbaugh an accountant for both firms alleges his complaints led to his dismissal by Fluor. Hanford site founded in 1943 for the Manhattan Project remains the nations most contaminated nuclear site.
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Spokane, Wash
Department of Energy
Hanford
Westinghouse Hanford Co
Fluor Daniel Hanford Inc
Justice Department
David Carbaugh
Carbaugh
Fluor
U.S
Washington
Whitman Mulls Senate Run Opens fundraising bid
New Jersey Governor Christie Whitman launched a committee to fund a U.S. Senate bid for the seat vacated by Frank Lautenberg. Prominent fundraisers Lewis Eisenberg and Candace Straight will lead the effort as Whitman seeks to become the state's first elected Republican U.S. senator since the 1970s and its first female senator.
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Trenton
N.J
Christie Whitman
U.S. Senate
Frank Lautenberg
New Jersey
U.S
Whitman
Statehouse
Lewis Eisenberg
Candace Straight
Frontiers of Medicine: Controversial 1990s Treatments Studied
New Zealand officials opened an inquiry into a 1993 1994 premature baby treatment at National Women’s Hospital that involved chest blows to clear lungs, linked to five deaths and eight brain injuries. Beth Israel Medical Center faced a $30000 fine in New York after a sales rep in scrubs assisted in a 1997 surgery, contributing to a patient’s death from excessive saline retention during a benign uterine tumor removal.
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Frontiers of Medicine
National Women's Hospital
Auckland
New Zealand
Beth Israel Medical Center
New York City
Medicare probe at Ransom Memorial Hospital continues
Federal surveyors and Medicare investigators pressed on with an inquiry into alleged compliance deficiencies at Ransom Memorial Hospital. RMH Administrator Bob Bregant said fraud language had not been raised, while officials noted the probe began after a complaint to the Health Care Financing Administration. Investigator Edwin Galan pledged a statement of deficiencies after the investigation concludes.
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Cials
Federal Health Care Financing Administration
Edwin Galan
City advances OMS election in Ottawa
Ottawa City Commission approves an advisory election on the fate of the old Ottawa Middle School buildings. City Manager Scott Lambers will seek agreement with the Franklin County Commission and the Ottawa school board, with a final April 21 vote if both bodies consent, for a county‑wide vote in late May costing about $13,000 to be shared by the county.
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Ottawa City Commission
Ottawa
Scott Lambers
Franklin County Commission
Ottawa School Board
Lambers
Gene Ramsey
Joan Tyson
Ramsey
Ottawa skaters urge city to build park
About 30 youths and skateboard advocates urged the Ottawa City Commission during a work session to create a skateboard park. Scott Harrison, an Ottawa High School sophomore, cited rising interest and noted skaters have few legal places to ride. City staff cited examples in Lawrence and Salina as models.
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Ottawa City Commission
Ottawa
Scott Harrison
Harrison
Scott Lambers
Lawrence
Salina
Kosovars May Be Human Shields In Kosovo Crisis
In Belgrade amid border closures fears of refugees as human shields grow. Serb media claim ethnic Albanians are voluntarily returning to Kosovo while Cypriot lawmakers seek release of three captured U.S. soldiers. Spyros Kyprianou plans to meet Milosevic. Easter could bring freedom for the Americans.
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Elgrade. Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Kosovo
Belgrade
U.S
Spyros Kyprianou
Slobodan Milosevic
NATO
Sampler Festival hearing set for Ottawa Monday
Herald Staff reports a public hearing on Ottawa's bid to host the Kansas Sampler Festival is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday at the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce. Finalists must submit a second-round application by April 19 with pledges totaling about 8,000 to 10,000 dollars. Murray McGee says pledges from locals, businesses and organizations are sought. money is needed only as a contingent commitment if selected.
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Ottawa
Ottawa Area
McGee
Three year old clings to truck during wild 12 mile ride
In Anta Clara Pueblo New Mexico a 3 year old girl Chelsea Tafoya rode for nearly 12 miles hanging onto a truck. Her father Lincoln Tafoya says they were heading to Pojoaque Elementary when she jumped on. A passing motorist Connie Romero stopped the vehicle about 20 miles north of Santa Fe saving the child. The father expresses gratitude and calls it a miracle.
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Anta Clara Pueblo
N.M
Chelsea Tafoya
Lincoln Tafoya
Pojoaque
Tafoya
Connie Romero
Chelsea
Santa Fe
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