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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1998
Page
6
The Kansas City Chiefs focused weekend selections on defensive players, aiming to bolster a unit that allowed the fewest points in the NFL last season. Page 7.
Overbrook residents will vote in August on a 1 percent city sales tax to fund a swimming pool complex and potentially a larger city lake. State estimates expect $30,000 to $50,000 annual revenue. Osage County has no city tax. Santa Fe Trail district voters Tuesday will decide to raise local option budget authority from 16 percent to 25 percent to cover school costs, with possible cuts totaling about $30,000 if the measure fails.
Partly cloudy Tuesday with a high of 60 to 65 degrees and a north wind of 10 to 20 mph. For more weather information, see page 2.
In Topeka Kansas the former governor Alf Landon and his wife Theo built a mansion on 13 acres. After Landon died in 1987 and Theo nine years later the home sold. An attic sale this Saturday will offer Landon era furniture dishes and bric a brac with proceeds to Washburn University music program.
Ernest L. Harris Jr., 23, a Kappa Alpha Psi pledge at Kansas State University, was beaten during an initiation at a fraternity member’s home. He remained in intensive care in good condition Sunday at the University of Kansas Medical Center after welts across his back and buttocks. Riley County police are investigating with at least six members involved, per Harris Sr.
Palm Beach Gardens Florida adopts a quirky nuisance code limiting pets to four unless five weigh under ten pounds or ten weigh under one pound, and up to 25 if all are fish. Chuck Shepherd notes the humor in municipal regulation.
Linda Graves, Kansas first lady, described wearing many hats as wife mother and public figure. She spoke at the Second District Republican Women meeting in Ottawa about her duties, advocacy for children and women health, and efforts like Operation Immunize and the Breast Cancer Awareness campaign.
The Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant near Eudwood Kansas covers 9065 acres and once made powder propellant. Now largely dormant, the Army plans disposal triggering a land grab as groups vie for parcels for a park district, university expansion, city use, a prison site, and even a theme park in the Johnson County area. Public input is requested at an upcoming hearing.
The Wichita Eagle finds more than 350 paroled sex offenders released in the 1990s are not listed on Kansas public registry. Only 30 of 404 parolees from crimes such as rape and sodomy appear on the list, with most unlisted offenders exempted by a 1996 court ruling tied to pre April 14 1994 crime dates. Local sheriffs hold a separate non public list for pre date offenders.
Allied Signal has sold the former King Radio Ottawa plant and its Paola division stake, with a possible production return at Ottawa. An Allied Signal spokesman in Olathe said details were unclear as the deal nears completion or may already be closed. Ottawa warehouse use and Lawrence consolidation were noted positions in the shift.
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