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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1996
Page
8
President Clinton signed the $159 billion 1996 stopgap funding package after bipartisan support from Senate 88-11 and House 399-25. The measure funds nine Cabinet agencies for five months, with Clinton calling it a victory for progress over partisanship.
Washington AP The Agriculture Department hired Democratic pollster Celinda Lake to question focus groups in Kansas and Indiana about food stamp reform drawing House Republicans ire Rep Pat Roberts chair of the House Agriculture Committee questions whether federal funds backed a political poll He scheduled May 8 hearings to probe potential motives behind the work while noting focus groups influence policy formation.
Yellow Freight Systems chairman George E. Powell Jr. announced at the annual meeting that he will retire when he reaches 70 in June. A. Maurice Myers will become chairman, with Powell's retirement effective June 30. Myers pledged to confront company losses totaling 30 million dollars last year, including 14.25 million in the third quarter, and said the firm will endure deregulation driven competition from non union rivals.
Kay McFarland, chief justice, and U.S. District Judge Richard Rogers swore in 217 new Kansas attorneys for state and federal court practice. The group, notified about two months after the exam, includes Joan Patrice Bokermann of Ottawa.
The University announces an early childhood education program starting fall 1996 as part of Week of the Young Child. Education professor Virginia Haskin says the program aims to train certified, well qualified professionals. OU students participated with Village Child Care creating hand print quilts.
U S Treasury and ATF agents raided central Georgia homes and arrested one suspect in a planned militia attack. Sealed indictments were mentioned as authorities said bombs would be used at Olympic venues in Atlanta during the July 19 to August 4 games.
Gov. Bill Graves denounces the proposed school finance plan as smoke and mirrors and vows a veto. The measure would phase out the 35 mill school property tax by 2002 while boosting per pupil funding, with an accelerator to start the phase-out this year. The Senate debated electronic pull-tab gambling at race tracks as an alternative to slots, amid wrapup-session moves on budgets.
Secretary of State Warren Christopher brokered a cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon after days of rocket and artillery exchanges with Hezbollah. Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres and President Clinton welcomed the accord and urged all sides to maintain peace amid a costly conflict.
Eunice Lantz, 85, spotted a chainsaw attempt near the Ohio Township Fire Department and stopped the cutting of a sycamore memorial tree planted for her grandson Allen Bronson, who died in 1969. The tree, lovingly cared for since the early 1970s, stands about 25 feet tall and symbolizes family memory tied to the fire department.
John Wilma and Tim Sartain helped a 96 year old mother on her porch after she fell while collecting mail. Neighbors reported the act and a form drive invites submissions at Ottawas local stores and offices for public recognition of good deeds.
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