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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1999
Page
6
The Sooners football program extended its recruiting class with more high quality players for the next season, boosting depth as the article notes the roster sits around seventy. Weather brief references follow, with a Friday forecast of partly cloudy skies and highs in the upper sixties. East wind 10 to 20 mph.
The Ottawa Business and Professional Women host a free forum tonight at Faith Lutheran Church from 7 to 9 addressing the future of Social Security. Funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts, the event aims to start a discussion and advise Congress and the President on options and policy directions.
Energy Department and national laboratory officials may face discipline after a scientist Wen Ho Lee retained access to top nuclear secrets long after becoming a target of an espionage investigation. An internal probe at Los Alamos examines why he was allowed continued access as Lee was fired on March 8 for security violations. Secretary Bill Richardson confirmed Lee transferred numerous top secret weapons computer codes from a secure system to an unclassified one, raising concerns about vulnerability.
The Commerce Department approved dolphin-safe labeling for tuna caught in encircling nets, finding insufficient evidence that the method significantly harms dolphins. The policy change follows a congressional directive and revisits the previously controversial encirclement nets once blamed for killing over 100,000 dolphins annually and triggering a 1990 import ban.
NATO warplanes hit targets across Serbia and Montenegro on day 37 of the air campaign and a HARM missile accidentally struck a home in Bulgaria’s capital. Rev. Jesse Jackson arrived in the Balkans to press for the release of three captured U.S. soldiers, hoping to spur a peaceful resolution. Jackson spoke at Zagreb Airport before traveling to Belgrade to meet Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic and the POWs, with NATO noting the Bulgarian strike was accidental.
Missouri Senator Sam Gaskill proposes a bill requiring hospitals to provide neck-to-knee dignity gowns instead of open-back gowns. Tennessee rule by the Alcoholic Beverage Commission would let liquor stores hold consumer education seminars with in-store tastings. Arkansas Rep Stephen Simon would allow licensed gun owners to carry at churches. Vermont Rep Robert Kinsey bills CPR training as a condition for marriage licenses, noting routine constituent requests.
Ottawa officials urge mowing after dry spell as weeds over 12 inches violate city rules. Areas from mid right-of-way to alley midpoints must be maintained and weeds not moved into streets to prevent slow storm water flow. Citizens should inspect yards for water puddles and mosquito breeding spots.
Legislators failed to approve funds for the Prairie Spirit Rail Trail final phase to Iola while supporters push on. Trail manager Trent McGowan says use is strong in Ottawa and Garnett, with plans to seek a federal grant covering 80 percent of costs for phase three as local interest appears limited in Iola. Becky Nilges notes chamber polling reflects mixed local enthusiasm.
Gov Bill Graves transport plan cleared Senate but House GOP seeks 13 to 18 Democratic votes to pass. Democrats tie support to a trust fund for children funded by state tobacco settlement revenues, arguing both issues connect for transportation funding and programs.
Transportation consultants propose three strategies to ease a potential I 35 trade traffic jam. Each option would cost about 10 billion dollars to implement, aiming to improve mobility and safety, preserve environmental quality, and boost economic development along the corridor. Joseph W. Guyton of Kansas City notes the plan questions whether public funds are well spent.
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